The government in the UK has come up with a nice little incentive to promote wind farms in their local communties. For communities that allow windfarms to be built in their area, residents could see a decrease in the electric bill and maybe even a new playground or other beneficial infrastructure investment.
Scotland’s government has just announced the start of a new multi-million-pound fund that will target private renewable energy investments. Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, speaking at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment conference, said the Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF) will be another channel for investors who are looking to use … [continued]
A £20-million clean energy plant has been proposed for a site at Shoreham Port in West Sussex, England. Portslade, Southwick, and Shoreham could all be powered by the proposed energy plant if it is approved and becomes operational. (Shoreham has a population of about 19,000–20,000.) Edgley Green Power is … [continued]
Following in the wake of the Cameron government’s new UK Guarantees £40 billion loan guarantee program, the money center banking group is set to ramp up its renewable energy investments. Offshore wind, solar power and biomass projects are at the top of the list. […]
There’s a common myth that wind turbines are much worse for birds that conventional, fossil-fuel power plants. As an indication that they certainly aren’t, a leading bird protection charity in the UK is actually going to have a huge wind turbine for its headquarters! The Royal Society for the Protection … [continued]
Electricity from onshore wind, offshore wind surged higher in the UK, leading a renewable energy sector that now supplies 11.1% of UK electricity. Power suppliers turned increasingly to coal-fired power generation, as well, however, as domestic natural gas production drops. […]
The UK consortium believes they’ve hit upon a carbon-neutral, potentially carbon-negative, combination of technologies that could result in local, distributed energy-from-waste systems being built across the country. […]
A new UK study has demonstrated that significant reductions in the cost of offshore wind energy can be achieved prior to the governmental 2020 target, delivering 18 GW of offshore wind capacity and meeting the target set by the government in the 2011 Renewables Roadmap. The study, conducted by … [continued]
Some cleantech news from around for you cleantech news addicts: Solar India’s Renewable Energy Certificate Program Crosses 3 GW: “The accredited generation capacity under the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) scheme has now crossed 3,000 MW.” SunEdison Launches “Eradication of Darkness” Program in India: SunEdison has launched “a rural electrification program … [continued]
More cleantech news from around: Solar Energy US Solar Financing on Brink of Transformation: “Financing of US solar projects is in the midst of a transformation, with new business models, new investors, and new financing vehicles gaining sway, according to new research by specialist research firm Bloomberg New Energy … [continued]
