Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division has been awarded three different wind orders for Scotland and Ireland. Writing on its website on Monday, Siemens announced that it had been awarded contracts from three different customers to construct, install, and commission a total of 52 of its D3 direct drive wind turbines at three … [continued]
The UK’s newly placed Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd, has confirmed there is “enough onshore wind” and that she and her department are “determined” to back the offshore wind industry. Speaking at the RenewableUK Offshore Wind Conference, Amber Rudd was quick to praise the offshore wind energy sector, focusing … [continued]
New figures have shown that Scotland continues to generate record levels of wind-driven electricity, again breaking its quarterly record in the first quarter of 2015. The Scottish Government released new energy generation figures on Thursday, showcasing the country’s continually impressive wind electricity generation figures. According to the new data, Scotland generated … [continued]
Following the recent UK elections and the re-election of the Conservative Party, the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced that the government will likely end support for new onshore wind farms, and hand planning authority over to local authorities. Speaking to The Sunday Times, Amber Rudd dismissed … [continued]
The UK smashed wind energy records in 2014, according to figures provided earlier this week, but it wasn’t the only one — Denmark and Germany also released wind energy production figures, with both countries setting impressive new records of their own. According to the IWR renewable-energy research institute (by way of Bloomberg, … [continued]
Originally published on Ecotricity. Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, has announced that he will be expanding his own powers to call-in and decide planning decisions on renewable energy projects for a further 12 months — essentially right up until the election. The announcement means that he can personally take the final … [continued]
The UK wind energy industry is living life to its fullest, at the moment, in the wake of breaking yet another record. According to the official National Grid, the UK wind energy industry recorded a new monthly high of 11% of all energy being provided by wind in February. The … [continued]
UK’s wind energy sector saw a number of power generation records broken in December 2013. The country’s wind energy projects generated more electricity in December than in any month before that, breaking the previous generation record of October 2013. According to the data released by trade association RenewableUK, 2,841,080 MWh electricity … [continued]
A recent winter storm helped pushed Germany to new wind generation heights, while Ireland, and the United Kingdom hit the wind record books also. Winter storm Xaver was a key underlying reason in Germany’s new bench mark set on December 6th with 26,000 MW of wind energy electricity generated.
I’ll be honest — I’m not a “nuclear power hater.” But if you look at nuclear power objectively and calculate its costs — including insurance costs and waste management costs — it is simply a bad deal. It’s very, very expensive. The private industry would never develop nuclear on its … [continued]
