Wind Farms articles

Statkraft sizes up to Big Six as it pushes into corporate clean power market

Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm

Norwegian renewable energy company in talks over pure green energy contracts for big UK businesses

23 May 2013

Could a tablet app help reduce wind farm objections?

RWE Taff Ely Wind Farm north of Bridgend in South Wales

Developers say visualisation software could cut costs and accelerate planning process for wind farm developers

21 May 2013

Exclusive: BT announces 100 per cent renewables Npower deal

SSE Hadyard wind farm

Telco giant announces major new deal that guarantees the supply of 100 per cent renewable power

20 May 2013

Can the energy industry ever restore consumer trust?

And could green energy provide the key to repairing the industry's battered reputation

20 May 2013

Donald Trump launches wind farm legal challenge

US billionaire wants court to reverse Scottish Government approval of 100MW wind farm off Aberdeen visible from his golf course

17 May 2013

DECC slams Civitas 'manifesto for imported gas'

Government categorically rejects new study suggesting energy bills will soar due to green policies

17 May 2013

Exclusive: George Eustice to advise Cameron on energy and climate change

Cornish MP secures influential role in Prime Minister's new parliamentary advisory committee

15 May 2013

Green energy from Scottish islands can fuel UK if costs are cut

Report finds islands have huge green power potential, but cost of transmission links makes wind, wave, and tidal developments more expensive than on the mainland

15 May 2013

Scottish Water blows wind power into energy mix

Ten small wind turbines installed on the Isle of Lewis could provide 500kWh of electricity per day

10 May 2013

WindMade debuts new standard for products manufactured by wind power

Consultation offers firms chance to comment on addition to certification scheme

03 May 2013

Poll: Voters favour pro-wind energy politicians

Second major survey in as many days confirms voters significantly more likely to favour pro-wind energy candidates

01 May 2013

At a glance: Public support for green investment on the up

Public support for renewable energy keeps climbing, according to the latest government survey

30 Apr 2013

Brits' love affair with renewables grows ever stronger

DECC survey shows overall support for renewables, including wind farms, has got stronger over the past year

30 Apr 2013

Scotland on course to meet 500MW community renewables goal

More than 200MW of locally owned and community projects confirmed, as Westminster prepares to unveil measures designed to boost community benefits from wind farms

29 Apr 2013

European Investment Bank raises £50m from green bond

Nordic investors buy up nearly half the bonds as EIB also loans €90m to Ireland's Bord Gáis onshore wind programme

25 Apr 2013

Watchdog confirms ban for Donald Trump's misleading anti-wind farm ad

ASA bans 'misleading', 'unsubstantiated', and 'distasteful' advert attacking Scottish wind energy policy

24 Apr 2013

Google beefs up green energy push

Search giant confirms partnership with Duke Energy to accelerate renewable energy investment

22 Apr 2013

Green groups team up to push 100 per cent renewables vision

World Future Council and World Wind Energy Association among the groups behind new push to promote global shift to 100 per cent clean energy

18 Apr 2013

Industry celebrates as High Court rejects wind farm buffer zone

Test case upholds complaint from RWE Npower Renewables that Milton Keynes Council acted unlawfully with turbine buffer zone restrictions

15 Apr 2013

Record-breaking Portugal generates 70 per cent of power from renewables

Favourable weather conditions credited with record performance for a European country

11 Apr 2013

Chinese wind energy output soars 41 per cent

National Energy Administration confirms wind power output last year topped 100 billion kilowatt hours

10 Apr 2013

Good Energy unveils good results for 2012

Company sees 277 per cent increase in number of feed-in tariff customers, recording pre-tax profits of £1.4m

10 Apr 2013

How to lose investors and alienate people in renewable energy

Bloomberg New Energy Finance's Nico Tyabji warns lessons urgently need to be learnt from the recent wave of retrospective green energy policy changes

10 Apr 2013

BP puts US wind arm up for sale as renewables retreat continues

Oil giant bangs latest nail in the coffin of 'Beyond Petroleum' era with decision to sell US wind operations

03 Apr 2013

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