Archive for January, 2010

UK Government Invests £75bn in Off Shore Windfarms

Friday, January 8th, 2010

The UK government announced a £75bn programme today to build thousands of offshore wind turbines that will kickstart the next phase of renewable power generation in Britain.
The Crown Estate has today announced the successful bidders for each of the nine Round 3 offshore wind zones within UK waters which would generate at least 25GW of [...]

Greens launch new film in target constituency

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

A new short film explaining why the Greens can win this year’s parliamentary election in Norwich South has been released on the internet. The Norwich South seat will be contested by the Green Party’s deputy leader, Adrian Ramsay.
The film uses animation and graphics, plus a short direct message from the candidate, Adrian Ramsay, who is [...]

Sun, wind and wave-powered: Europe unites to build renewable energy ’supergrid’

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

• North Sea countries plan vast clean energy project
• €30bn scheme could offer weather-proof supply
It would connect turbines off the wind-lashed north coast of Scotland with Germany’s vast arrays of solar panels, and join the power of waves crashing on to the Belgian and Danish coasts with the hydro-electric dams nestled in Norway’s fjords: Europe’s [...]