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8 April 2002 |
Involving more than 1200 turbines,
these farms will have an installed capacity of more than 2000 megawatts
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Massive wind farm schemes provoke outcry |
| ... the memo attacks his criticism of the US and asks: "Can Watson now be replaced at the request of the US?" |
'Boycott Esso' call over attempt to oust green expert |
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| "While Ireland is richly endowed with renewable energy resources, we have yet to make use of these resources" |
Renewable energy neglected by Irish industry |
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6 April 2002 |
Producers of the new biodiesels claim the fuels can be used in any existing diesel engine |
Calls to reduce biofuel duty |
| It is becoming clear that stabilisation may be an achievable goal |
Energy business must be reinvented |
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4 April 2002 |
The issue is hotting up because of the weight of Welsh opinion which is lining up against the Cefn Croes development |
Wales likely to acquire control over wind farms |
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30 March 2002 |
They claimed the noise from the wind farm would have been intrusive and the skyline as seen from the abbey would have been seriously degraded |
Permission for Tipperary wind farm overturned |
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27 March 2002 |
The wind farm would produce enough power to meet the domestic needs of more than 105,000 households |
Offshore wind farm revolution bid |
| Grants will be offered to the private and public sector |
Government announces £20m solar power programme |
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24 March 2002 |
"This is a specially protected area and it is the most sensitive bird habitat in the area” |
Giant wind farm is blown off course by birds |
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Wind farm planned for mouth of Shannon |
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| "Now they want wind farms all over Wales even though we already produce twice as much electricity as we use - it's not on" |
Bridgend council rejects plans to build 19 wind turbines |
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| The wind farm ..., will eventually consist of 24 1.3MW Nordex N60 three-bladed wind turbines |
Turbines go up at Powergen Renewables’ largest wind farm to date |
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21 March 2002 |
"I want to see thousands of roofs covered by solar panels every year" |
£4m for project to harness sun's power |
| ... local people will never countenance two giant turbines which they claim would spoil the nature of the environment and dominate the landscape |
East Cork objects to wind project |
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| Consent is being sought for a 50-metre mast on the breakwater at South Gare, Redcar |
A wind farm mast-er plan |
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16 March 2002 |
While Wales already produces twice as much electricity as it needs, it is here, not on the Cotswolds, Dartmoor or the South Downs where wind turbines are sprouting |
Windpower pits greens against each other |
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15 March 2002 |
Wind-energy company Ecotricity wants to build the 85-metre masts on land ... between Shipdham and Bradenham |
Planners set to oppose wind turbines |
| The two-and-a-half megawatt plant will be built near Ardgour |
Highlands power station planned |
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| There were more than 300 objections to the plans for the £70m wind farms at Paul's Hill, Ballindalloch and Cairn Uish, Rothes |
Go-ahead for wind farms in the hills |
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13 March 2002 |
Alkane, one of the UK’s top coal mine methane producers, has secured a licence to survey up to 18 mines |
Bid to tap old mines for new power source |
| "Last year in Britain the installation of solar cells rose by about 50 percent" |
Cost casts dark shadow on UK solar power |
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12 March 2002 |
"People don’t come to Skye to see towers, they come for the serenity and beauty of the place and the peace and quiet" |
Energy rebellion is in the wind |
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11 March 2002 |
While some experts predict natural gas supplies will be sufficient for another 60 years, oil is expected to run out much sooner |
Scots find ice fields to power the world |
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10 March 2002 |
The committee called for new targets to be set which would accelerate the use of renewable energy |
Green energy 'the route to cheaper electricity' |
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9 March 2002 |
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Shell set for rapid growth in wind power |
| ... the Tidal Electric scheme would not cut across the bay |
Greens' support for bay barrage |
