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FCS names partner for small-scale hydro projects
Friday 03 September 2010: Green Highland Renewables handed development deal by Forestry Commission Scotland, which received legal advice from Harper Macleod
Funding boost for tidal energy firm Nautricity
Friday 03 September 2010: Glasgow-based company receives multi-million pound investment and secures exclusive licensing agreement for contra-rotating turbine system
Plans revealed for mock offshore wind farm rescue
Friday 03 September 2010: Rescue agencies team up with RWE npower renewables for exercise to develop offshore wind farm rescue strategies as more farms are built
RES Group unveils plans for 25.3MW Dumfries wind farm
Friday 03 September 2010: Renewable energy project developer begins public consultation on proposed 11-turbine Glenchamber onshore wind farm
Northern Irish minister approves chicken waste biomass plant
Thursday 02 September 2010: Environment minister Edwin Poots announces intention to back plans for poultry-waste fuelled power plant in Country Antrim
Kedco secures permission for 12MW biomass plant
Thursday 02 September 2010: Planning application approved for £45 million waste wood-fuelled facility at Enfield in North London
OPINION: The impact of planning reform on Scottish wind
Thursday 02 September 2010: Fraser Gillies, of Wright Johnston and Mackenzie LLP, examines whether changes to the Scottish planning system have helped onshore wind
Harland & Wolff awarded Gwynt y Mor substation contract
Thursday 02 September 2010: Wind turbine supplier Siemens appoints Northern Irish yard to design and build onshore and offshore substations for 576MW development
Foundations put in place at Greater Gabbard
Wednesday 01 September 2010: Construction at huge offshore wind farm site reaches "milestone" as foundations for 140 turbines are laid and 30 turbines are installed
Solar sector welcomes rise in home solar uptake
Wednesday 01 September 2010: Solar Trade Association responds to Ofgem figures highlighting surge in domestic installations over the course of August
New Earth Energy‘s Peter Corris dies
Wednesday 01 September 2010: Technical director of organics recycling company's energy business tragically killed in a motorcycle accident in Scotland
Plan unveiled to develop major Scottish renewables hub
Wednesday 01 September 2010: Multi-million pound proposal aims to revive ‘sleeping giant' fabrication yard at Kishorn in West Scotland as offshore renewables centre
News in Brief
Tuesday 31 August 2010: With news on the draft RO Order 2011, further consultation on OFTO and an appointment for Forewind
Autoclave firm outlines “very exciting” waste-to-energy plans
Tuesday 31 August 2010: Sterecycle secures planning permission for biomass power plant at Rotherham site and also looks at AD potential
Transformers arrive at London Array onshore substation
Tuesday 31 August 2010: Consortium moves first two transformers to Graveney to enable construction of element to link 1,000 MW offshore wind farm to electricity network
Announcement on Severn Tidal project due this Autumn
Tuesday 31 August 2010: DECC confirms it will publish the findings of feasibility study on proposed schemes during next session of Parliament
Solar energy projects to compete for £7m funding
Friday 27 August 2010: Technology Strategy Board and EPSRC launch competition to help stimulate next generation of solar energy harvesting technologies
DECC reveals under sea CO2 storage licensing plans
Friday 27 August 2010: Government sets out how it will license storage of carbon dioxide under the seabed in response to consultation
Port infrastructure ‘key’ to UK securing Round 3 manufacturing
Friday 27 August 2010: Head of offshore renewables at RenewableUK, Peter Madigan, also highlights need for stability in offshore wind financing
“Smarter” grid needed to face renewables needs
Friday 27 August 2010: Cabling company Nexans explains importance of better managing networks to deal with wind and solar power and electric vehicles
Waste firm SITA establishes dedicated energy division
Thursday 26 August 2010: Waste and recycling company restructures staff to set-up 160-strong unit focussed on potential of creating renewable energy from waste
B9 Coal proposes 500MW CCS project
Thursday 26 August 2010: UK-based company brings together consortium to work on "unique" scheme which will be put forward to DECC
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Wave Hub cable brought ashore at Hayle
Thursday 26 August 2010: Latest stage of development sees export cable pulled onto beach where it will be joined to onshore cables linked to electricity substation
Installation of foundations completed at Walney 1
Thursday 26 August 2010: DONG Energy claims offshore activity is "booming" at site of183.6MW offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea
UK and Norway to cooperate on North Sea offshore wind
Wednesday 25 August 2010: Energy ministers from the two countries sign joint statement promising to encourage wind industry to exchange information
Farmgen starts work on AD tanks for Carr Farm project
Wednesday 25 August 2010: Construction begins on first of two tanks for Lancashire scheme, set to be ‘spearhead' project of energy firm's £30m investment plans
Port investment vital for Scotland‘s offshore wind
Wednesday 25 August 2010: Study by Scottish Renewables highlights potential for technology but stresses need for strategic investment
Ofgem publishes total Renewables Obligation for 2009/10
Wednesday 25 August 2010: Energy regulator calculates total RO on electricity suppliers across the UK for financial year at more than 30 million ROCs
News in Brief
Tuesday 24 August 2010: With news on a solar panel installation programme, an exclusivity deal for SeaEnergy and an appointment at Ownergy
Funding issues blamed for Renewable Heat Incentive delay
Tuesday 24 August 2010: Senior policy advisors claim RHI is held-up in Treasury due to questions over how it will be financed
RES to contest wind farm refusal in Aberdeenshire
Tuesday 24 August 2010: Company submits appeal against council's decision not to grant planning permission for 10MW Meikle Carewe project near Stonehaven
Companies urged to join NE renewables supply chain cluster
Monday 23 August 2010: PD Ports hosts conference to build support for ‘chain reaction' initiative aimed at serving European offshore wind sector
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ENER-G and Quercia partner for EfW project
Monday 23 August 2010: Scheme at landfill site in Lancashire uses biogas technology to convert waste into renewable energy
Costain eyes up multi-billion pound offshore wind market
Monday 23 August 2010: Company teams up with Hochtief and Arup in hope of designing and building gravity base foundations for sector
Concern raised over planning difficulties for EfW facilities
Friday 20 August 2010: Chief executive of waste management firm SITA UK reports that only 35 of 68 applications submitted over two years approved
Mansell awarded deal to develop London Array base
Friday 20 August 2010: Construction services firm handed £3.9m contract to build O&M buildings at Ramsgate Port for offshore wind farm
Scheme launched to support microgeneration in Wales
Friday 20 August 2010: Welsh Assembly Government launches programme to help SMEs become accredited to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme
Nick Clegg outlines plans for ‘Green Deal’
Thursday 19 August 2010: Deputy Prime Minister speaks of government's "quiet green revolution" at launch of project to support growing renewables businesses
Renewables giants highlight financial positions for Q2 2010
Thursday 19 August 2010: DONG records huge profit increase for Q2 2010, while Vestas sees fall in revenue and Statkraft notes a profit decrease
OPINION: Consequences of scrapping regional spatial strategies
Thursday 19 August 2010: Haydn Scholes, director of Wardell Armstrong's renewable energy group, looks at what effect the end of RSSs will have on renewables
Eleven projects able to bid for low carbon networks funding
Thursday 19 August 2010: Ofgem claims "innovative" projects aimed at speeding up development of sector eligible to compete for share of annual £64m funding
RES to extend Caithness wind farm
Wednesday 18 August 2010: Developer begins consultation process ahead of submitting application for further five turbines to be added to project near Thurso
Southampton site secured for 100MW biomass project
Wednesday 18 August 2010: Helius Energy signs option to lease 20 acre site for construction of proposed power plant
BiFab wins £2m tidal turbine development deal
Wednesday 18 August 2010: Fabrications company receives bulk of tidal energy technology firm's £4m investment in Scotland
MCT hits two million unit milestone with SeaGen project
Tuesday 17 August 2010: Bristol-based energy company celebrates reaching landmark electricity generation from tidal stream energy turbine in Strangford Lough
Government urged to “get a grip” on planning
Tuesday 17 August 2010: Business group CBI identifies 37 power plant proposals currently held up in a "log-jam"of planning applications for large-scale projects
Scotland halts applications for renewables funding scheme
Tuesday 17 August 2010: Energy Minister announces closure of submissions for CARES citing "unprecedented" demand from community groups
Scotland discusses building “world’s first” floating wind farm
Monday 16 August 2010: First Minister Alex Salmond meets with oil firm Statoil in Norway to consider potential for Hywind II commercial scale wind farm
Planning permission granted for “UK’s first” geothermal plant
Monday 16 August 2010: Cornwall council gives go-ahead to Geothermal Engineering to develop first commercial plant at site in Redruth
Warning over “real deadline” for CRC registration
Monday 16 August 2010: PricewaterhouseCoopers claims businesses need to begin registration process now due to the length of time it takes to apply
Corus plans £31.5 million offshore wind monopile plant
Friday 13 August 2010: Steel giant starts preliminary engineering work on facility at its Redcar site on Teesside
Atlantis unveils “largest ever” tidal power turbine
Friday 13 August 2010: Marine energy company reveals AK1000 at Invergordon ahead of installation at dedicated berth at EMEC later this summer
“Dramatic increase” needed in offshore wind manufacturing
Friday 13 August 2010: Analysts AMA publish report calling for investment in UK supply chain to meet Round 3 scale-up
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E.ON installs first turbine in UK on MoD land
Thursday 12 August 2010: Energy company erects 5kW wind turbine at Duke of York's Royal Military School in Kent
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OPINION: Biomass market - supply and demand
Thursday 12 August 2010: In the second of two pieces, Gordon Watts, of CO2Sense Yorkshire, discusses how to support energy users in the uptake of woodfuel
Western Isles potential host for Oyster test site
Thursday 12 August 2010: Aquamarine Power explores idea of installing small demonstration wave power project off west coast of Lewis
WAG advised on how to stimulate biomass supply
Thursday 12 August 2010: National Assembly for Wales' sustainability committee presents key recommendations following inquiry
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Work begins on hydro scheme in Glen Lyon
Wednesday 11 August 2010: Green Highland Renewables starts development of first of three small run-of-river hydro schemes in area
E.ON reports growth in profits for first half of 2010
Wednesday 11 August 2010: Results also shiow 2,800MW of ‘climate friendly' generating capacity installed by company in period
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Over 2,000 divers needed for European offshore wind sector
Wednesday 11 August 2010: The Underwater Centre releases report showing 1,700 commercial divers needed for installation with further 500 required during O&M phase
Businesses urged to register as CRC deadline looms
Wednesday 11 August 2010: Climate change minister and Environment Agency call on estimated 2,000 businesses to sign up to scheme, with 50 days remaining
Lifting council ban “great news” for renewable projects
Tuesday 10 August 2010: Huhne's decision to allow local authorities to sell renewable electricity to the grid hailed as essential first step by industry
First turbines erected at Nottingham wind farm
Tuesday 10 August 2010: RWE npower renewables claims 9MW Lindhurst onshore wind farm has started to take shape
GDF Suez to merge with International Power
Tuesday 10 August 2010: Two energy giants to create New International Power, with new company to have diverse energy mix
Firms join forces to build 35MW waste-to-energy facility
Tuesday 10 August 2010: Sembcorp and waste management firm SITA UK announce plans for £200 million plant on Teesside
FiTs data shows “surprise uptake” by commercial sector
Monday 09 August 2010: Ownergy analyses Ofgem figures, which show 20.7MW of total installed capacity was registered for FiTs between April and July
CBI: Clarity needed to achieve sustainable energy mix
Monday 09 August 2010: Business lobbying body calls for clear government policy over next six months to secure investment in low carbon infrastructure
Councils able to sell renewable electricity from next week
Monday 09 August 2010: Energy secretary Chris Huhne overturns ban to make community renewable projects commercially viable
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OPINION: Biomass market: supply and demand
Friday 06 August 2010: In the first of two pieces, Gordon Watts, of CO2Sense Yorkshire looks at the importance of the woodfuel supply chain
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News in brief
Friday 06 August 2010: With news on an offshore wind partnership, a Forestry Commission grant for a woodfuel system and the completion of cable laying at EMEC
First energy planning applications submitted to IPC
Friday 06 August 2010: Proposals for EfW plant and electricity line from wind farm submitted for validation but final decisions could rest with Secretary of State
Government urged to “pull socks up” on renewables
Friday 06 August 2010: Micropower Council publishes report analysing progress of "greenest government ever", highlighting delays on policy announcements
Government allocates £1.3m for CCS in North East
Thursday 05 August 2010: Vince Cable announces latest funding for low carbon technology on visit to region, while also marking start of work on Narec marine test rig
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Four companies awarded offshore wind demonstration sites
Thursday 05 August 2010: DONG and Narec among those selected by The Crown Estate to test new turbines and other technologies in marine environment
Construction of 71.75MW Caithness wind farm begins
Thursday 05 August 2010: Scottish and Southern Energy starts initial work on project near Brora, ahead of turbine delivery scheduled for 2011
Three bidders chosen to run offshore wind transmission links
Thursday 05 August 2010: Energy regulator Ofgem announces preferred bidders selected to own and operate links for seven offshore wind farms
Work begins on AD facility at Shropshire college
Wednesday 04 August 2010: Turf cutting ceremony marks start of development of Harper Adams University College's £3 million anaerobic digester
OPINION: Driving wave and tidal power into maturity
Wednesday 04 August 2010: Professor Peter Crossley, director of the Joule Centre for Energy Research & Development, assesses the state of the industry in England
Vestas to supply turbines for 66MW Devon wind farm
Wednesday 04 August 2010: Devon Wind Power Ltd orders 22 V90's for Fullabrook wind project
