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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wind energy to power solar factory in Wales

Tuesday 03 August 2010: Ecotricity wind turbine to be placed at Cardiff site to generate renewable power for G24 Innovations

Suffolk wind scheme given go ahead

Tuesday 03 August 2010: Planning permission granted for two 2.5MW wind turbines on Airfield Industrial Estate, near Eye

International news in brief

Tuesday 03 August 2010: With news on OMM winning a cabling contract for a German wind farm cluster, low carbon growth in India and the launch of a repowered wind farm

DECC responds to public’s suggestions for renewables

Tuesday 03 August 2010: Calls for increased investment in community energy projects raised in Programme for Government consultation

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