Pete Smith @ December 10, 2007 # 4 Comments
The Observer reports that Britain is running out of renewable energy, as a surge in demand from businesses has outstripped the supply of electricity generated from ‘green’ sources. Firms’ interest in reducing their carbon footprint has far exceeded new capacity coming on-stream. This leaves companies which have pledged to become ‘carbon neutral’ with a sizeable [...]
Pete Smith @ December 10, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Shares in Renewable Energy Holdings (REH.L) were up today on the news that the green technologies firm has agreed a deal to purchase the Kobylany wind farm site in Poland, which will provide 30 MW of generating capacity with an accompanying off-take infrastructure and transformer station. REH will pay €68,000 per MW of generating capacity, [...]
Pete Smith @ December 7, 2007 # 7 Comments
The Department for Communities and Local Government has indicated that the necessary legislation for a more relaxed planning regime for domestic microgeneration equipment – solar panels, heat pumps, biomass boilers and combined heat and power schemes – will be published in Spring 2008. The results of a consultation paper, on the extension of householder permitted [...]
Pete Smith @ November 22, 2007 # 5 Comments
A plan to build the world’s largest power station fuelled by biomass – in this case wood chips – has been approved by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. The £400m, 350 MW plant was proposed by London-based Prenergy and will be built in Port Talbot in South Wales. It will burn some [...]
Pete Smith @ November 17, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has published an ‘Issue Brief’ on biofuels. The document, the first output from WBSCD’s new workstream on clean energy technology, provides an overview of biofuel production and use with a special focus on the transport sector. It describes first and second generation biofuels and explores their potential [...]
Pete Smith @ August 3, 2007 # 3 Comments
Scottish Power has announced its intention to contract farmers to produce 250,000 tonnes of energy crops to replace coal burned at Scotland’s two coal-fired power stations, Cockenzie and Longannet. The project will use about 35,000 hectares, 12% of Scotland’s total agricultural land. Scottish Power aims to substitute 5% of its coal consumption with energy crops [...]
