A Visit to Two Wind Farms

A Visit to Two Wind Farms
Last bank holiday weekend in the UK was also my 59th birthday and while holidaying in the superb unspoilt Edwardian seaside town of Southwold, famous for its beach huts and lighthouse, I decided to visit a couple of wind farms. One was Scroby sands, near Great Yarmouth reached by boat from Southwold Harbour, the other an… Read the rest

5 Major UK Offshore Wind projects Approved

5 Major UK Offshore Wind projects Approved
Eight major renewable energy projects, expected to support 8,500 jobs, have been given government approval. They include 5 offshore wind projects and 3 Biomass projects. The contracts are the first awarded under the UK government’s energy market reforms. The Coalition Energy Secretary Ed Davey said the projects would help power up to three million homes and… Read the rest

UK Conservative Party Will End Onshore Wind Power Subsidies if Re-elected in 2015

UK Conservative Party Will End Onshore Wind Power Subsidies if Re-elected in 2015
The U.K. Conservative Party has finally gone public with a policy many political commentators thought would be coming. They will end all subsidies to onshore wind power if they win the next UK  election, a move that the industry said would end deployment of the country’s cheapest form of renewable energy. The Conservatives (who with the… Read the rest

Climate Change UK: The Signs are Obvious

Climate Change UK: The Signs are Obvious
The consensus view has been that global warming and carbon pollution will bring about increasingly erratic, unpredictable, volatile and more extreme weather conditions. While there have been sceptics in Europe, the recent floods and severe weather conditions that has brought so much devastation and misery to parts of the UK, is blindingly clear hard evidence that… Read the rest

Twin Turbine Trouble in Derby, England.

Twin Turbine Trouble in Derby, England.
There are two sides to every story and the pro-wind and anti-wind lobbies’ arguments can be seen in microcosm in a corner of England where two 130m high wind turbines have been erected against the Derby skyline. Here, one of the blades is being delivered to the place of assembly: Severn Trent Water received permission to… Read the rest

Wind Power and Wildlife Can Co-Exist

Wind Power and Wildlife Can Co-Exist
Despite the fact that our production of non-renewable energy has for many years adversely affected our environment, and wildlife (the London smog caused by factory chimney smoke in the 1950’s killed thousands of birds as well as people!), the complaints about the evils of wind power to birds and bats continues to be voiced.  It seems… Read the rest

Record-Breaking Wind in the UK!

Record-Breaking Wind in the UK!
While you may now be taking down the Christmas Lights and ruminating on how to get rid of those excess pounds piled on this Yuletide, December was a cause for celebration in the UK’s wind fraternity: U.K. wind farms generated a record amount of electricity in December as well as hitting weekly and daily highs after… Read the rest

Wind Turbine Noise: New Reports

Wind Turbine Noise: New Reports
The German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI) in conjunction with the Martin Luther University  Halle–Wittenberg’s environmental psychology department has conducted measurements, data evaluation and a survey of 200 people living close to a wind farm near Wilstedt in Lower Saxony. The farm comprises nine 2MW turbines operated by wind developer WPD. The 200 were asked questions about… Read the rest

Death Knell for Large Onshore Turbines in UK?

Death Knell for Large Onshore Turbines in UK?
The UK coalition government has responded to a growing investment crisis with the country’s offshore wind programme by pulling back on plans to make heavy cuts in subsidies for that power source. Ed Davey pictured here, the energy secretary, said the measures unveiled on Wednesday would allow £40bn of extra investment in carbon-friendly electricity generation. But… Read the rest