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- wind power generators, are they right for you? Tue, 16 Nov 10, 11:07pmWind power generation sounds like a possible way to offset rising power bills, we look at the issues involved and if it is practical for you.
- The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis Mon, 13 Jan 25, 3:00amAn environmental writer returns to her father’s home for his funeral in a family memoir that becomes an examination of Shetland’s crucial role in the energy landscape
- The UK pays wind turbines for failure — so the market wants to install more failures Sat, 4 Jan 25, 7:33amSubsidy farms are designed to suck payments from plumbers, bakers and mums and dads. By Jo Nova When failure becomes a commodity… Ponder for a moment how intrinsically unsuitable, maladapted, and worthless wind turbines...
- UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources Fri, 3 Jan 25, 1:43amUK has more than halved amount of electricity generated from fossil fuels but gas still had largest share at 28%
- Another eXcellent Post from Chris Martz Wed, 1 Jan 25, 1:00amBased on land requirements alone, if climate activists were serious environmentalists, they would support deployment of more nuclear power. Some of them do, but most I have interacted with don't and find terrible excuses...
- UK steel industry calls for government to buy British in offshore wind push Fri, 27 Dec 24, 5:00pmOnly 2% of steel used in British offshore wind projects in past five years was UK-made, study finds
- Germany Gets Dunkelf**ked Again, Norway to Dismantle Power Cables To Europe Mon, 16 Dec 24, 5:00pmThe latest wind drought provides more evidence of the foolishness of Germany’s Energiewende, an insanely expensive effort designed to force the country off of hydrocarbons and onto alt-energy...
- Miliband pledges no blackouts under Labour’s ‘unstoppable’ renewable energy shake-up Fri, 13 Dec 24, 9:48pm‘Clean power 2030’ plan will speed up planning and give energy secretary final say on major infrastructure projects
- Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’ Fri, 13 Dec 24, 4:00pmEnergy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks
- Turbine bat deaths could fall without loss of power if wind speed triggers were raised, Victorian research finds Fri, 13 Dec 24, 1:00amChanging state guidelines to lift wind speed turbines start spinning won’t notably affect energy generated, government consultants say
- Wind turbine maker Vestas to cut 300 jobs on Isle of Wight Thu, 12 Dec 24, 2:15amFactory to move from making offshore blades to onshore under deal with government to keep half of 600 staff
- ‘We’re an evolving laboratory’: the island on a quest to be self-sufficient in energy Wed, 11 Dec 24, 8:00pmHarnessing wind, hydro and maybe geothermal power, the tiny Canary Island of El Hierro is blazing a trail for sustainable energy – and the secret is all in the mix
- Denmark offers largest offshore wind area for auction, but no one bids anything Wed, 11 Dec 24, 7:34amPhoto by Kim Hansen. Postprocessing by Richard Bartz and Kim Hansen. | Wikimedia By Jo Nova ““The green transition in Denmark has stalled right now” Denmark was the posterchild for the wind industry. It has...
- How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network Tue, 10 Dec 24, 1:00amAn alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of wind and solar farms – and using them to spruik nuclear power
- BP shifts offshore wind to joint venture amid retreat from renewables Tue, 10 Dec 24, 12:52amEnergy company’s deal with Japan’s Jera will allow it to focus on exploiting oil and gas assets
- How anger at the rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network Tue, 10 Dec 24, 1:00amAn alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of renewables projects across Australia – and using them to spruik nuclear power