Majority of local people in favour of cleaner coal at Kingsnorth

Tags: wind power, wave power, renewable, powergen, green energy uk, gas, energy, electricity, climate change, carbon, Tagged: 04 September 2008
An Ipsos MORI survey organised by energy company E.ON has shown that a majority of people who live near the Kingsnorth site are in favour of a new cleaner coal-fired power station at the site. The survey showed that 57% of the local population were in favour of E.ON's plans for...

Santa Clara University Purchases Over 11 Million Kilowatt-Hours of Clean Renewable Energy

Tags: wind power, renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Santa Clara University’s electricity just got a little greener. The University’s purchase of 11,256 megawatt hours of renewable energy, equal to the annual output of three and a half large-scale wind turbines, represents over one third of the University’s annual electricity use....

E.ON helps to paint the town red in Workington with 5-a-side football tournament

Tags: wind power, wave power, renewable, powergen, green energy uk, gas, energy, electricity, Tagged: 04 September 2008
E.ON will be celebrating Workington's ‘Paint the Town Red' day on Saturday (AUG 30) by holding a five-a-side football tournament in conjunction with the West Cumbria Police Safety Department. The tournament will be for under-10s and up to under-14s boys' and girls' teams, and w...

E.ON replacing Blyth offshore wind farm power cable

Tags: wind power, wave power, renewable, powergen, green energy uk, gas, energy, electricity, Tagged: 04 September 2008
E.ON, one of the country's leading green generators, is on the verge of completing the installation of an armoured power cable that will get the UK's first offshore wind farm producing power again. Blyth offshore wind farm has been out of action from some time after the underse...

E.ON launches Auchencorth wind farm appeal

Tags: wind power, wave power, renewable, green energy uk, gas, energy, electricity, climate change, Tagged: 04 September 2008
  E.ON has announced that it is appealing against the refusal of Midlothian Council to grant planning permission for a wind farm of up to 45MW at Auchencorth Moss. The initial planning application for the construction of 18 wind turbines on the site south of Penicuik was...

E.ON announces plans to build one of UK’s largest biomass power stations at Port of Bristol

Tags: wind power, wave power, renewable, green energy uk, gas, energy, electricity, carbon, Tagged: 04 September 2008
E.ON, one of the country's leading green generators, has today (TUES) announced plans to invest around £300m in a biomass power station at the Port of Bristol. At 150MW, the proposed Portbury Dock Renewable Energy Plant would generate enough power for more than 200,000 homes by...

E.ON helps Cumbrian primary school go green

Tags: wind power, renewable, powergen, green energy uk, gas, energy saving, energy, electricity, carbon, Tagged: 04 September 2008
Energy company E.ON has given a £5,700 grant under its SOURCE community initiative towards the cost of installing an air source heat pump at Stoneraise Community Primary School in Durdar, Carlisle. The cash will be used to help the school pay for an air source heat pump (ASHP)...

E.ON helps Hertfordshire conservation charity harness the power of water

Tags: wind power, renewable, powergen, green energy uk, gas, energy, electricity, Tagged: 04 September 2008
Leading energy company E.ON has given a £30,000 grant under its SOURCE community initiative towards the cost of installing a water turbine which generates electricity at the Apsley Paper Trail in Hemel Hempstead. The Apsley Paper Trail is an education and conservation charity w...

E.ON completes acquisision of ABB's highways lighting business

Tags: wind power, renewable, powergen, green energy uk, gas, energy, electricity, Tagged: 04 September 2008
E.ON, one of the UK's leading power and gas companies, has today announced it has completed the acquisition of ABB's highways lighting business, including ABB's interests in the Lighting for Staffordshire Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project¹. The acquisition will be integra...

Wind turbine plans go on display

Tags: wind power, energy, Tagged: 08 October 2008
Plans go on public display for two wind turbines which could become part of an energy centre in Staffordshire.

Pickens Plan for Wind Energy Gets PR Push

Tags: wind power, energy, Tagged: 10 September 2008
Pickens’ company, Mesa Power, is in for $2 billion towards building the world’s largest wind farm in Pampa, Texas. The total cost ...

China Wind Systems Signs US $2.9M Deal

Tags: wind power, Tagged: 25 September 2008
China Wind Systems Inc., a supplier of rolled rings to the wind power industry in China, has signed a preliminary agreement with Wuxi Lida Gear Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a gear-rim fabricator, to supply rolled rings measuring 3-4.5 meters in diameter.

Pilot Phase Completed for Belgian Offshore

Tags: wind power, Tagged: 25 September 2008
REpower Systems AG announced that it has successfully completed the pilot phase for Thornton Bank, an offshore wind farm in Belgium. Once all project phases have been completed, Thornton Bank will produce approximately 1,000 gigawatt-hours of power per year.

Duke Energy is expanding use, sales of wind energy

Tags: wind power, energy, Tagged: 10 September 2008
Duke Energy is expanding use, sales of wind energy Published: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 12:06 a.m. MDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Duke Energy ...