A new campaign that champions the health benefits of glass packaging will urge consumers to buy their food and drink in glass to ensure glass stays a choice on our shelves. Backing up the campaign is a major new European-wide survey by TNS that reveals most consumers in the UK (70%) want the right to … Read more
The wind energy industry in the UK has reached a momentous milestone with 5GW of installed wind energy capacity or the equivalent of enough power to supply close to 3 million homes. The 5GW barrier has been achieved by the commissioning of two major wind farm developments – the expansion of Fred.Olsen Renewables’ Crystal Rig … Read more
The Energy Saving Trust in the UK is calling on industry to improve installation techniques for air and ground source heat pumps to ensure they become a quality and mainstream technology for householders. This follows the completion of the first phase of the most comprehensive field trial of the technologies ever undertaken in the UK, … Read more
E.ON has officially opened one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms. Located in the Solway Firth, the Robin Rigg wind farm has a total capacity of 180 megawatts and the potential to generate enough electricity to supply the annual needs of 117,000 homes and to displace the emissions of 235,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. … Read more
Grontmij, the Dublin-based sustainable design, engineering and management consultancy, has appointed a new managing director for the UK and Ireland. John Chubb will join the company from 1st October 2010. Lawrence Hughes, current managing director of Grontmij in the UK and Ireland, will retain his role as chairman of the UK and Ireland board, as … Read more
ScottishPower Renewables is to expand the capacity of its Whitelee wind farm by 217 megawatts (MW) to 539 megawatts, cementing its position as the largest wind farm in Europe. Using Alstom technology, the new capacity is slated to come on stream in 2012. The project will use 69 Alstom ECO 100 wind turbines with a … Read more
WINGAS Storage UK has received consent from the British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to develop its depleted gas field at Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire into an underground storage facility for natural gas. The UK’s need for a greater volume of gas storage, driven by the decline in production form the UK Continental Shelf, … Read more
Production of electricity from wind reached a historical record on the 6th of September this year, with around 10% of all electricity delivered to consumers generated by the UK’s wind farms, according to data from the National Grid. At the peak time of 8.30 pm on Monday 6th September, 1860MW was being generated – largely … Read more
SeaGen, the world’s first and only commercial scale tidal stream energy turbine has passed another electricity generation milestone by delivering its two millionth unit of electricity into the UK electricity grid. The 1.2MW SeaGen, located in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, is now operating 24 hours, seven days a week. It is well on course to … Read more
The UK will miss its 2020 renewable energy targets unless a ‘quantum leap’ in offshore wind capacity investment is achieved, with reforms to the energy markets to attract pensions and life assurance funding, according to analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Offshore wind plays a make or break role in the UK’s renewable energy strategy. It is … Read more