Renewable Energy Wind News Archive 5

14 June 2006 - Wind Farm in Angus First wind farm in Angus is approved for eight turbines. The scheme will reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by 23,500tonnes, as well as 270tonnes of sulphur dioxide and 80tonnes of nitrous oxide.
BBC News Scotland
7 June 2006 - Kent offshore wind farm rejected Shell WindEnergy Consortium plans for 270 turbine wind farm are rejected. The farm would be one of the biggest connected to the national grid. Residents of Graveney objected on grounds of disruption during construction. An appeal is expected.
BBC News Kent
3 June 2006 - State of the art wind turbine for Bristol Bristol City Council are to place a helix shaped wind turbine with LED displays of video messages and christmas lights.
BBC News Bristol
31 May 2006 Viterna discovers his 1980 engineering project has taken off Whilst Googling his name Larry Viterna discovered that a project to build an effective wind turbine is now used worldwide.
Nasa
29 May 2006 - Team to study offshore wind farms
Scientists from Durham University are heading a £2.5m research project into wind energy for the future.
BBC News Wear
23 May 2006 - Plan for Somerset turbine is approved Large turbine for the Mendips is approved by Government despite local opposition.
BBC News Somerset
23 May 2006 - Cumbria needs 10 new wind farms Ten more wind farms need to be built in Cumbria by 2010 to help the area meet its renewable energy targets, according to a regional planning body.
BBC News Cumbria
9 May 2006 - Massive North Sea wind farm Plans to build an undersea grid network to link existing and new electricity generating wind farms, which could power 8m homes will be announced on Wednesday.
BBC News England
4 May 2006 - Fresh call for wind farms inquiry An MP has repeated his call for a public inquiry into proposed wind farms in the Western Isles.
BBC News Scotland
4 May 2006 - Opposition to wind farm proposals Opposition has been voiced at plans which could see a wind farm built on land bordering the Lake District National Park.
BBC News Cumbria

3 May 2006 - Objection to revised turbine plan Planners are recommending an objection be lodged to revised plans for 71 wind turbines in the Ae Forest.
BBC News Scotland
27 April 2006 - Massive wind farm gets approval Plans to build Europe's largest onshore wind farm on a vast stretch of moorland south of Glasgow have been approved by the Scottish Executive.
BBC News Scotland
27 April 2006 - Lewis wind farm plans scaled back The company behind plans for a massive wind farm on Lewis is further reducing its size following concerns over the threat to birds.
BBC News Scotland
20 April 2006 - Councillors scale back wind farms The number of potential sites for major wind farms in the Highlands have been cut from 11 to three in a blueprint for renewable energy schemes.
BBC News Scotland
5 April 2006 - Battle lines drawn against pylons Fraser McRae, 61, of Montrose, Angus, wrote to the BBC News website about concerns that plans for new electricity pylons would desecrate an ancient battle ground.
BBC News Scotland
4 April 2006 - UK offshore wind at crossroads Offshore wind energy in the UK is unlikely to reach its full potential unless there is additional support from the government, a report shows.
BBC News
27 March 2006 - Wind power ahead of predictions Onshore wind farms will provide about 5% of Britain's electricity by 2010, according to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA).
BBC News
23 March 2006 - Radar fears over wind power plan A Devon council may press ahead with plans to erect wind turbines on its civic centre despite concerns it could affect radar at a nearby airport.
BBC News Devon
22 March 2006 - Call for suspension of wind farms Anti-wind farm campaigners have urged Highland councillors to suspend any further schemes.
BBC News Scotland
6 March 2006 - Offshore turbines producing power The first electricity has been produced from a huge offshore wind farm development off the coast of Cumbria.
BBC News Cumbria

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