Shale gas does not cause earthquakes, pollute water or use toxic chemicals. Wind turbines do far more damage. It was the US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan who once said: “You are entitled to your opinions, but not to your own facts.” In the debate over shale gas — I refuse Read more
Conservative and Labour MPs in Lancashire have joined forces to demand more money for fracking in their constituencies. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10244182/Tory-and-Labour-MPs-join-forces-to-demand-more-money-for-fracking.html
New 2MW lithium ion battery promises to help balance grid and support renewable energy on the Scottish island http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2288950/orkney-powers-up-uks-first-large-scale-grid-battery
World leading farm scale wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind today announced the introduction of the “Self Raising Tower”. The new hinged and motorised tower makes the Gaia-Wind 133 the biggest small wind turbine (rotor diameter) that can be installed without heavy machinery. http://www.farminguk.com/news/Gaia-Wind-Cook-up-Self-Raising-Tower-_26232.html
Germany’s green energy revolution is losing steam. The shift towards renewable energy is facing mounting resistance. http://www.thegwpf.org/germans-grow-sceptical-shift-renewables/
Germany has ambitious plans of erecting huge offshore wind parks in the North and Baltic Seas with the hope of generating lots of natural, climate-friendly energy. The Riffgat offshore wind park, comprising 30 monster turbines located some 15 kilometers from the North Sea island of Borkum, is such a wind Read more
Businesses, cooperatives, local authorities, schools and housing associations should be given financial support to install medium-sized renewable energy generating systems – such as solar arrays, wind turbines and district heating systems – because of the benefits these projects can bring to communities and the country as a whole, MPs on Read more
Might Offshore Group Newcastle, which builds foundations for windfarms, rethink its generous donations to the Conservatives, after David Cameron’s new-found zeal for fracking? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/10240955/City-Diary-Will-Camerons-generous-green-energy-donor-become-fracked-off.html