Renewable Energy UK News Archive 2

21 September 2005 - Extra money for home energy fund A renewable energy small grants scheme, which proved so popular it ran out of funds, has been topped up.
BBC News Scotland
19 September 2005 - Eco-friendly station on the air Wales' first eco-friendly radio station is to start broadcasting via a hilltop transmitter powered by wind and solar energy.
BBC News Wales
18 September 2005 - Green energy for new homes debate The problems and benefits of using renewable energy in domestic homes are being discussed at a conference in south-west England in November.
BBC News Devon
16 September 2005 - Extra funding for home renewables More money is to be made available for a government renewable energy scheme which gives grants to homeowners.
BBC News Scotland
15 September 2005 - Green energy £1bn consumer costs Consumers could be paying about a billion pounds a year to subsidise green energy projects like wind farms, according to a group of MPs.
BBC News Devon
8 August 2005 - Wind and sun to power cemetary Wind and solar power are to be used to provide electricity for a new cemetery in Northumberland.
BBC News Tyneside
22 July 2005 - City's first 'eco' school opens A north Belfast school where energy is never wasted, has been officially opened.
BBC News Northern Ireland
5 July 2005 - Eco-village 'is model for us all' Thousands of protesters heading for the G8 summit at Gleneagles are camping beside the River Forth in Stirling. It's a campsite with a difference.
BBC News
23 June 2005 - Hopes for home power generation Many homes could generate all their own power by wind or solar energy and sell the surplus, the government has said.
BBC News
20 June 2005 - Plans unveiled for cleaner energy Wales will adopt "cleaner, more efficient energy production" according to a Welsh Assembly Government scheme launched on Monday.
BBC News Wales
26 May 2005 - Renewable energy concerns raised One in five Londoners would consider installing wind turbines or solar panels in their homes if they were easier to install, a report says.
BBC News London
12 May 2005 - North East and Cumbria: Power Politics If there is one thing that political parties agree on it is that we, which probably means "they", should examine how we are to obtain future power supplies.
BBC News North East

4 May 2005 - Should the parties discuss the environment? The main parties are being "irresponsible" by ignoring the environment during the election campaign, according to Greenpeace.
BBC News
20 April 2005 - Wind blown policy The environment is something we live and breathe daily. But are our politicians addressing green issues effectively in their election manifestos and what are the implications for the East?
BBC News East
7 April 2005 - Buildings bids for design awards Four Welsh social housing and building developments are in the running for an award for their design.
BBC News Wales
28 March 2005 - Renewables business park planned A major centre for the development of environmentally friendly energy could be created in Lowestoft.
BBC News Suffolk
25 March 2005 - Plan for £6m green energy centre A £6m offshore renewable energy centre is planned for Lowestoft.
BBC News Suffolk
22 March 2005 - Devon school makes its own power A Devon primary school is among the first in Britain to generate power for itself and the national grid.
BBC News Devon
8 March 2005 - Charge cap for remote green power A hike in prices which could have hit wind, wave and tidal power development in Scotland will be limited.
BBC News Scotland
22 February 2005 - Renewable Energy Bill The bill aims to facilitate the individual use of alternative sources of renewable energy providing for small developments to be permitted.
BBC News
16 February 2005 - How renewable is our energy? As the Kyoto agreement on climate change finally becomes law, many of us are more conscious than ever of the need to do our bit to save the planet.
BBC News
16 February 2005 - Bringing climate change home At last it has come into force - the Kyoto Protocol to slow global warming by cutting greenhouse gases now binds the industrial world.
BBC News
11 February 2005 - Green energy to 'cost consumers' Consumers face a 5% rise in electricity bills by the end of the decade to help meet government targets on renewable energy, an official report says.
BBC News
6 January 2005 - Office site to provide 200 jobs More than 200 jobs are being promised after a cutting-edge business centre overlooking Durham City secured European backing.
BBC News Wear

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