Renewable Energy Wind News Archive 4

2 March 2006 - Wind farm plans hit early trouble Plans to create two wind farms in East Yorkshire have run into problems at an early stage of their development.
BBC News Humberside
2 March 2006 - Giant wind farm plan in Cumbria thrown out Plans to create England's largest wind farm in Cumbria have been rejected by the government.
BBC News Cumbria
1 March 2006 - £4m invested in co-op wind farm Thousands of people have bought shares in a community-owned wind farm, raising £4m to help build five turbines.
BBC News Oxfordshire
28 February 2006 - Tests sought for wind energy park Tests are being sought to determine whether a renewable energy park could be created in Cumbria.
BBC News Cumbria
20 February 2005 - Wind powers 25 year energy dream In the biting cold of a February breeze, the blades of Ian Robinson's wind turbine begin to spin faster and faster.
BBC News Wales
14 February 2006 - Councillor given wind energy ban Powys Council has barred one of its councillors from debating and voting on planning applications relating to wind farms.
BBC News Wales
9 February 2006 - Coastal wind farm tourism fears A council has objected to plans for a wind farm off the coast of north Wales after hearing it could damage tourism.
BBC News Wales
9 February 2006 - Turbines to put wind up aquarium Plymouth's National Marine Aquarium has unveiled two new wind turbines which will power the attraction's latest exhibition, Explorocean.
BBC News Devon
9 February 2006 - Sail of the century With energy prices on the up, will city skylines bristle with wind turbines and will back gardens become mini wind farms?
BBC News
2 February 2006 - Wind power goal for soccer ground A football stadium on Teesside plans to go green by installing a wind turbine in its car park.
BBC News Tees
31 January 2006 - Turbines working again after fire Wind turbines are again producing power at the giant Nissan car plant on Wearside, a month after one of the six machines burst into flames.
BBC News Wear
28 January 2006 - Eagle worry over new wind farms Wind farm production could be placing Scotland's white-tailed eagle population under threat, a wildlife charity has warned.
BBC News Scotland

17 January 2006 - Wind farm plan for colliery site A former coal mine in Leicestershire has been identified as a potential site for a major wind farm.
BBC News Leicestershire
12 January 2006 - Switch on for wind farm project A wind farm hailed as the biggest in the UK has been officially switched on at a special ceremony in South Lanarkshire.
BBC News Scotland
20 December 2005 - Wind firm criticised over claims The company behind a controversial proposed wind farm in west Devon has been criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
BBC News Devon
5 December 2005 - Biggest wind farm postponed The planned construction of Wales' biggest wind farm in the Bristol Channel has been postponed for at least two years.
BBC News Wales
1 December 2005 - Couple generating own electricity A Kent couple are being allowed to build a wind turbine in their back garden, despite more than 30 objections from neighbours.
BBC News Kent
30 November 2005 - Wind farm 'maps' generate new row The RSPB has released a series of images which show the scale of plans for a huge wind farm planned for the Hebridean island of Lewis.
BBC News Scotland
24 November 2005 - Wind turbine starts work One of the first giant wind turbines in the South has finally started generating power after days of testing.
BBC News Berkshire
21 November 2005 - 'Tallest' wind farm plans unveiled Plans for another wind farm in Wales housing the country's tallest turbines have been announced in Powys.
BBC News Wales
14 November 2005 - UK has 'high quality' wind supply The UK's wind is better for generating electricity than that of its rivals, according to a government-backed study.
BBC News
14 November 2005 - Power firm doubles green capacity A power company has doubled its "green" energy generation capacity in Northern Ireland with the purchase of a wind farm in County Fermanagh.
BBC News Northern Ireland
13 November 2005 - Turbine plan sparks energy debate Calls to promote energy efficiency instead of building a wind farm on the Kent and Sussex border have come from environmental campaigners.
BBC News England
10 November 2005 - College goes green with turbines Managers at Plymouth's College of Further Education hope two new wind turbines on site will inspire other organisations to think green.
BBC News Devon

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