Q&A: Wind power
Features
What's the history of wind energy?
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: December 14, 2007
Nimbys can't be allowed to put a block on wind farms
Features
This is crunch time. If Britain is to have any chance of meeting its target to generate 10% of its energy from renewable sources by 2010, then a great leap forward is needed right now. So far only 4.2% of energy is from renewables and three years is not long to more than double it. Wind power is the clean energy closest to profitability, yet many projects - on or offshore - are being held up or rejected by local authorities. Forty per cent of all applications were refused in the past two years, most by Tory councils or the SNP.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: January 15, 2008
Gotcha'ed, by George
Features
I've been Monbioted. It is flattering, if rather ludicrous, to be listed among "the top decision-makers who shape the global environment", but I am aware that George Monbiot's interview with me has the potential to be used for years in media training courses as a lesson in how not to handle a hostile interview. As your first gleeful comment on the website has it, "watch Shaun Spiers squirm". Merry Christmas to Bluecloud and the rest of George's fan club.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: December 18, 2008
Energy in China: 'We call it the Three Gorges of the sky. The dam there taps water, we tap wind'
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In the vast natural wind tunnel that is Dabancheng, the gales that roar between the snow-capped mountain ridges get so strong that trains have been gusted off railway tracks and lorries overturned.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: July 25, 2008
Windy record in the US
News
The US wind energy industry installed 5,244MW in 2007, expanding the country's total wind power generating capacity by 45 per cent in a single year.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: January 19, 2008
UK wind farm plans on brink of failure
Features
A major threat to Britain's ambitions for renewable energy will emerge this week when wind industry leaders admit that targets set for 2020 are looking increasingly unrealistic.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: October 19, 2008
UK lags behind on eco energy
Features
Almost two years ago, cranes loaded three red 'Pelamis' wave machines - named after a species of sea snake - on to container ships in the Orkneys. Their destination: the coast of Portugal. Nothing could be more symbolic of how the UK has fallen behind in the race to embrace renewable energy.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: February 24, 2008
