Scottish and Southern Energy is looking to build onshore wind turbines in the Shetland Islands.The company has teamed up with partner Viking Energy and the Shetland Islands Trust to submit plans for a wind farm large enough to provide power for 500,000 homes.Proposals suggest that the 540MW development, featuring 150...

Europe's largest onshore wind farm has been officially unveiled in Scotland.First minister Alex Salmond switched on the Whitelee 140 wind turbine development yesterday (May 20th).The opening of the £300 million wind farm coincided with a plan from Scottish Power to further extend the development to provide energy to 250,000 homes...

Several new wind turbines could be constructed off the coast of northern England following a project from the New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC).The Northern Wind Innovation Programme will provide support for offshore energy developments as part of a collaboration between NaREC and Envirolink Northwest.Some £2.6 million will be available...

Countries across the globe look to the UK for advice on how best to harness wind power, one industry organisation has said.Wind turbine developments in the UK and Ireland are noted for their success and act as inspiration for projects in other countries.This is according to the British Wind Energy...

Solar photovoltaic technology should be installed in council houses in Leeds if the city is serious about cutting carbon emissions, one Green councillor has said.Councillor Ann Blackburn has called on the city council to set a "leading example" by fitting new social housing properties with solar panels.She was speaking to...

Boiler firm Baxi has been presented with an industry award for its new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) product. The Baxi Ecogen micro-CHP won the Innovation Award at the recent Micropower Awards held in London.Baxi beat off competition from a number of other innovative microgeneration technologies and was praised by...

Around £10 billion worth of wind energy schemes are ready to enter the development stage should the government act to free up investment, it has been claimed. With the Conservative Party having recently called for an additional £30 billion to be invested in the green technology sector, the Wind Energy...

Photovoltaic tiles have been installed in a new build home whose developers claim will save new residents ten percent on their utility bills.The photovoltaic tiles have been installed on 14 houses in a Bryanth Homes development in Caterham Surrey.But these are not the only measures that will help residents reduce...

A school with a wind turbine supplying a tenth of its energy has been shortlisted for a national design award.Water Hall Primary School in Bletchley is among the final 16 considered for the Inspiring Design category of the British Council for School Environments (BCSE).Over 170 entries across 13 categories were...

Solar photovoltaics will save a community centre money on its energy bills.The 13 kilowatt photovoltaic system installed on the Redruth Community Centre in Cornwall is expected to generate two-thirds of the building's electricity.Over the course of the year it is estimated the system will generate 11,000 kilowatt hours (KWh).In order...

A microgeneration wind turbine has been installed at the offices of a RSPB reserve in Rainham Marshes.The 15 kilowatt grid connected wind turbine will compliment the solar photovoltaics and ground source heat pump already at the site.According to Ardenham Energy, which installed the 15-metre wind turbine, the combination of microgeneration...