A plan to build a wind turbine to provide microgeneration for a Coventry supermarket looks set to get approval.The Coventry City Council's planning committee recommended the construction of a ten-metre wind turbine for approval from the full council.If constructed, the wind turbine is set to provide enough energy to power...

A microgeneration wind turbine is to help a Nottingham school reduce its energy bills while educating the pupils about renewable energy.West Bridgford School is to put up the 15-metre wind turbine, which will provide 5,340 kilowatt hours per year if planning approval is received, as expected, today (December 22nd).It is...

Microgeneration is one of the most frequent measures architects use in making their buildings greener, according to a recent survey.The poll carried out by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Autodesk revealed that 59 per cent of architects said they included on-site renewable technologies such as wind turbines...

Micorgeneration will help planned affordable housing have lower energy bills.The Mayfield Road scheme planned for Hartford will see 20 houses and nine flats built to high environmental standards.Approved by the Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC), the project is awaiting government approval.However, considering the government has provided £1.3 million towards the project,...

A Thames Water sewage treatment works (STW) is to be the first to install a microgenerationwind turbine.Plans for the 2.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbine at the Crossness STW have received approval.Generation facilities up to three MW are considered to be microgeneration.At full capacity, the wind turbine could generate up to...

Microgeneration is to arrive at a Fenland school in the form of a wind turbine that will educate children about renewable energy.The five kilowatt wind turbine is to be built at the Elm CofE Primary School in Wisbech with funds from the Co-operative's Green Energy for Schools and the government's...

A hydroelectric microgeneration facility owned by the community is to power a Deryshire Co-operative Group (Co-op) food store.According to the Co-op, it will be the first retail outlet to be powered by micro-hydropower and the facility is the first to be owned by the community.Using the River Goyt's fast flowing...

A new wind turbine design could be up to three times more efficient than existing models.Although only in prototype stage, the new model by FloDesign Wind Turbine, a spin-off of an aerospace company, could provide significant increase in energy output.Current models miss out on almost half of the wind's power...

Photovoltaic panels should be designed to minimise the amount of heat they reflect back into the atmosphere, according to scientists.Researchers have discovered that the amount of heat that dissipates into the environment could end up causing climate change even if carbon dioxide emissions are reduced to necessary levels.This is because...