by Lets Get Energized | May 26, 2015 | Community Energy, Energy News for UK, Green Electricity & Gas, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
News from Regen SW Community and localised energy supply can benefit consumers, renewable generators and network operators. However, there are still many commercial and regulatory barriers to selling the energy you generate directly to your local community. In the...
by Vince Adams | May 25, 2015 | Climate Change, Wind Power
Wind Turbine Technology and the Lake Turkana Project For centuries, humans have utilized wind energy through traditional windmills. The Netherlands has played a prominent role in the development of this sector, due to its geographic conditions. It has claimed...
by Erik Blakeley | May 24, 2015 | Climate Change, Sustainable Living
Recycling Rare Earth Magnets The recycling of rare earth magnets from wind turbines is of great importance but is also highly practical. A 3MW wind turbine can use up to 2.7 tonnes of rare earth magnetic material (23). Ironically this is precisely why wind turbine...
by Vince Adams | May 24, 2015 | Community Energy, Energy Events in Dorset, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
Dorset Community Energy – Share Offer launch Friday 5th June 7:00pm Wessex Royale Hotel, High West Street, Dorchester Dorset Community Energy is a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society supported by the Big Lottery ‘Communities Living Sustainably in Dorset’...
by Vince Adams | May 21, 2015 | Community Energy, Energy News for UK, Sustainable Living, Uncategorized
The Island of Eigg “Renewable Energy in ACTION” This week’s radio 4 programme Costing the Earth described how the people of one of the UK’s most remote Islands had developed a renewable energy plan that now provides the Island with 90% of its...