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Posted: over 11 years ago

UK: Gannets and Offshore Renewables

With European member states committed to obtaining 20% of their energy from renewables by 2020, the ...

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UK: NTA Warns about Latest Argyll Array Proposal Update

The No Tiree Array (NTA) campaign, which opposes to Scottish Power Renewables’ proposal for Argyll A...

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  • Environment
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NRDC’s Kit Kennedy Opposes Claims against Cape Wind (USA)

Clean Energy Counsel at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Kit Kennedy, opposes the claim...

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USA: Offshore Wind Recommended among Resources to Replace Nuclear Power Plant

In just the last year, New York State began developing at least 25 percent of the alternative electr...

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  • Environment
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USA: Assateague Island against Offshore Wind Power Transmission

Residents of Assateague Island are opposing the power transmission project which would deliver offsh...

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  • Environment
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Irish Sea Wind Farm Raises Concerns

Steam Packet Company has objected to proposals made by Celtic Array to build a 2.2GW Rhiannon offsho...

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USA: DOE Launches Website for MHK, Offshore Wind Energy

A new website has been designed by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ...

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WWF Cymru Calls for More Research on Severn Barrage, UK

Leading conservation organisation WWF Cymru has urged caution on plans for a Severn barrage, followi...

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  • Environment
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NTA Publishes Information Update on Argyll Array, UK

The No Tiree Array (NTA) campaign, which opposes to Argyll Array offshore wind farm, has published a...

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  • Environment
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USA: APNS Responds to FAA’s Decision

Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS) released a statement regarding Federal Aviation Administr...

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Porpoises, WW2 Mines Increase Costs of German Offshore Wind Projects

Porpoises and unexploded mines left from the Second World War are increasing the costs of offshore w...

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  • Business & Finance
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UK: Geese Avoid Wind Turbine Blades

As the BBC reports, a new research by Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) shows that the pin...

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  • Environment
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EMU Delivers Environmental Statement for Scottish 450MW Offshore Wind Farm

The Environmental Statement (ES) supporting the development marine license application for the 450MW...

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  • Environment
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UK: Surfers Comment on Draft Environmental Statement for Rampion OWF

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is concerned with E-ON’s Draft Environmental Statement identifyin...

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  • Environment
Posted: over 11 years ago
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South Downs Society Challenges E.ON Over Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, UK

Environmental campaign group, the South Downs Society, yesterday called on energy company E.ON to ju...

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  • Environment
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National Trust Objects to Atlantic Array, UK

After RWE Renewables issued a draft environmental impact assessment last month, the National Trust h...

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  • Environment
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USA: Texas Offshore Wind Project Raises Concerns

The proposed offshore wind project near South Padre Island in the Gulf of Mexico has raised some que...

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  • Environment
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USA: NOAA Uses Wave Glider Device for Ocean Research

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lab in Seattle is using a robotic device,...

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  • Environment
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