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tahir

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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 05 1:19 pm Post subject: Top 10 green energy schemes named

Ten new green energy projects have been named as best in the UK for leading the way in cutting carbon emissions and promoting renewable energy.

The schemes, which began operation in 2005, were exciting and innovative, the Department of Trade and Industry said.

They include offshore turbines in Kent, the solar-powered CIS tower in Manchester and a wave buoy in Cornwall.

A target of supplying 10% of the UK's electricity from renewable energy by 2010 has been set by the government.

Energy minister Malcolm Wicks said: "The projects highlighted have certainly made their contribution to reducing carbon emissions and increasing the megawatt capacity that comes from green sources."

'Considerable progress'

He said they had also helped people understand "what renewable energy is and where it comes from", and added it was essential for the UK to make "considerable year on year progress" if the 2010 renewable energy target was to be met.

The list includes three wind farms, three solar-power projects, and two examples of microgeneration, or projects with lower outputs.

According to the government, the 30-turbine Kentish Flats wind farm has been described as "the Ferrari of the turbine world".

Black Law A in South Lanarkshire was one of the largest wind farms approved in the UK, and the Cefn Croes project near Aberystwyth the most powerful when it opened in June.

The CIS tower in Manchester - the city's tallest building - was on course to be the biggest user of solar panels in the UK.

And the biomass plant in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, was singled out for producing a "revolutionary new wood pellet bio fuel", created by burning sawdust and woodchips.

The wave buoy project off the north Cornwall coast was highlighted as a project that would "speed up the installation of one of the world's first wave farms".

The site is being investigated as a possible wave hub location - an offshore electrical socket that would be connected to the national grid.

Also included in the list are:

# Spen Valley Sports College, West Yorkshire - microgeneration.

# Eden Project, Cornwall - solar power.

# Nissan Motor Plant, Sunderland - microgeneration.

# Science Museum, London - solar power.

Story from BBC NEWS:
https://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/4567928.stm

Published: 2005/12/30 01:04:57 GMT

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homeinsulationservices

Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 06 7:32 pm Post subject:

I PERSONALLY THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET ITS SELF AN UN REALISTIC TARGET. THE ONLY WAY IT WILL HIT THIS TARGET IS THROUGH WIND POWER AND TIDAL AND WAVE TECHNOLERGY. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET ITS HEAD OUT OF THE SAND AND GIVE THE DOMESTIC CUSTOMER A GOOD INCENTIVE TO PUT RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THERE OWN HOME.

FOR INSTANCE THE ELECTRICITY PRODUCED BY SOLAR P.V OR WIND IS BOUGHT BY THE ENERGY COMPANY FOR AROUND 1/3 PER UNIT THAN WHAT YOU PAY FOR IT. fRANCE MAKES ENERGY COMPANYS PAY ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT A CUSTOMER PAYS PER UNIT.

GO TO GERMANY AND YOU WILL SEE THOUSENS UPON THOUSENS OF SOLAR INSTALATIONS WHY? THERE CLIMATE IS SIMILAR TO OURS SO ITS NOT THAT ITS MORE EFFECTIVE, ITS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT GIVES A GOOD SUBSIDY TOWARDS IT.

UNTILL OUR GOVERNMENT WAKES UP AND REALISES WE WILL ALLWAYS BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LEADER BOARD.

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