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Planning Success for Greenvale AP Wind Turbine
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11/01/2012 One of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes, Greenvale AP, has been given the go-ahead needed to generate energy from wind at its site in March, Cambridgeshire.
Planning permission for the single 2MW wind turbine has recently been granted by Fenland District Council. The turbine will supply the March site with stable-priced electricity for the long-term ... Find out more >>
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Sustainable Journey Continues for Construction Industry Leader
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04/01/2012 Kingspan Insulated Panels, global manufacturer and supplier of insulated roof, wall and fascade systems have submitted an application for 2 x 2.5MW turbines at their Holywell site in North Wales.
The turbines will bring price stability and security to the energy intensive facility and takes the environmentally conscious company a step closer to achieving their target ... Find out more >>
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WP Guides 600MW through Round-1 Bidding
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22/12/2011 The Cape Town office of Wind Prospect today announced that it has successfully steered 600MW of government-backed onshore wind projects through to ‘preferred bid status’ with the Department of Energy.
The success of Wind Prospect’s clients in securing 600MW of the total 633MW onshore wind energy projects comes as the company celebrates a successful first ... Find out more >>
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Green Rigg Wind Farm Update
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20/12/2011 Work on the construction of EDF-ER’s Green Rigg Wind Farm in Northumberland is well under way. Wind Prospect are on site as Project Managers, with Barr Construction carrying out the civils with 6 of the 18 turbine foundations excavated and 4 of these fitted with steel reinforcement.
Unseasonably clement weather conditions have also allowed pouring for 3 of the concrete ... Find out more >>
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Solar Dawn receives Development Approval
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13/12/2011 Chinchilla moved a step closer to becoming a solar power generation hub with the 250 megawatt Solar Dawn Project recently receiving Development Approval from the Western Downs Regional Council.
Solar Dawn spokesperson Andrew Dickson today confirmed that the Development Approval is a major milestone in the Project’s detailed design and development phase.
“The ... Find out more >>
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Nova Scotia - Renewable Energy Investment Opportunity Launched
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08/12/2011 Renewable Energy Investment Opportunity Launched in Nova Scotia.
Halifax, December 2, 2011 – An investment opportunity was launched today whereby Nova Scotia residents may benefit from a 35% non-refundable credit on their 2011 tax return if they invest by December 19, 2011 in Wind4All Inc. (“Wind4All”), a Community Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) ... Find out more >>
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FMC Technologies Celebrates a Greener Future
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07/12/2011 FMC Technologies is celebrating the official opening of the organisation’s 1.5 megawatt Wind Direct wind turbine at their Pitreavie based manufacturing facility in Dunfermline.
FMC was joined at the ceremonial ‘plaque unveiling’ by members from Fife Council and Green Business Fife; a sign of the importance placed upon renewable energy projects in Scotland.
Dan ... Find out more >>
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FMC Technologies Wins Sustainable Development Award
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02/12/2011 Wind Direct client FMC Technologies were last night presented with the award for best Sustainable Development at the coverted Scottish Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh.
The award was made in light of FMC's comittment to the environment including their Greenshoots Fund and their recently installed wind turbine which was developed, installed and operated by Wind ... Find out more >>
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Milestone Reached for Quarry Group’s Turbine project
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30/11/2011 One of Fife’s major employers – Collier Quarrying Group, has submitted a planning application for a wind energy scheme at their Goathill Quarry Site. The application for the 1 x 2MW wind turbine follows thorough environmental surveys at the site, carried out over a period of 12 months. If approved the turbine will provide green energy direct to the quarry, bringing ... Find out more >>
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FMC Technologies Enters the World of Wind Turbines, Dunfermline
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12/10/2011 FMC Technologies has successfully seen the installation of a 100 meter tall wind turbine at their Pitreavie based manufacturing facility in Dunfermline by specialists Wind Direct.
The completion of the 1.5 megawatt turbine project follows four years of extensive planning and could supply up to 40% of the site’s electricity needs. As leaders in the design and manufacturing ... Find out more >>
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New Midlothian wind farm proposal launched
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28/09/2011 Proposals have been announced this week for a medium scale wind farm at Mount Lothian, approximately two kilometres east of the village of Howgate in Midlothian.
Comprising up to twelve turbines with an installed capacity in the region of 24 megawatts (MW), the proposals have been brought forward by leading independent renewable energy developers Wind Prospect.
To ... Find out more >>
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Response to RSPB Statement on Stacain Wind Farm
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15/09/2011 As the developers of the Stacain wind farm, we are disappointed by the inaccurate and inappropriate comments of the RSPB press statement [6 September 2011] on our Appeal to the Court of Session.
In particular, the RSPB statement ignored the whole ethos that we apply to the development of renewable and sustainable energy to meet very ambitious Government targets, which ... Find out more >>
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Wind farm at the tip of Scotland, begins construction
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14/09/2011 Construction of the 21-turbine Baillie wind farm has begun on a windy hillside at the very tip of Scotland, near the Dounreay nuclear power station.
Global renewable energy company, Wind Prospect, worked on the pre-construction phase of the wind farm and are now building the £60m project.
Diggers broke ground on 1st August 2011 to begin construction of access ... Find out more >>
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Public Flocks to Burnfoot Wind Farm Weekend
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12/09/2011 As part of the Scottish Civic Trust’s Doors Open Days event, almost 200 people took to the Ochills last weekend to visit the Burnfoot Hill wind farm.
Renewable energy company, Wind Prospect, welcomed visitors to the thirteen turbine windfarm, which is owned by EDF-ER (Energy Renewables) and laid on coaches to transport members of the public from nearby towns of ... Find out more >>
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Build begins on Fife’s first wind farm
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23/08/2011 Wind Prospect is delighted to announce construction work has commenced on the Little Raith Wind Farm, Fife’s first commercial wind farm development.
Little Raith Wind Farm was acquired by Kennedy Renewables in September 2010 and work began on site in the first week of August. Wind Prospect is project managing ... Find out more >>
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Green Light for Egg Supplier's Wind Turbine
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15/08/2011 The UK’s largest supplier of eggs and egg-based products, Noble Foods, has this week received planning permission to install a 110m commercial-scale wind turbine on land at Thornton, Fife.
The 1.5 MW wind turbine project is being developed and installed by on-site generation specialist Wind Direct and has been granted conditional approval by Fife Council.
It ... Find out more >>
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Wind Prospect ‘in the Zone’ on Nova Scotia Project
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26/07/2011 The Canadian arm of global renewable energy business Wind Prospect, has achieved rezoning approval on land in Nova Scotia that will house a 4.6 MW wind turbine project.
The 2-turbine ‘Fairmont’ project, near Antigonish received unanimous approval during a special meeting of County Councillors earlier this week and brings Wind Prospect’s total project ... Find out more >>
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Wind Prospect master class
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25/07/2011 Long established UK developer, Wind Prospect is delighted to be sharing some of its secrets to success, with its first master class, ‘Wind Farm Triumphs – from consent to profit at the Science Museum, London. The event, on the 8th September, will address the critical period from consent to construction.
A wealth of stars from industry will be speaking including ... Find out more >>
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Policy discord puts wind rush on hold
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25/07/2011 SOUTH AFRICA: Major industry players have been flocking to South Africa, anticipating a wind boom that could see installed capacity rise from 200MW to 4.5GW in the next eight years. But with the country's feed-in tariff facing cuts, many projects are stalling.
South Africa had been hailed as a likely location for the next global wind rush, with large industry players ... Find out more >>
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