Judicial Challenge to Off-shore Wind Farm
WALES - A North Wales MP is backing a call for a judicial review of plans for a wind farm off the Welsh coast.

AREVA Wins Offshore Wind Farm Project Contract
UK - AREVA's Transmission and Distribution division (T&D) has secured a contract worth approximately €60 million with StatoilHydro to provide both offshore and onshore substations for...

Consultation Starts on Wind Farm
WALES - A wind energy project set for Neath Port Talbot in Wales has been sent out for public consultation.

Go-ahead for Offshore Wind Farm
UK - The UK fully owned subsidiary of RWE Innogy, npower renewables,, has been given the go-ahead by the Department of Energy and Climate Change to build and operate the 750 megawatt...

Villagers Protest over Wind Farm Plans
UK - A group of villagers in Suffolk in the UK have banded together to fight plans to build a wind farm in the district.

Wind Farm Plans on Display
UK - Plans have gone on display for a wind farm in Oxfordshire at the villages of Fewcott and Fritwell near Bicester.

Centrica Rethinking Wind Plans
UK - The global economic crisis has forced the owners of British Gas, Centrica, to rethink its green policies.

14 Wind Farms Planned for UK
UK - The company behind England’s largest wind farm will join with UK Coal to develop 14 wind farms on former coal mining sites in the UK.

Partnership Formed by Wind Power Giants
UK - ScottishPower Renewables and Vatenfall have formed a partnership which aims to develop an installed wind power capacity of 6,000 megawatts (MW) by 2020.

UK Becomes Number 1 in Offshore Wind Generation
UK - Wind farms off the Skegness coast in east England have helped make the Unite Kingdom since November the leader in offshore wind generation.

Vattenfall Acquires UK's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
UK - Vattenfall has acquired the Thanet Offshore Wind project off Margate, Kent, for £35 million. On completion, the wind farm will have an installed capacity of some 300 MW. This will...

First Turbine Installed at Robin Rigg Wind Farm
UK - The first turbine has been installed at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm, which is one of the UK's largest renewable schemes.

Green Energy Day
SCOTLAND - Renewable energy capacity in Scotland has now surpassed the landmark three Gigawatts (GW), enough to power 1.5 million homes with clean, green energy.

Wind Farm Proposals Go on Show
UK - Plans for a new wind farm on land to the south of Bolsover in Derbyshire are set to be revealed at two public exhibitions next month.

Centrica Wins Consent for Offshore Wind Farm
UK - Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, has received the go-ahead for a 250 Mega Watt (MW) offshore wind farm project, off the Lincolnshire coast.