Turbine to generate training fund (BBC News) It is estimated a turbine will generate £200,000 a year The revenue from one of 23 turbines proposed for a site in Sutherland is to be invested in training local people in renewables, it has been revealed.
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Work starts on windfarm (Glasgow Evening Times) Work was starting today on what will be Europe's biggest onshore windfarm - the £300million Whitelee site at Eaglesham. Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling was performing the ground-breaking ceremony at the site south of Glasgow.
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Planning Your Wind System (RenewableEnergyAccess.com) In planning the wind power system that will go on your property, you've worked closely with your local zoning administrator or building inspector, and the required permits are near at hand.
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Tempted by a turbine? (Times Online) The question you should ask is "how green do I want to be?". Companies such as npower offer their tariff (Juice) at the same price as their standard product. 'Juice' works by matching your annual electricity consumption with energy generated from a renewable source, so you are replacing the energy you have used from non-renewable (brown) sources with energy from renewable (green) sources.
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Ofgem calls for easier home power generation (Guardian Unlimited) Energy suppliers should make it easier for people to generate power for their own homes, the gas and electricity regulator, Ofgem, said today. The organisation warned that new legislation could put pressure on suppliers unless they made it less difficult for people to install microgeneration units and sell any surplus electricity they generated back to networks.
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