Rising costs blowing Centrica’s wind farm plans off track?

The rising cost of offshore wind farms is giving utility company Centrica a touch of the jitters about its massive wind power investment programme - estimated at about £3bn to £4bn. According to several news reports on Friday - one here in the Financial Times and one here in the Daily Telegraph - Centrica says the…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 17, 20080Comments

Energy

Green light for massive UK offshore wind farm

The government has given the go ahead for one of the UK's largest offshore wind farms, near Walney Island off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. The 500MW 'West of Dutton Sands' (obviously not many people turned up for the brainstorming session to come up with a name) wind farm will be made up of up…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 5, 20081Comment

Energy

US gets first offshore wind farm

Things the US did before the UK: Ate Krispy Kreme donuts Put a man on the moon Played American football Things the UK did before the US: Played proper football Put up offshore wind farms Yep, while the UK coastline may have a handful of wind farms already up and running (that's assuming you have very tiny hands), the US looks like…

ByThe Global ViewJune 25, 20080Comments

Energy

Crown Estate puts 25GW of wind up for grabs

If you're an avid reader of the Crown Estate press releases, as Greenbang is, you'll notice that late last month, Regent Street hosted a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest Sevillanas dance with 456 dancers and 100,00 onlookers. Greenbang is pleased to tell you the attempt was successful. Interesting as the Sevillanas dancers may be,…

ByThe Global ViewJune 5, 20080Comments

Energy

How long does it take to pass wind plans?

In a previous incarnation, Greenbang spent a little of his working life in the civil service. He's not exactly breaking the Official Secrets Act for revealing from his own experiences that it's a slow moving beast. Imagine a sloth, taking an idle stroll, getting bored and stopping for a cigarette break and you're half way there.…

ByThe Global ViewMay 20, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Wind power: Europe wants to pick your brains

When elderly women outside shopping centres come up to you waving clipboards, what do you do? Dodge them like they've got a communicable disease, or settle down to fill in their market research questionnaires on hand creams, fire safety or whatever anodyne subject they'd like to discuss? If you're the sort who likes sharing your opinions,…

ByThe Global ViewApril 28, 20080Comments

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Rising costs blowing Centrica’s wind farm plans off track?

Green light for massive UK offshore wind farm

US gets first offshore wind farm

Crown Estate puts 25GW of wind up for grabs

How long does it take to pass wind plans?

Wind power: Europe wants to pick your brains

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