A Fracked Up Future?
A number of Governments, including the United Kingdom and the United States, are granting licences to extract shale gas from beneath the earth’s surface. It’s […]
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Wind vs Fracking: The Debate Continues
In a carefully calculated move to switch opposition to fracking to opposition to wind turbines the UK energy department’s recently-gone chief scientific advisor has claimed […]
Record-Breaking Wind in the UK!
While you may now be taking down the Christmas Lights and ruminating on how to get rid of those excess pounds piled on this Yuletide, […]
How Does Fracking Measure Up to Wind Power?
Let’s go back to basics: Natural gas is a fossil fuel that is produced through the decomposition and heating of organic matter over many hundreds […]
World Wind Industry Threatened by US Shale Gas Exports
The setting was the Cape Town International Convention, South Africa. The occasion was Windaba the third wind industry conference presented by the SA Wind Energy […]
Twin Turbine Trouble in Derby, England.
There are two sides to every story and the pro-wind and anti-wind lobbies’ arguments can be seen in a microcosm in a corner of England […]
Fracking in UK Attracting Major Opposition
The controversial technology of extracting shale gas from under the ground by a process known as fracking, is beginning to generate opposition from local people […]
5 Major UK Offshore Wind projects Approved
Eight major renewable energy projects, expected to support 8,500 jobs, have been given government approval. They include 5 offshore wind projects and 3 Biomass projects. The […]