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United Kingdom: Burning wood is not the solution to climate change
2013-07-05 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: So far, five UK coal-fired power stations have announced plans to convert, either partly or completely, to biomass. These are Tilbury in Essex, Ironbridge in Shropshire, Eggborough and Drax in Yorkshire, and Lynemouth in Northumberland. Between them these power stations will require almost six times as much wood as the UK produces in total every year. That statistic alone shows just how unsustainable wood-fired power stations are and it spells disaster for the world's natural habitats, human rights,...
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United Kingdom: World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Goes Live
2013-07-04 20:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: The London Array wind power project in the United Kingdom became the worlds largest offshore wind farm on Thursday. The fleet of 175 wind turbines stationed in the salty waters of the outer Thames estuary, where the river Thames empties into the North Sea, boasts a nameplate capacity of 630 megawatts, which is enough to power nearly half a million homes. Previously, the worlds largest offshore wind farm was the 500 MW Greater Gabbard wind power facility off the coast of East Anglia. The...
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United Kingdom: World's largest offshore windfarm opens in Thames estuary
2013-07-04 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With enough capacity to power two-thirds of the homes in Kent, the set of 175 turbines rising out of the Thames estuary officially became the largest offshore windfarm in the world on Thursday. David Cameron was on hand to cut the ribbon on the London Array, a massive renewable energy project, in a move that industry sources hoped would herald renewed enthusiasm from the government for renewable power after the animosity to windfarms on the Tory backbenches. "This is a great day for Britain...
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United Kingdom: Bloodhound 1,000mph car schedule slips
2013-07-04 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UK team building a car capable of driving beyond 1,000mph (1,610km/h) says the project is taking longer than anticipated to pull together. The Bloodhound project expects now to roll out its vehicle in 2015, with the aim of breaking the current land speed record in the latter half of that year. It is a slip of about 12 months on the present schedule. Driver Andy Green, the only man ever to take a car through the sound barrier, says it is simply more realistic. "When you look at the...
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United Kingdom: World's largest offshore windfarm opened by David Cameron
2013-07-04 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Prime minister David Cameron has today cut the ribbon on the London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm, in a move that serves to underline Number 10's support for the UK's burgeoning wind energy sector. The 175 turbine project located in the Thames Estuary, owned by DONG Energy, Masdar and E.On, boasts 630MW of capacity, making it comfortably the largest offshore wind farm in the world. It has been fully operational since April, but today it was officially opened by the prime minister...
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