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Aivaras Abromavicius met with Geoffrey Pyatt

Web-portal of Ukrainian Government - Mon, 2015-01-05 18:37
Deregulation is among the priority activities of the Ministry that is capable to quickly provide a positive effect for the development of entrepreneurship and the entire economy of the country
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На площі «Героїв Євромайдану» усі технічні можливості для завершення бібліотеки буде збережено (1)

META - Mon, 2015-01-05 17:48
засіданні робочої групи з вивчення питання реконструкції  площі.  Участь у ньому взяли архітектори, представники департаменту архітектури, будівництва, житлово-комунального господарства та енергозбереження облдержадміністрації та управління технічного нагляду Тернопільської міської ради. За словами архітектора Ігоря Гордія,  поряд з реконструкцією площі і спорудженням...

Ten Clean Energy Stocks: Past Performance and Predictions for 2015

The last two months have not been kind to clean energy stocks. Most commentators attribute the weakness to declining oil prices and the Republicans' strong showing in the midterm elections.

South Africa Considers Rooftop Solar Electricity Credits

South Africa’s energy regulator is looking at a framework that would enable homes and businesses to receive credits for feeding surplus power they generate from rooftop solar panels back into the constrained electricity grid.

Six Renewable Energy Trends to Watch in 2015

2014 was a solid twelve months, for the most part, for renewable technologies. Solar firmly solidified its role as a major source of power in the future, LED sales continued to climb and investors began to more seriously look how efficiency gains can be measured and hence monetized in large commercial buildings. Meanwhile, large utilities began to

Mystery behind Lake George’s missing wind turbine blades

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:39
Renewable-energy generator Infigen Energy is adding to the mystery of Lake George near Canberra, saying a rare breakdown on one of its turbines seven months ago, causing it to be partially disassembled, is still under investigation. On his way to Canberra to visit his mother, Sydney man Andrew MacLean noticed the different colours across the partially water-filled lake, and pulled over at the east-facing lookout near the Federal Highway. It was late in the afternoon when he took his Canon . . .

Legal threat against Penshurst wind turbine landowners

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:39
An anti-wind farm group is threatening to sue any landholders who have agreed to have turbines for the proposed massive Penshurst wind farm on their properties. Southern Grampians Landscape Guardians president Keith Staff said the group’s legal advisors had sent a letter to farmers and other landholders in the Penshurst area warning them that if wind turbines were built on their land, neighbouring landholders might sue them for any nuisance they caused, such as noise. “Every resident has a legal . . .

Collapse of giant £2m wind turbine in Co Tyrone ‘sounded like a bomb’

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:39
A major investigation has been launched after an 80-metre wind turbine worth £2m collapsed — creating an explosion-type noise heard seven miles away. No one was injured when the giant structure unexpectedly buckled and hit the ground on Friday night, scattering debris across a wide area. It was one of eight on the Screggagh wind farm on Murphy mountain near Fintona in Co Tyrone. The remaining seven turbines have now been shut down until the cause of the crash is . . .

Court dismisses appeal of wind project

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:39
A U.S. District Court has rejected the appeal of a citizens group which sought to deny the permits granted by the U.S. Forest Service for the Deerfield Wind project to put up wind turbines on national forest land in Searsburg. In a 28-page decision released Christmas Eve, Judge Gavin Murtha denied all the claims made by the group, Vermonters for a Clean Environment, or VCE. The group’s members include Annette Smith, a prominent environmental activist, and Tyler Resch, a former . . .

Old wind turbine needs new permit

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:39
TRAVERSE CITY — Elmwood Township officials insisted the new owners of an iconic wind-turbine on M-72 obtain a zoning permit to operate, just days before the blades were set to begin turning and two months after stating no permits were necessary. Township Supervisor Jack Kelly sent an email on Dec. 19 to Heritage Sustainable Energy LLC questioning whether company officials were aware of their obligation to remove the turbine once it’s decommissioned. When Kelly did not receive a response he . . .

Orland holding vote on proposed wind moratorium

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:39
ORLAND — With a New Hampshire wind developer getting ready to propose a three-turbine project in north Orland, a special town meeting has been called for residents to vote on a proposed 180-day moratorium on any wind power projects. That vote will be held Jan. 20. Ahead of the vote, a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Orland Community Center will give residents a chance to or learn more about the issue or comment on . . .

Campaigner suggests increasing turbine fees to plug council budget gaps

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:38
Planning fees for large renewable energy projects should be increased to raise money for Highland Council, it has been claimed. Anti-wind campaigner Lyndsey Ward claims the punitive cost of lodging an application in England – which can be 10 times higher than in Scotland – is bringing more and developments north of the border. And she argued that the additional revenue could be used to plug the budget gap which the local authority is facing in the next two years. . . .

Screggagh wind farm: Investigation ‘shuts down’ seven remaining turbines

National Wind Watch: News Watch - Mon, 2015-01-05 15:38
Seven remaining wind turbines have been shut down at a wind farm near Fintona, County Tyrone, where a 100-metre high turbine collapsed on Friday night, its owners have said. The director of Screggagh Windfarm Ltd, Doreen Walker, said the wind farm will remain closed until an investigation confirms they are safe to operate. The turbine collapsed on Friday night, scattering debris over a wide area. Winds were said to be light at the time. The owners have said they are . . .
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