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UK bets on biomass in move away from coal

UK bets on biomass in move away from coal   Britain is placing Europe’s biggest bet on biomass as an alternative to polluting oil and coal and expensive gas, but reliance on imports could challenge the...

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Biomass plant row to reach Downing Street

The fight to stop a biomass power station coming to Barrow is heading to Downing Street.   Anti-power station group Furness Opposes Biomass is set to present its petition against plans for the 80MW...

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U.K. firm claims to have made gasoline from air and electricity

Revolutionary new technology that produces “petrol from air” is being produced by a British firm.   A small company in the north of England has developed the “air capture” technology to create...

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Biofuel industry needs time to mature

  Biofuel is not only helping decarbonise the UK’s transport sector it is reducing the need to import livestock feed from the Americas and South East Asia, says the National Farmers Union (NFU)....

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Holyrood wind farm inquiry an ‘unbelievable whitewash’

A Holyrood inquiry into Alex Salmond’s wind energy targets has been dismissed as an “unbelievable whitewash” after it refused to accept the rapid spread of turbines is damaging the countryside.   The...

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U.K. Vivergo Says Its Ethanol Production Start Is Imminent

Vivergo Fuels, set to become the U.K.’s largest ethanol maker, will start production at its plant in northeast England imminently, the company said.   The company, a joint venture between BP Plc (BP/),...

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Wind farm rows reflect deep split on energy policy

For 10 years, many of the locals in Orby in Lincolnshire have opposed plans to erect nine wind turbines on land owned by Mark Caudwell at Marsh Lane.   Last month, some of them crowded into Hogsthorpe...

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WWF says U.K. Offshore Wind Better Boost for Economy Than Gas

The U.K. economy would be 20 billion pounds ($32 billion) larger by 2030 if the nation uses offshore wind to meet power demand instead of relying on gas, including unexploited fuel in shale formations,...

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Biomass cleaner than coal and could benefit forests

Bioenergy has an important role to play in delivering low-carbon, cost-effective, and flexible power and could benefit woodlands, according to a report by the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC)....

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UK scientists to mimic plants to make zero carbon fuel

British scientists seeking to tap more efficient forms of solar power are exploring how to mimic the way plants transform sunlight into energy and produce hydrogen to fuel vehicles.   They will join...

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Kellingley wind turbine plan succeeds second time round

DEVELOPERS have won permission to build a wind turbine in a Selby village, nine months after their original plans were turned down.   Selby District Council’s planning committee rejected proposals by...

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Teesside biofuel plant Ensus closes for third time

A TROUBLED £300m Teesside biofuel plant is stopping production for the third time in three years.   Ensus bosses say they are “deeply frustrated” as they began taking the Wilton plant – which employs...

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Rampion south coast wind farm plan reduced

Plans for a wind farm in the English Channel have been reduced because of concerns about the impact on views from the South Downs National Park.   The number of turbines has been cut by 20, to a...

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Biofuels plant opens to become UK’s biggest buyer of wheat

Vivergo plant near Hull will take 1.1m tonnes of wheat a year to turn into ethanol and animal feed   A new biofuels plant that has opened today near Hull will be the UK’s biggest buyer of wheat, and...

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Offshore wind farms need higher subsidies, says government adviser

Offshore wind farms may not be built unless subsidies are increased, the government’s official climate change adviser has warned, in the latest blow to the Coalition’s energy policy.   The Committee on...

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