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Northumberland Wind Farm Brings Boost to Region’s Businesses
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03/04/2012
Wind Prospect, the developer of Green Rigg Wind Farm in Northumberland has revealed the extent of local involvement in the on-going development and construction of the project.
The wind farm which is sited along the A68, approximately 15 miles north of Hexham will soon supply the equivalent of more than 20,000 households with sustainable ... Find out more >>
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Canadian sale funds global expansion
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27/03/2012
Wind Prospect has announced the sale of its Canadian arm, Wind Prospect Inc, to Nova Scotia renewables specialist, Natural Forces Technologies.
Since establishing the Canadian business in 2006 Wind Prospect Inc has consented 64MW of projects, including all necessary planning approvals and grid connections.
Many of these projects were sold ...
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Irish newsletter
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26/03/2012 Please download our 'Irish Newsletter' produced for the Irish Wind Energy Conference held in Dublin, 22nd & 23rd March 2012.
This document provides a round up of what has been going on in Wind Prospect projects across the island of Ireland. Find out more >>
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North East Wind Project Comes on Leaps and Bounds
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20/03/2012 Wind Prospect’s development team has announced that construction on the 6MW Boundary Lane project in County Durham could start next month, following a successful planning application to extend the blade length on the 3-turbine project.
The site which has been developed by Wind Prospect and is now fully owned by EDF Energy Renewables, was originally consented in ... Find out more >>
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Construction Green Light for Motoring Entrepreneur’s Wind Turbine Project
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15/03/2012 UK on-site generation specialist Wind Direct has reached ‘financial close’, including arranging funding, for a two-turbine project at Roy Humphrey Group on the A140 near Eye, Suffolk.
Construction on the site could now begin by the end of April, with energisation during autumn 2012.
Once operational, the two 2.5MW wind turbines will supply green electricity ... Find out more >>
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Turbine Success Completes Brace for Scottish Food Industry
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14/02/2012 On-site wind energy company Wind Direct has achieved conditional planning consent for a single 1.5MW commercial-scale wind turbine on behalf of its client, Skeddoway Farm in Fife.
The consent follows receipt of planning consent on land at neighbouring egg producer Noble Foods last August - wrapping up a brace of recent successful outcomes in Scotland for the on-site generation ... Find out more >>
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Solar Dawn Continues to Advance
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07/02/2012 The Solar Dawn Consortium continues to advance the development and commercial closure of its proposed 250 megawatt solar thermal power plant after being granted a time extension by the Commonwealth Government.
Project Director Anthony Wiseman said the Consortium, which includes AREVA Solar and Wind Prospect CWP, welcomed the extension as a confirmation of the progress ... Find out more >>
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Planning Success for Greenvale AP Wind Turbine
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11/01/2012 One of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes, Greenvale AP, has been given the go-ahead needed to generate energy from wind at its site in March, Cambridgeshire.
Planning permission for the single 2MW wind turbine has recently been granted by Fenland District Council. The turbine will supply the March site with stable-priced electricity for the long-term ... Find out more >>
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Sustainable Journey Continues for Construction Industry Leader
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04/01/2012 Kingspan Insulated Panels, global manufacturer and supplier of insulated roof, wall and fascade systems have submitted an application for 2 x 2.5MW turbines at their Holywell site in North Wales.
The Wind Direct scheme will bring price stability and security to the energy intensive facility and takes the environmentally conscious company a step closer to achieving ... Find out more >>
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WP Guides 600MW through Round-1 Bidding
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22/12/2011 The Cape Town office of Wind Prospect today announced that it has successfully steered 600MW of government-backed onshore wind projects through to ‘preferred bid status’ with the Department of Energy.
The success of Wind Prospect’s clients in securing 600MW of the total 633MW onshore wind energy projects comes as the company celebrates a successful first ... Find out more >>
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Green Rigg Wind Farm Update
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20/12/2011 Work on the construction of EDF-ER’s Green Rigg Wind Farm in Northumberland is well under way. Wind Prospect are on site as Project Managers, with Barr Construction carrying out the civils with 6 of the 18 turbine foundations excavated and 4 of these fitted with steel reinforcement.
Unseasonably clement weather conditions have also allowed pouring for 3 of the concrete ... Find out more >>
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Solar Dawn receives Development Approval
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13/12/2011 Chinchilla moved a step closer to becoming a solar power generation hub with the 250 megawatt Solar Dawn Project recently receiving Development Approval from the Western Downs Regional Council.
Solar Dawn spokesperson Andrew Dickson today confirmed that the Development Approval is a major milestone in the Project’s detailed design and development phase.
“The ... Find out more >>
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Nova Scotia - Renewable Energy Investment Opportunity Launched
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08/12/2011 Renewable Energy Investment Opportunity Launched in Nova Scotia.
Halifax, December 2, 2011 – An investment opportunity was launched today whereby Nova Scotia residents may benefit from a 35% non-refundable credit on their 2011 tax return if they invest by December 19, 2011 in Wind4All Inc. (“Wind4All”), a Community Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) ... Find out more >>
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FMC Technologies Celebrates a Greener Future
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07/12/2011 FMC Technologies is celebrating the official opening of the organisation’s 1.5 megawatt Wind Direct wind turbine at their Pitreavie based manufacturing facility in Dunfermline.
FMC was joined at the ceremonial ‘plaque unveiling’ by members from Fife Council and Green Business Fife; a sign of the importance placed upon renewable energy projects in Scotland.
Dan ... Find out more >>
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FMC Technologies Wins Sustainable Development Award
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02/12/2011 Wind Direct client FMC Technologies were last night presented with the award for best Sustainable Development at the coverted Scottish Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh.
The award was made in light of FMC's comittment to the environment including their Greenshoots Fund and their recently installed wind turbine which was developed, installed and operated by Wind ... Find out more >>
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Milestone Reached for Quarry Group’s Turbine project
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30/11/2011 One of Fife’s major employers – Collier Quarrying Group, has submitted a planning application for a Wind Direct wind energy scheme at their Goathill Quarry Site. The application for the 1 x 2MW wind turbine follows thorough environmental surveys at the site, carried out over a period of 12 months. If approved the turbine will provide green energy direct to the ... Find out more >>
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FMC Technologies Enters the World of Wind Turbines, Dunfermline
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12/10/2011 FMC Technologies has successfully seen the installation of a 100 meter tall wind turbine at their Pitreavie based manufacturing facility in Dunfermline by specialists Wind Direct.
The completion of the 1.5 megawatt turbine project follows four years of extensive planning and could supply up to 40% of the site’s electricity needs. As leaders in the design and manufacturing ... Find out more >>
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New Midlothian wind farm proposal launched
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28/09/2011 Proposals have been announced this week for a medium scale wind farm at Mount Lothian, approximately two kilometres east of the village of Howgate in Midlothian.
Comprising up to twelve turbines with an installed capacity in the region of 24 megawatts (MW), the proposals have been brought forward by leading independent renewable energy developers Wind Prospect.
To ... Find out more >>
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Response to RSPB Statement on Stacain Wind Farm
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15/09/2011 As the developers of the Stacain wind farm, we are disappointed by the inaccurate and inappropriate comments of the RSPB press statement [6 September 2011] on our Appeal to the Court of Session.
In particular, the RSPB statement ignored the whole ethos that we apply to the development of renewable and sustainable energy to meet very ambitious Government targets, which ... Find out more >>
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Wind farm at the tip of Scotland, begins construction
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14/09/2011 Construction of the 21-turbine Baillie wind farm has begun on a windy hillside at the very tip of Scotland, near the Dounreay nuclear power station.
Global renewable energy company, Wind Prospect, worked on the pre-construction phase of the wind farm and are now building the £60m project.
Diggers broke ground on 1st August 2011 to begin construction of access ... Find out more >>
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