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Bulletin: 29th April 2013

Research & Academia

Solar site powers Edinburgh college (BBC News)
2,500 panels in one of the most Northerly installs in Europe

Green Energy Sector

Greg Barker opens BRE National Solar Centre in Cornwall (EDIE)

Solar industry needs to learn from wind, says minister (Smallholder)
Barker warns of need to keep public support in Cornish opening

Minister urges wind farm consent (Daily Star)
Michael Fallon is expected to publish a package of planning proposals to ensure new schemes need "community consent"

Fund to build on turbine foundations (BBC News)
Scottish ministers have announced a £15m fund to help develop prototype foundations for deep-water wind turbines.

Developers hit back in MoD row over turbines (This Is Devon)

Bulletin: 25th April 2013

Households

Alternative methods of providing heat and power to homes are being developed (Holyrood Magazine)
Glasgow's underground district heating challenge

A study of European building performance suggest an urgent need to move to ‘passivhaus’ design (Holyrood Magazine)

Communities

Community owned hydro scheme is saved just in time (Oxford Times)
Group manages to raise £320,000 in 10 days by selling shares

Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Tourism Fund Opened in Rhyl, UK (OffshoreWind.biz)
£250,000 Rhyl Beach Access Project includes a new ramp to make it easier for disabled visitors to get down to the beach

Startup brings fuel cells to the developing world (R&D)
Point Source Power's fire driven phone charger

Farmers & Landowners

Aid available for renewable technologies (Farming Life)
Northern Ireland assistance opens

Beware FiTs charges on electricity bills (Farmers Weekly)
Farmers comparing electricity tariffs should ensure they are comparing like with like, following a change in the way some companies itemise their bills

Plan to establish giant solar farm in South Downs National Park near Lewes (Sussex Express)
15 MW

Businesses

Injecting a sense of adventure into the sustainability movement (Guardian)
Sustainability leadership should be more than just plodding forward, it should be approached as an adventure

Research & Academia

Gaia-Wind in turbine push (Herald Scotland)
Gaia-Wind is working with researchers at Strathclyde University to develop more efficient small wind turbines

Wind and solar ‘a winning combo’ (Renews)
Twice the electricity from the same area finds research

German Building Uses Algae for Heating and Cooling (Energy and Environmental Management Magazine)

Green Energy Sector

UK Report highlights subsidies for nuclear and renewables (PennEnergy)

Energy efficiency costs take toll on Iberdrola results (Herald Scotland)
Iberdrola felt the weight of legislative measures to improve domestic energy efficiency in the UK as it posted a 14.1% fall in first-quarter earnings

Germany's green revolution (New Scientist)
Reflections on the Energiewende

Green Highland hydro: unlocking energy (International Water Power & Dam Construction)
Small scale hydro in Scotland

REA reveals awards hotlist (Renews)
8th Annual British Renewable Energy Awards

Shale gas could be lower carbon than imported fuel, say climate advisers (Guardian)
The Committee on Climate Change warned that relying on gas would scupper the UK's chances of meeting emissions targets