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*  Europe's Biggest Wind Farm Underway!

7 November 2006

SEA activists promoting Lindhurst wind farm

Construction has now begun on what will be Europe's largest wind farm at Whitelee. ScottishPower's £300m wind power project is situated 10 miles south of Glasgow on Eaglesham Moor.
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*  SEA out in force again

23 October 2006

SEA activists promoting Lindhurst wind farm

Activists from Sustainable Energy Alliance (SEA) were out on the streets of Newark for the second time this month, campaigning for the proposed Lindhurst wind farm just south of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
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*  Rusholme wind farm gets green light

13 October 2006

Artist's impression of Rusholme wind farm
Selby District Council granted planning on Wednesday 10th October for permission for Rusholme wind farm, in a decision which will provide clean energy to almost 15,000 homes.
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  New Zealand - the Saudi Arabia of wind?

6 October 2006

Computer graphic of the proposed Lindhurst wind farn in Nottinghamshire
Emily Hall takes a look at the state of wind farm development in New Zealand, a country with even more potential for wind power than Britain...
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* SEA backing Lindhurst Wind Farm

11 September 2006

Computer graphic of the proposed Lindhurst wind farn in Nottinghamshire
Sustainable Energy Alliance, the North Wales based pro-renewables campaign group, are giving their full backing to the proposed Lindhurst wind farm near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire..
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* SEA visit North Hoyle Wind Farm

1 September 2006

SEA members at sea near North Hoyle
A few lucky Sustainable Energy Alliance (SEA) activists were recently invited by Npower Renewables to visit their offshore wind farm at North Hoyle. Though the weather was poor, the trip turned out to be great sucesss.
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* 'Wind Weekend' proves to be a powerful attraction

29 August 2006

Young wind farm visitor
Over ten thousand people flocked to their local wind farm this August Bank Holiday to experience the real power of wind energy and to enjoy a host of free activities for the family....
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* August Bank Holiday is 'Wind Weekend'!

7 August 2006

Schoolchildren visiting a wind farm
This August Bank Holiday (26-28 August) wind farms across the UK will simultaneously open their gates to host a variety of activities from face-painting to fibre optics shows...
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* SEA hang pro-wind banner on Snowden summit

26 June 2006

SEA members Cathy Mackle, Becky Lees, Liam Lees and Gerry Jolff
Sustainable Energy Alliance members in North Wales climbed the summit of Wales' highest mountain and hung banners in support of the proposed Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind farm...
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* Quiet revolution in turbine design!

9 June 2006

The Windforce 12 turbine
London-based company, XC02, have developed the latest in wind turbine technology - a vertical axis turbine with three twisted three blades...
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* Heathfield Wind Co-op needs your support now!

6 April 2006

The Windforce 12 turbine
The Devon-based Heathfield wind farm co-operative faces its planning appeal on 18th April, and is asking Yes2wind users to send in letters of support for the proposal...
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* Wind Power and Decentralised Energy

5 April 2006

Decentralised energy in action in the Esat End of London
Our existing, centralised electricity system wastes two thirds of the energy contained in the fuels in the form of heat before any electricity even leaves the power station. But there is another way - Decentralised Energy.
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* Westmill share offer tops £4m!

7 March 2006

Cover of Windforce 12 report
Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative, which plans to build the UK's largest community-owned windfarm in Oxfordhire, has auccessfully raised all the money needed to construct the planned farm. Work will start this Summer...
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* SEA - opposing 'windy nimby's' in North Wales!

2 March 2006

Artist's impression of Gwynt y Môr
Stunning North West Wales is home to the Sustainable Energy Alliance (SEA), a pro-wind group formed in May 2005 by a group of environmentalists whose aim is “to support proposed wind farms (and renewable energy in general) and oppose the noisy windy nimby’s!”
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Cover of Windforce 12 report
Westmill Co-op reaches £2m milestone!

13 February 2006
Westmill wind farm Co-op has raised £2m of it's £3.75m target, and acquired around a thousand members and shareholders in the process. more...


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