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Planning permission granted for the UK's first purpose-built solar farm in Cornwall (22/10/2010)
Cornwall council is keen to see their county become the UK leader in the generation of solar energy. Planning permission has now been granted for the UK's first purpose-built solar farm – a landmark decision that could give the green light for a wave of commercial solar power developments across the country. Located on the south facing site of the former Wheal Jane tin mine near Truro in Cornwall, the £4 million solar farm will house around 60... [more]
Geothermal power plant in Cornwall to produce enough sustainable electricity to power 10,000 houses(07/09/2010)
Geothermal Engineering Ltd is to create a 10 megawatt geothermal power plant at United Downs near Redruth, Cornwall. The plant will generate sustainable electricity by drilling to approximately 4.5 kilometres underground and tapping the geothermal heat. The wells will be the deepest onshore wells in Britain. As a by-product, the plant will also be able to export up to approximately 50 megawatts of hot water for renewable heating. Twenty five... [more]
Planning permission given for Scotland's largest ever anaerobic digestion facility(05/08/2010)
With the escalation of landfill tax, a growing emphasis on recycling and recovery, new government incentives to encourage renewable energy from waste, and new technologies coming on stream, the opportunities for small and medium sized waste contractors have never been greater, especially in the area of commercial and industrial waste, where the volumes being generated in the UK are four to five times higher than municipal solid waste. And nowhere... [more]
Air quality modelling is a key aspect of waste management planning(05/04/2010)
Air pollution legislation is focused on reducing the adverse human health effects of air pollutants. And with the natural desire to breathe clean air, as well as concern over the number of vulnerable people whose deaths may be brought forward by air pollution, the issue is certain to remain high on the political agenda. The planning and design of major waste management facilities has to take many different environmental considerations into ac... [more]
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