Powergen Renewables has organised a public exhibition to present details of what could be the Staffordshire’s first commercial wind farm. The event takes place on December 11 and 12 between 3pm and 7pm on both days at Abbot’s Bromley Village Hall, when
Yorkshire Windpower has revealed it is to hold a public workshop about its plans for Ovenden Moor wind farm. Staff from the company, which is a joint venture between Powergen Renewables and EPRL, were recently invited to talk to the Calderdale Sustainability
Powergen has today announced it is to unveil a new look to its ITV national weather sponsorship. The campaign will launch on 28 November with six new sequences to ‘top and tail’ the national weather bulletins. The campaign will see the launch of Powergen’s
Powergen is to offer people living in Yorkshire the chance to keep warm and cut energy bills this winter. The company is offering local people discounted loft insulation as part of a new energy efficiency scheme. The offer is open to everyone and not
Staff from Powergen have raised over £1,600 for Cancer Research UK by getting ‘In the Pink’. Employees across Powergen’s business got in the pink mood for a day to raise money for the company’s charity of the year. Members of staff sported pink T-shirts
The consortium investigating the possibility of building a wind farm on the Tunes Plateau has announced details of the latest independent experts it will be using. The full scope of work being undertaken has been accepted by the DETI after a comprehensive
Energy Minister Brian Wilson is to open Powergen Renewables’ largest wind farm to date today. Bowbeat Hill, near Peebles, is the biggest wind farm in Scotland in terms of generation capacity and one of the largest in the UK. The Minister will officially
Powergen today announced it has applied to the Environment Agency for permission to test burn green biomass fuel mixed with low sulphur coal at its Kingsnorth power station in Kent. The trial will see pellets of wood or vegetable material being co-fired
Powergen’s Rheidol hydro-power station is inviting local people to attend a public meeting on November 21 to discuss the future of the Coed Dol-Fawr woodland. The woodland, situated above the station in Cwm Rheidol, needs to be cared for if it is to continue
A survey carried out by MORI on behalf of the British Wind Energy Association and the Scottish Renewables Forum has shown wind farms have little effect on tourism. A face-to-face survey of more than 300 visitors to Argyll found that 91% said the presence
The consortium investigating Tunes Plateau as a potential site for a wind farm has completed the latest round of meetings with local groups . Environmental staff from Magilligan Field Centre, members of Coleraine Round Table and Castlerock Golf Club,
Staff from Powergen’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station have raised £2, 200 for a local charity by cycling their way across England. The team of nine employees set off from Whitehaven in Cumbria and made their way to the east coast at Sunderland, covering
Pupils at a Nottinghamshire school got an early morning surprise when the Earl of Dundee dropped in to watch a special weather-themed assembly. The Earl, on a visit to Powergen, saw a performance of Singing in the Rain by the pupils at Blue Bell Hill
The consortium investigating a proposed wind farm on the Tunes Plateau has released photomontages representing preliminary layouts that are being used as part of the current feasibility assessment. A number of photomontages of the wind farm have been