Green technology, recycling and renewable energy news articles 
Free seminar presents the increasingly important issue of water efficiency
Water Efficiency in Kent, to be held in Ashford, Kent on April 12, is being organised by the Institute of Water in association with the Kent Water Demand Management Group and will bring together speakers from Government and the industry. Employees from water companies in Kent are being invited to a free seminar to learn more about the increasingly important issue of water efficiency. These will include the Kent Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development Kevin Lynes, Trevor Bishop from the Environment Agency, Waterwise’s Jacob Tomkins and representatives from South East Wate... [more]
Residents in Tonbridge and Malling save over one million trees in 10 years
Aylesford Newsprint is one of only four paper mills based in the UK that manufactures 100% recycled newsprint from recovered newspapers and magazines. Located just outside Maidstone in Kent, the mill is within the Tonbridge and Malling area and so ideally situated to receive the Council’s kerbside collected paper. The Mayor of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Cllr Sue Murray, recently visited Aylesford Newsprint to mark the 60,000th tonne of paper collected by the Borough’s kerbside green box scheme recycled at the nearby mill. To mark the event Cllr Murray was invited to tour the ... [more]
Whitelee Wind Farm wins top prize at the annual Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning
John Swinney MSP has presented the top prize at the annual Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning to representatives of Scottish Power for their Whitelee Wind Farm – Europe’s largest onshore wind farm which can provide carbon free power from its 140 turbines to 180,000 homes. The judges were particularly impressed by the scale of the project and the efficient way it progressed through the planning process, with Scottish Power having engaged with the local community to address and overcome potential constraints, leading to a low level of objections, and providing both education and recreati... [more]
First Solar sells 30 MW photovoltaic solar power project to Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy
First Solar, Inc. has sold a 30 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic solar power project to Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Cimarron I Solar Project is adjacent to the Vermejo Park Ranch in northern New Mexico. First Solar developed the project and is providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services. First Solar will also provide operation and maintenance services under a 25-year contract. The facility will supply power to approximately 9,000 homes, or 18,000 residents, and displace over 45,000 tons of CO2 per ... [more]
Beacon Power connects Smart Energy flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in California
Beacon Power Corporation has shipped, installed and connected a Smart Energy™ 25 (Gen 4) flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California. The system is part of a wind power/flywheel demonstration project being carried out for the California Energy Commission. The primary goal of the project is to demonstrate that advanced control technology with energy storage can help expand the delivery of wind energy by effectively increasing the capacity of constrained transmission facilities in the area. Tehachapi, California, is a high-potential wind resource area where, accordi... [more]
