Sunday 8th October 2006

South Wales Evening Post   UK   online edition
Society's Delight   (article - web link)   06/10/06

Professional Engineering   Journal of I.Mech E. - UK
DTI seeks millions for low-carbon energy   (article + photo - .JPG file format 188 Kb)  
Copyright © Professional Engineering Sept. 2006
Planning battle holds up project to build giant windfarm in Thames Estuary   (article - .JPG file format 146 Kb)  
Copyright © Professional Engineering Sept. 2006
Many thanks to "Anonymous" for the above.
UK planning regulations are strange, to say the very least.
In southern England, the 'London Array' offshore wind farm proposal can be held up due to concerns about construction traffic and the visual effect of the design of a substation.
Whereas on the coastlines and mountains and moorlands of the rest of the UK, giant wind farms complete with substations, access roadways, 'borrow-pits' etc., are considered to be fit for planting more or less anywhere, and 'to-hell' with the opinions of local communities.

Sunday Herald   UK   online edition
Turbine shortage threatens wind farms   (article - web link)
Politics should not be an obstacle to greener future   (article - web link)

Make Markets Work for Climate   Netherlands   online edition
The Conference   ( - web link)
Many thanks to J.M. for the above.

Cherry Hill Courier Post   NJ, USA   online edition
Rowan forum probes wind power   (article - web link)   07/10/06

Quincy Herald Whig   IL, USA   online edition
Financial backing needed for wind energy plant   (article - web link)

Sunday Telegraph UK   online edition
Lies, distortion and chicanery that 'prove' global warming   (Christopher Booker's Notebook - web link)
Scroll down the Telegraph's web page to "Lies, distortion and chicanery that 'prove' global warming.

The Malta Independent   online edition
Nine expressions of interest for offshore wind farm   (article - web link)

@Ireland On-Line
Wind power will save consumers €30m in 2007 - SEI   (article - web link)   06/10/06

Green Clippings   online edition
Eskom, WWF in joint renewable energy research initiative   (article - web link)

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9th October 2006

BYM News   Gibraltar, Spain   online edition
UK All Energy '07 renewable energy exhibition and conference gets off to a flying start   (Press Release - web link)
UK Alistair Darling announces ground-breaking day for Whitelee windfarm   (Press Release - web link)

BBC News   UK   online edition
Work begins on largest wind farm   (article - web link)
'Green' electricity views sought   (article - web link)

Earthtimes.org   USA   online edition
Work starts on Europe's biggest wind farm in Scotland   (article - web link)

Ventdubocage.net   (Wind of the Bocage)   France     web site 1   web site 2
Anti-wind farm protest demonstration near Caen, France
(Audio/Video footage + photos - French commentary - web link)   7th October, 2006
Wind turbine accident in Brittany, France
(Audio/Video footage - French commentary - web link)   8th October, 2006

The Independent   UK   online edition
Green homes 'deserve energy bonus'   (article - web link)
Solar energy to end global warming + Beautiful bulbs   (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the Indy's web page to read the two letters.
Earth's ecological debt crisis: mankind's 'borrowing' from nature hits new record   (article - web link)

Global Footprint Network   Advisory Council which includes Rhodri Morgan AM

The Scotsman   UK   online edition
One wind farm which will guarantee benefits   (subscription article - web link)

Western Mail   UK   online edition
Waterfront hospital could be breath of sea air   (2 page article - web link)
Green at home but not in the office   (article - web link)
Fuel poverty - and Labour hot air   (letter - web link)
First letter on the WM's web page.

South Wales Evening Post   UK   online edition
Summer was city's hottest   (article + reader comments - web link)

Yorkshire Post Today   UK   online edition
Go-ahead likely for wind farm   (article - web link)
Firm reveals plans for second town windfarm   (article - web link)

Renewable Energy Access   USA   online edition
Planning Your Wind System   (article - web link)

Life Style Extra   UK   online edition
UK scientists warn of 'gap between rhetoric and reality' on wind turbines   (article - web link)

Department of Trade and Industry - DTI   UK   online edition
Ground-breaking day for Green Energy - Darling   (article - web link)

The Times   UK   online edition
Webseminar on green energy: Tempted by a turbine?   (Qs' & As' - web link)
EU states accused over 'permits to pollute' system   (article - web link)
Wind farms may suffer in plan to boost other fuel sources   (article - web link)

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10th October 2006

Western Mail   UK   online edition
CAT adopts the Climate Clinic   (article - web link)
Log on to a wealth of facts about farming   (article - web link)

The Times   UK   online edition
Foreigners frozen out of Russian gasfield   (article - web link)

The Independent   UK   online edition
Work begins near Glasgow on biggest windfarm in Europe   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK   online edition
Marine energy gets £3m cash boost   (article - web link)   09/10/06

The Scotsman   UK   online edition
RSPB maps out areas where birds are at risk   (article + comments - web link)
Fifty flights an hour forecast as airport expansions spark climate change anger
(article + many readers' comments & links - web link)
N.B. The SOCME web site is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

No doubt yesterday's announcement about Glasgow's 140 turbine Whitelee wind farm will be used by politicians as a reason to negate the future carbon footprints that will be created by the expansion of Glasgow airport.

Spalding Today   UK   online edition
Turbines may have solved moles problem   (article - web link)

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11th October 2006

Energy Business Review   UK   online edition
Ofgem calls for microgeneration improvements   (article - web link)
Ground broken on new wind farm as UK government begins renewables consultation   (article - web link)

firstrung.com  London, UK
All systems go for Northern Ireland 'green' electricity   (article - web link)

The Herald   UK   online edition
Low carbon equity fund hopes to raise £50m with stock mark...   (2 page article - web link)

13WHAM-TV  Rochester, NY, USA
Could Wind Turbines a Health Hazard?   (article + 2 videos + photos - web link)
Debate over Wind Turbine Syndrome   (article - web link)

ic Dumfries.co.uk  UK
SNP to make pledge on energy   (article - web link)

The Scotsman  UK   online edition
Home wind turbines turn fashionable   (article - web link)

Western Mail  UK   online edition
MPs in nuclear reaction   (article - web link)
'Thousands more' face fuel poverty   (article - web link)

South Wales Guardian   UK
Not all greenwash is good for you   (letter - .JPG file format 145 Kb)  
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 11/10/06
Swan song for the wind industry   (letter - .JPG file format 55.2 Kb)  
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 11/10/06

South Wales Evening Post  UK   online edition
£400m green power station promises jobs   (article + reader comments - web link)
88,000 and rising for our neuro petition   (article - web link)

EDP24  UK   online edition
Businesses await news on £400m wind farm   (article - web link)

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12th October 2006

The Herald   UK   online edition
Salmond aims for a million home turbines   (3 page article - web link)

HEXUS.Net   UK
VIA Carbon Free Computing - back it or copy it but don't knock it!   (article - web link)

Energy Business Review   UK   online edition
E.ON UK seeking to build new coal-fired power units   (article - web link)   11/10/06

Western Mail   UK   online edition
Area 'does not benefit from local oil taxes'   (article - web link)
Wood plant 'to power half of Wales'   (article - web link)
Facts are wrong
Not our policy   (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 6th & 7th letters.

24dash.com   UK
£2million wind turbine included in Olympic Games plans   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK   online edition
Huge Olympic wind turbine planned   (article - web link)

The Scotsman   UK   online edition
Cash boost pledge for green householders   (article - web link)

South Wales Evening Post   UK   online edition
Households count the cost after flash floods   (article - web link)
RSPB and wind farms   (letter - web link)

Western Morning News   UK   online edition
Thousand lightning strikes in one night   (article - web link)
Moor being mismanaged   (letter - web link)

N.B.   The Guardian   UK   online edition
Companies told to prove green credentials   (article - web link)

The Minnesota Daily   USA   online edition
More coal in wind country?   (article - web link)

Runcorn Weekly News   UK   online edition
Planners deal blow to wind farm scheme   (article - web link)

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13th October 2006

Eureka - Innovative Engineering Design   UK   online edition
Wind turbines good for farms but not homes   (article - web link)   12/10/06
Microgeneration: Wind turbines - straight from the horse's mouth

Burnley Citizen   UK   online edition
Approval for wind turbines   (article - web link)   12/10/06

The Independent   UK   online edition
$1bn turbine order puts wind into Clipper's sails   (article - web link)
Government considers Bill to cut emissions   (article - web link)

Western Mail   UK   online edition
Getting to know you at a cost of £72,000   (article - web link)

The Times   UK   online edition
Bill to tackle climate change   (article - web link)

The Scotsman   UK   online edition
Trashing the landscape to benefit the few at expense of the many is wrong   (letter + comments - web link)

The Guardian   UK   online edition
Warming will cost trillions, says report   (article - web link)

Daily Telegraph   UK   online edition
Labour considers climate law   (article - web link)

The Shetland Times   UK   online edition
RSPB map fails to put wind up Viking Energy   (article - web link)

King's Lynn Today   UK   online edition
Sails of the century   (article - web link)

Times & Star   UK   online edition
New windfarm for Workington?   (article - web link)

Harrogate Today   UK   online edition
Windfarms look set to go ahead - with warning lights for aircraft   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK   online edition
Cuts 'funding' wind turbine drive   (article - web link)

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Saturday 14th October 2006

Cambridge Evening News   UK   online edition
Turbine or not turbine, that is the question   (article - web link)   13/10/06

Western Mail   UK   online edition
End-of-year date set for biodiesel plant   (article - web link)   13/10/06
Final flights for Air Ambulance announced   (article - web link)

WALES AIR AMBULANCE   Saving time - Saving lives   Wales, UK
Official website
Wales Air Ambulance Lifesaving Lottery

The Independent   UK   online edition
Cash for renewable energy turns out to be recycled   (article - web link)

South Wales Evening Post   UK   online edition
Council silent on claims of mystery tape   (article - web link)

Open Space  'Open Spaces Society' (OSS) Magazine   UK
A new Act for commons   (Page 1 - .JPG file format 214 Kb)  
Copyright © Open Spaces Society, Autumn 2006
A new Act for commons   (Page 2 - .JPG file format 214 Kb)  
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Peat, carbon dioxide payback and wind farms   (article - .JPG file format 49.1 Kb)  
Copyright © Open Spaces Society, Autumn 2006

OSS Official website

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)   UK   online edition
Commons Act 2006   (web link)

New Scientist   UK
More crops for Africa as trees reclaim the desert   (article - .JPG file format 189 Kb)  
Copyright © New Scientist 14/10/06

Journal   UK   online edition
Windfarm objectors get a second chance   (article - web link)

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