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Energy experts have said a landfill site in Wiltshire could also serve as the location for a wood burning unit capable of producing power.

Renewable energy businesses are being invited to put forward their plans for development in the Pentland Firth stretch of sea, Scotland.

A solar powered plane is gearing up for its first test flight in April of next year.

E.On is to slow down the development of new power plants as a result of rising prices and the financial downturn, according to its chief executive.

EDF has been granted planning permission to place underground cables running from the soon-to-be-constructed Teesside Offshore Wind Farm.

Plans are moving forward to build an energy-from-waste facility in Staffordshire.

Cirrus Energy has withdrawn from Shell Flat wind farm project.

Eneco is hoping to be permitted to build another North Sea wind farm.

Developing a offshore power grid that could connect the wind farms of the North Sea is now an energy security priority for the EU.

A wind farm project has invited locals to assess the proposal.

A wind farm has paid for a local hall to be made more energy efficient.

Councillors have objected to the building of a huge wind farm in Scotland.

A wave power company is considering working with rival firms in order to expand its Scotland-based datacentre.

A developer has been given the go-ahead to build a wind farm near Beverley in Yorkshire, it has been reported.

Planning permission has been given to build three wind turbines in Gloucestershire.

Renewable sources will generate more electricity than gas-powered plants by 2015, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Proposed incentives for small scale heat and electricity generation should be enough to encourage people to switch away from fossil fuels, according to industry figures.

A swimming pool which has had solar thermal water heating panels installed on its roof is making £1,500-a-year savings on its energy bill.

UPS Systems has struck a deal with regional development agency Yorkshire Forward to provide hydrogen fuel cells as part of an environmental scheme.

Norwegian firm Statkraft has taken complete control of a Welsh wind farm after buying 50 per cent of the company planning to build it.