renewable energy

Greenpeace today described as 'fantastic' a government report setting out a framework for the expansion of offshore wind energy. The report is intended to launch a consultation process on future development of wind farms at sea in the UK.

The report shows that there is a massive clean energy resource in and over the UK's waters. In total it says that over 3000 Terawatt Hours (3 trillion units) of electricity could be generated. This is 10 times the whole of current UK demand and 40 times the output of all the UK's nuclear power stations.

British Energy's £50 million loan of taxpayer's money has been confirmed as illegal state aid by the European Commission. The UK Government's rescue package to save the failed private nuclear generator from financial meltdown is already the subject of legal action in the High Court by Greenpeace and renewable energy provider Ecotricity who want the money returned to the public purse.

Greenpeace and renewable energy provider Ecotricity have today begun legal action to stop the Government's £50 million bailout of the failed private nuclear generator British Energy and get the money repaid to the British taxpayer.

New briefing reveals major problems with British Energy rescue proposals

Seventy two percent of the British public favour funding of wind power over the nuclear industry according to a MORI poll funded by Greenpeace [1]. The results lend weight to calls for the Government to reject special pleading by British Energy for a cash bailout and instead respond to calls from the renewable energy industry for comparable investments in offshore wind farms and domestic solar power.