energy
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In a report released tomorrow
(Monday) the CBI is expected to call for the contribution from wind power to be
reduced in favour of nuclear energy as means of decarbonising the electricity
sector.
Commenting on the CBI report, Greenpeace executive director John
Sauven said:
"The CBI claims to represent the interests of British
industry, but by calling for wind power's contribution to our renewable energy
targets to be reduced it's actually doing its members a great disservice."
He continued:
Posted by jamie — 9 July 2009 at 2:34pm
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If you've ever tried to convince people down
the pub about wind power and how it can help steer us away from climate
catastrophe, you'll be familiar with the arguments used to dismiss it. The
technology is too expensive; electricity bills will rocket; and (one that's
often tripped me up) what happens when the wind stops blowing and the lights go
out?
If that's the case, then for your next pub
discussion arm yourself with a new study by energy analyst David Milborrow
which successfully trounces all those claims and more. A joint commission by
Greenpeace, WWF, RSPB and Friends of the Earth, it's being launched in advance
of the government's renewable energy strategy that is expected next week.
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Responding to
news today that offshore wind farms in the UK
could power 19m homes, Dr Doug Parr, Greenpeace chief scientist,
said:
"Offshore wind
farms must be a key part of the UK's future energy supply. And they
won't just generate electricity, they'll also generate thousands of British jobs
and help tackle energy security.
"But if
Britain is to get all the benefits
that offshore wind will provide, the government must do more to support the
industry."
ENDS
Greenpeace press
office: 020 7865 8255
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12.30am - A
dramatic stand-off is unfolding at Kingsnorth power station in Kent where
climate change campaigners have boarded a moving bulk freighter carrying coal to
Britain's most controversial power plant. Three women are swimming in the river
Medway in front of the massive freighter and are stopping it loading while
climbers are hanging off the side of the ship. Dozens of police officers and a
helicopter are on the scene.
Posted by jossc — 17 June 2009 at 11:43am
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A new report out today casts doubt on the ability of the nuclear industry to deliver its promised new reactors.
French companies EDF and Areva, who are at the forefront of the new worldwide reactor design and building programme, have been making serious investments in foreign markets where they hope to build new reactors, including here in the UK. As a consequence they are heavily in debt.
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Commenting on the launch today of a
new government consultation on the future of coal in Britain, Greenpeace executive
director John Sauven
said:
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The troubled plutonium and uranium reprocessing plant at Sellafield may have to shut down.
The Sellafield mixed oxide plant (SMP) cost the taxpayer £472 million and was intended to turn plutonium and uranium recovered from used nuclear fuel into usable fuel for overseas nuclear reactors.
Posted by jamie — 12 February 2009 at 12:16pm
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The cooling towers of Ferrybridge power station
The decision on a new coal power station at
E.ON's Kingsnorth facility in Kent
is still expected later this year - the current rumour is around June but as
with all government pronouncements you should take that with a very large pinch
of salt. Whether it gets the go-ahead or not, it will have ramifications for
the other proposed coal developments - including opencast mines - elsewhere in
the country.
One of these is at Ferrybridge in west Yorkshire where half of the power station is due to go
out of service in 2015. A more immediate threat is the opencast mine planned
for the area, which will sit next door to an RSPB nature reserve at Fairburn
Ings, and the group Yorkshire Against
New Coal (Yanc) is standing in opposition to both plans.
Posted by jossc — 3 February 2009 at 3:40pm
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Alberta, Canada - contaminated water from tar sands oil production fills a 2 km wide 'tailings' pool © Greenpeace
Last month our Emerald Paintbrush award presented to BP highlighted how far the company, which previously styled itself as going 'beyond petroleum', has moved back to its traditional profit source at the expense of its alternative energy division, and most likely its long-term profitability.
Investors may have been patting themselves on the back yesterday as BP posted record profits for 2008, but they should be wary - a quick trawl through the figures reveals major flaws in the company's long term investment strategy. Massive profits during the first half of the year (when oil prices reached over $100 per barrel) were undermined by a collapse in the final quarter, when prices fell back to around $40 per barrel.
