Sustainable energy news UK 2009 Jan-Jun



2009


 * Europe's largest operating onshore wind farm at Whitelees in East Renfrewshire officially 'switched on, May 20


 * Government ambition for all homes in Britain to have smart meters installed by 2020, May 11


 * British Waterways announces an agreement with The Small Hydro Company Ltd to generate 210,000 mega watt hours of renewable energy per annum using the public corporation’s 2,200 mile waterway network, March 11


 * Half Britain’s homes could be heated by renewable gas, says National Grid, February 2


 * Environmental study recommends there's scope for between 5,000 and 7,000 more offshore wind turbines, enough to power the equivalent of almost all the homes in the UK and make a massive contribution to renewable energy targets, January 26


 * One of the world's largest wave stations is to be constructed off the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles, January 22 place

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