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Around 4,000 hydro sites untapped, claims Environment Agency
Tuesday 09 March 2010: Report published identifies 1178MW of theoretical potential but environmental and practical constraints decrease estimate significantly
Industry group launched to promote European supergrid
Monday 08 March 2010: Friends of the Supergrid aims to influence and advise policy-makers in construction of pan-European grid connecting renewables hubs
Study to map South West offshore renewables potential begins
Monday 08 March 2010: PMSS to lead £100,000 study to examine potential wave, tidal and offshore wind installations up to 2030
Pathway for development vital for marine energy “revolution”
Friday 05 March 2010: RenewableUK conference hears that industry finance is dependent on convincing investors and politicians of its potential
Regions set to assess local renewables potential
Friday 05 March 2010: New government guidelines aim to provide consistent method of identifying sites and allow "more ambitious" regional renewables targets
Four tidal energy options identified for Mersey Estuary
Friday 05 March 2010: Stage one of Mersey tidal power study identifies long list of technologies including tidal barrage, tidal power gate, tidal fence and SMEC
Wave and tidal included in Strategic Environmental Assessment
Thursday 04 March 2010: David Kidney outlines plans to assess potential development prospects and environmental concerns in England and Wales
RenewableUK launches Budget submission
Thursday 04 March 2010: Rebranded BWEA's recommendations to government include £300m for offshore wind and commitment to capitalise on global lead in wave and tidal
Scottish minister welcomes veto of regional grid charging
Wednesday 03 March 2010: Jim Mather says Scotland would have been paying higher constraint costs - but Ofgem has not ruled out idea despite initial rejection
Siemens enters "promising ocean power market"
Friday 26 February 2010: Global engineering firm's investment in Marine Current Turbines seen as vote of confidence in UK tidal sector
Crown Estate must get Pentland Firth leases right, says REA
Friday 26 February 2010: Wave and tidal industry "at risk" if demonstration projects are not facilitated, REA says at Treasury inquiry into Estate's activities
Tidal energy potential investigated in Duddon Estuary
Wednesday 24 February 2010: First evaluation of Cumbrian site since 1994 sparked by feasibility studies in Morecambe Bay and the Solway Firth
News in Brief
Monday 22 February 2010: With news on a training course on renewables systems in the North East and £12m research and development competitions for wave and tidal
Orkney £3m port redevelopment to buoy marine projects
Monday 22 February 2010: Former naval base at Lyness to be refurbished to capitalise on The Crown Estate's wave and tidal licensing in the Pentland Firth
Renewables to meet 40% of Falkland’s energy demand
Friday 19 February 2010: Along with hydro and solar, three new turbines added to existing wind farm set to reduce dependence on imported diesel
Perth and Kinross to invest £100,000 in renewable businesses
Friday 19 February 2010: Local authority looks to capitalise on existing renewables expertise and boost biomass and hydro sectors
AWS Ocean Energy secures £2m to develop wave technology
Wednesday 17 February 2010: Investment set to help Scottish company's AWS-III wave power technology achieve generating capacity of between 2.4 and 4MW
Northwest reasserts its commitment to renewables
Wednesday 17 February 2010: Revised Climate Change Action Plan launched alongside £4 million fund for large-scale renewable projects in rural areas
News in Brief
Tuesday 16 February 2010: With news on solar panels at Glastonbury, plans for a second generation Oyster device and the Welsh Boiler Scrappage Scheme
Reservoir in Oldham to generate hydro-electricity
Friday 12 February 2010: United Utilities permits residents' group to place 50kW turbine on north side of Dove Stone Reservoir in Saddleworth
Government’s renewables board calls for “vital” port investment
Friday 12 February 2010: Development needed to help attract wind turbine suppliers and keep £9 billion worth of jobs in country ahead of Round 3, claims RAB
SeaGen tidal device exceeds 1000 hours of operation
Thursday 11 February 2010: Prototype tidal energy turbine said to be first tidal current or wave energy system in world to achieve milestone
Embrace wind campaign throws its arms wider
Thursday 11 February 2010: Pro-wind campaign morphs into grassroots lobbying and activism for all renewables issues in response to nimbyism
International Renewable Energy Agency establishes centre in Bonn
Wednesday 10 February 2010: German Government contributes £1.9m to the IRENA innovation and technology centre
OPINION: The east of England gears up for Round 3 challenge
Wednesday 10 February 2010: John Best, of the East of England Energy Group, outlines Norfolk's efforts to replicate Aberdeen's oil and gas success with renewables
Concerns over “postcode lottery” for small-scale renewables
Wednesday 10 February 2010: Differing systems and "unfair" public hearings creating a patchwork development of renewables across Scotland, planning consultants warn
Renewables cannot meet future energy demand, claims BP chief
Tuesday 09 February 2010: Tony Hayward cites the "major role" hydrocarbons will have in 2030 when he predicts renewables will meet only 5% of consumption
RSPB warns Severn barrage could be “disastrous”
Tuesday 09 February 2010: Dutch report details harmful effects of similar scheme in Oosterschelde estuary, Netherlands
SSE tells shareholders that renewables projects are on track
Monday 08 February 2010: Work continuing at Greater Gabbard, Clyde and Griffin wind farms but no generation expected at Glendoe hydro plant until 2012
