UK Planning System hindering progress on renewable energy schemes and meeting Government targets
Commenting on the announcement by the Committee of Public Accounts that the Department of Energy and Climate Change needed a greater sense of urgency and purpose to meet renewable energy targets, Shirley Mathieson, renewable energy spokesperson at Saffery Champness says: While there is undoubtedly a strong determination by Government to meet the target of supplying […]
Make every acre count and record voluntary management, says CFE
Farmers and land managers across England still have the opportunity to show how they are supporting the Campaign for the Farmed Environment by making every acre count. Over the past three months many farmers and land managers have been recording the campaign voluntary measures and key target options in Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) that they […]
Thorpe Trees celebrates the planting of 150,000 acorns as part of National Tree Week 2010
Thorpe Trees is celebrating planting the last of 150,000 acorns at its nursery in Thorpe Underwood, near Harrogate, as part of both National Tree Week 2010 and their ongoing programme to grow and sell high quality native trees such as the English oak. The 150,000 acorns planted, which weighed over 700 kilos, will be ready […]
CBio develops biological product which could potentially reduce nitrogen use in farming
SCIENTISTS at an environmental biotechnology company have developed a biological product that could potentially be used to directly reduce the amount of nitrogen and other fertilisers used by arable farmers. Amnite A100, created by Stockton-on-Tees-based CBio (Cleveland Biotech), relies on an improved symbiotic relationship between plants and soil microbes – by increasing and improving the […]
Free signs for farmers taking part in Campaign for the Farmed Environment
Farmers and land managers across England are being offered free signs to show they are protecting the environment and wildlife on their farms to support the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE). The new signs, which are being supported by Syngenta, can be used by farmers and land managers to indicate they are putting in […]
Demand for no cost, no risk wind generators proves strong in East Anglia
A Norfolk based firm is providing a new renewable energy option for landowners in the East of England. Windcrop was formed in 2009 after a year in project development and completed second round equity fundraising in August. The company expects to complete around 400 installations by the end of 2011, growing capacity to around 1,000 […]
The National Trust museum generates its own income via solar cells
The National Trust’s carriage museum at Arlington Court is now generating its own income following one of the UK’s largest installations of photo-voltaic (PV) cells on a historic building. The 113 m2 installation near Barnstaple in Devon will generate up to 6.3 megawatt hours (mWh) of energy each year, saving the museum about 600 from […]
Speedcut gives Essex college sports facilities a boost at Southend-on-Sea
Speedcut Contractors have completed a major project at Futures Community College, Essex, during which they built two new football pitches, a cricket square and three artificial cricket wickets with nets. Futures College, at Southend-on-Sea, is undergoing massive development having just opened a state-of-the-art building. Sports facilities are an important part of the college, which has […]
Beehives create a candy-coloured landscape in Aberdeenshire
Beehives scattered across a hillside as part of The Co-operatives Plan Bee campaign, to help save British honeybees, are adding a candy-coloured flash of colour to the autumn landscape on land farmed by The Co-operative Farms near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. The 200 brightly – painted beehives, which can house up to seven million bees, were […]
