Archive for July, 2006

Red tape surrounding micro-generation to be reduced?

Posted on 30. Jul, 2006 by ashleys.

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The UK government recently announced that it intends to greatly reduce the red tape which delays and holds up planning applications for micro-renewable energy installations. Under plans to streamline the governing of household appliances, ministers said planning restrictions for small-scale micro-generation would be lifted.  Such a  move should pave the way for domestic installations being [...]

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Catching up!

Posted on 30. Jul, 2006 by ashleys.

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While I have been travelling and getting myself a new job etc. during may and June, quite a few things have happened related to micro-generation that I didn’t find time to talk about, but I still want to make sure I covered. So some of the next few posts will be related to some slightly [...]

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Nothing new for micro-generation in goverment energy review

Posted on 28. Jul, 2006 by ashleys.

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Jeremy Leggett  has some comments of the recent goverment energy review in the Guardian unlimited and while he is mainly focused on the change in the goverments attitude towards nuclear since 2003, he has this comment with respect to micro-generation: For micro-renewables, the review amounts to a restatement of the threadbare “key policies” announced in [...]

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NZ researchers support Micro-Generation

Posted on 28. Jul, 2006 by ashleys.

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New Zealand researchers, actually probably more likely analysts of some sort, are suggesting the support of small home wind turbines.  They say that people are becoming more interested in alternative energy sources and while: “Consumer–owned technologies won’t have a major immediate impact on the way electricity is generated in New Zealand, but they could gradually [...]

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Dubai an ideal place for Micro Generation

Posted on 27. Jul, 2006 by ashleys.

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You might of noticed the posting frequency has dropped off in the last few weeks, this has been due to the impact of starting a new job, a lot of travel, and infrequent access to computers. Things are beginning to stabilise a bit so we should get back to more regular posting. The traffic on [...]

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