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Farmers Want Solar Power

Farmers Want Solar Power

Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 by ashleys.

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80% of farmers would like to move to microgeneration of solar power.   According to a survey by Solarcentury, more than 80 per cent of UK farmers want to install solar panels on the roofs of their buildings by 2014. Research, carried out in conjunction with Forum for the Future, showed that interest in clean energy [...]

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Micro-Generation of Wind Power – Some Definitions

Posted on 11. May, 2006 by ashleys.

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In this section I would like to focus on the some relevant definitions with respect to the micro-generation of wind power. First a set of more general definitions followed by definitions more specifically relevant to wind power. A lot of these definitions are also available on the great online resource wikipedia, and where relevant I [...]

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Micro-Generation Definition debated in UK Parliment

Posted on 28. Apr, 2006 by ashleys.

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It seems that not everyone agrees with the official UK definition of micro-generation as generation of a capacity of less than 50 kW. As we pointed out the yesterday the peak demand for a house in the winter would be around 20kW. So at least from a residential point of view 50 kW seems plenty. [...]

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Micro-Generation a Definition

Posted on 27. Apr, 2006 by ashleys.

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You would think it would be easy to define something like micro-generation. Well perhaps you wouldn’t, but I certainly did. But as with a lot of things, it means different things to different people. The UK Goverment through the means of the Energy Act 2004 (osl) defines micro-generation as generation of a capacity of less [...]

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