Royal Assent for Scotland’s Marine Bill

11/03/2010 - The Marine (Scotland) Act provides a framework which will help balance competing demands on Scotland’s seas.It introduces a duty to protect and enhance the marine environment and includes measures to help boost economic investment and growth in areas such as marine renewables.Click here for full story

FIT killing off UK small wind

11/03/2010 - UK small wind turbine manufacturers say they will lose out to foreign solar panel manufacturers in the race to cash in on the UK government's new feed-in tariff scheme. They claim their products will be penalised because solar panel owners will receive higher government subsidies than wind turbine buyers. As the arrangement stands, a wind turbine would qualify for 26.7-34.5p per KWh in government subsidies, while solar panels would typically bring in 41p per KWh.Click here for full story

Falmouth docks gears up for RE

11/03/2010 - The A&P Group, owners of Falmouth docks, is gearing up for a major stake in the burgeoning marine renewable energy industry. The company – a leader in ship repair and port operations – sees new opportunities for its operations on the Tyne and at Falmouth where its steel fabrication and assembly facility is close to the Wave Hub, the UK’s groundbreaking renewable energy project at Hayle, Cornwall.Click here for full story

Construction begins on Sheringham Shoal

11/03/2010 - Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site began Tuesday, March 9, with the arrival of the 164m “Nordnes” vessel, which will position rocks at selected foundation locations in preparation for the start of the installation of the giant monopile structures next month.Click here for full story

£125m of investment from a US backer

11/03/2010 - The firm set to build giant wind turbine blades on Tyneside has secured more than £125m of investment from a US backer. United Technologies Corporation (UTC) has paid £126m for a 49.5% share in Clipper Windpower, which has a base in Blyth, Northumberland. It comes after the renewables firm revealed it was moving into a new factory on the site of the former Neptune shipyard, where it was manufacture blades for its Britannia offshore turbines.
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Boosting farm income by £4bn pa

11/03/2010 - Diversification into renewable energy offered the potential to boost UK farm income by at least £4billion a year by 2015-20, it was suggested yesterday (10 March). Leading farm business consultant Francis Mordaunt painted an optimistic future for agriculture when he addressed a seminar on the outlook for agriculture at Thainstone Centre, Inverurie.Click here for full story

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All-Energy 2010 - Aberdeen, May 19/20

Round 3 opportunities: All-Energy is THE place to be! 

ROUND THREE - AND MUCH MORE! The Crown Estate has announced the successful bidders for nine vast offshore wind zones within UK waters. With a total capacity of 32GW these will, if fully developed, account for up to 6,000 turbines and up to 45,000 UK-based jobs in new coastal manufacturing hubs by 2020. All-Energy - the UK's largest renewable energy show - is the perfect event in the perfect place for you to join in the transformation of the UK's offshore wind capacity. Add to that the decision to approve the Beauly-Denny power line upgrade, FiT and RHI,and the forthcoming Pentland Firth licensing announcements, and it looks like being quite a year for exciting business opportunities. Explore them, and grasp them at All-Energy 2010.

BOOK YOUR STAND NOW: only a couple left! Click here to see the floorplan, here to see space prices, and here for information on how to make a booking. Don't delay! And don't miss the All-Energy '09 video, which gives a great overview of the show - click here to see it. And you can also click here to see the first All-Energy 2010 newsletter.

LOOKING BACK TO ALL-ENERGY '09: what a show! If you attended as a speaker, chair, exhibitor, speaker or journalist we thank you, and hope you found your time there successful, stimulating and enjoyable.   total attendance of 5,500 from 60 countries 380+ exhibitors from 14 countries more than 250 speakers our particular thanks to UKTI/DECC for bringing Inward Missions from 29 countries Click on the chart above for full size version, or here for the conference presentations, image gallery, video, participant list and showguide.

UNRIVALLED SUPPORT: All-Energy 2010 is held in association with:   RenewableUK (formerly BWEA) Scottish Renewables Forum UK Trade & Investment AREG - Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group and under the learned society patronage of The Society for Underwater Technology The event is supported by a large number of organisations - click here for the full list - and we are extremely grateful to them for their continuing support. If your organisation would like to become involved with future All-Energy events please contact us.

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