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		<title>Lack of Engineers Put Offshore Wind Farm Development at Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lack of experienced renewable energy engineers could put contracts for nine new wind turbine projects in jeopardy as there are not enough suitably qualified people to install the turbines at their designated locations in the Firth of Forth and Moray Firth in the Scottish Highlands. The development partners were announced today by the Crown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Tidal Barrier Could Provide Renewable Green Energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new £250 million tidal barrier is being proposed to be constructed across the River Clyde which will not only create a flood barrier but would also be able to generate enough renewable energy to power all the homes in Glasgow. The barrage would run between Ardmore Point and Greenock and has been put forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecotricity Hopes To Supply Green Gas To Half Of The UK Domestic Market</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/ecotricity-hopes-to-supply-green-gas-to-half-of-the-uk-domestic-market-1010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ecotricity, the UK&#8217;s first green electricity supplier, has been researching the feasibility of supplying green biogas to the UK domestic market. From their results, plus their market research, they have announced that they hope to become Britain&#8217;s first green gas supplier too. Green gas or &#8216;biogas&#8217; is captured from rotting food waste which would otherwise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment Agency To Integrate Carbon Emission Reducing VPO Technology</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/environment-agency-to-integrate-carbon-emission-reducing-vpo-technology-993/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to a trial in 8 of their buildings, the Environment Agency will install Voltage Power Optimisation technology in a further 33 of its buildings in a bid to reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions. The trial resulted in a saving of between 10%-18% of the buildings&#8217; electricity consumption, which is the equivalent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Groups Set To Take RBS And The Treasury To Court Over Unethical Investments</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/green-groups-set-to-take-rbs-and-the-treasury-to-court-over-unethical-investments-986/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In potentially the first case of it&#8217;s kind, RBS and the Treasury could face court action for investing in carbon-intensive industries including coal, oil and gas as well as environmentally destuctive mining. The environmental groups involved in bringing about the hearing today include People and Planet, the World Development Movement and Platform. The conclusion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Tiles Could Eclipse Photovoltaic Solar Panels</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/solar-tiles-could-eclipse-photovoltaic-solar-panels-973/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy and Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[building integrated photovoltaics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The familiar conventional solar panel that springs to mind when someone mentions solar power could be replaced by the new trend of integrating solar technology into buildings. The increasing popularity for building integrated photovoltaics is aided by the advances in microgeneration technology including solar roof tiles, shingles and even special sheeting that can be incorporated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DECC Appoint David MacKay As Chief Scientific Adviser</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/decc-appoint-david-mackay-as-chief-scientific-adviser-931/</link>
		<comments>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/decc-appoint-david-mackay-as-chief-scientific-adviser-931/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has appointed David MacKay as chief scientific advisor. The Cambridge university physics professor was chosen by Ed Miliband to advise on matters relating to the Government&#8217;s low carbon transition plan. David MacKay is the author of the straight-talking and critically acclaimed &#8220;Sustainable Energy &#8211; without the hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centre For Alternative Technology Introduce UK&#8217;s First Micro Grid</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/centre-for-alternative-technology-introduce-uks-first-micro-grid-925/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), based in Machynlleth, in Wales has pioneered a new way of delivering energy to local communities via the UK&#8217;s first micro-grid. CAT has been working towards solutions for sustainability for the past 35 years and this micro-grid technology is the latest of their developments. The mirco-grid draws its power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Oliver&#8217;s New Show &#8211; First Carbon Neutral TV Series</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/jamie-olivers-new-show-first-carbon-neutral-tv-series-914/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jamie Oliver&#8217;s new TV Series &#8216;Jamie&#8217;s American Roadtrip&#8216; will be the first carbon neutral TV show to be shown anywhere in the world. The show which sees Jamie Oliver travel across the United States was aired last night on Channel 4. The famous chef has many environmental credentials like improving children&#8217;s diets at school as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WRAP Research Indicates Waste Wood Demand Will Outstrip Supply</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/wrap-research-indicates-waste-wood-demand-will-outstrip-supply-917/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study conducted by WRAP, Waste &#38; Resources Action Programme, published on 28th August 2009, has identified that demand for waste wood will outstrip supply in the next few years. The report, &#8216;Wood Waste Market in the UK&#8217;, provides both a detailed analysis of how the situation with waste wood product availability is likely [...]]]></description>
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