Organic Wales Articles

Holyhead, Wales, where the biomass plant is due to be built. Photograph: Richard Klune/Corbis The government has given the go-ahead to a huge wood-burning plant which it claims will provide power for a quarter of all Welsh homes, sparking outrage among …

Cardiff homes have the UK’s highest energy bills, says a report which a consumer watchdog calls very worrying. While Leeds and Manchester have the cheapest bills, Cardiff customers typically pay £1,073 on direct debit and £1,175 on prepayment meters

Organic waste specialists TEG Environmental, based in Chorley, Lancashire, and energy company Alkane Energy are to build the anaerobic digestion plant as part of the Welsh Government’s programme for local authorities to recycle food waste into …

Farmers in Wales who battled planners to create an anaerobic digesters on their farm are now seeking an environmental permit to run the operation. The Jones family were given the go-ahead by a Welsh Assembly planning inspector to build the digester on …

“Port Dinorwic’s giant hydro scheme took three-and-a-half years to built and many small farm hydro projects are taking almost as long.” CLA Wales director Ben Underwood, speaking at this week’s Royal Welsh Show, said there was increasing frustration …

Wales’ renewable energy policy has taken a battering in recent weeks with politicians appearing to stagger under the pressure of anti-wind farm protestors, but there are encouraging signs that it is back on track.

AROUND half of all new applications to build onshore wind farms in Wales and England are being turned down, according to Freedom of Information data published today. New data obtained by commercial law firm McGrigors, …

The protest came as Environment Minister John Griffiths wrote to energy companies and planning authorities in an attempt to clarify any confusion surrounding the Welsh Government’s approach towards onshore wind farm development. …

THIS is the month to harvest seaweed from our oceans if the plant is to achieve its potential as a viable biofuel, Welsh scientists believe. Researchers at Aberystwyth University say kelp seaweed could provide an …

Around 1500 anti-wind farm protesters lobbied ahead of the council meeting at Welshpool livestock market. The council unanimously supported a motion urging the Welsh Government to request a moratorium on all wind farm applications. …