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SBEC is the result of a collaboration between the Welsh Assembly Government, the Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) and Tata Steel. Based at Tata Steel’s Shotton, operation in Flintshire, it will be a showcase for sustainable products and used to …

The race to install Wales’ first tidal energy farm heated up yesterday after the government approved plans for a 1.2MW device in Ramsey Sound off Pembrokeshire. The £70m ‘Deltastream’ project was given the green light by Chris …

Plans for a power-generating tidal farm off the north Wales coast have been submitted. The £70m project for the underwater turbines, off the north west coast of Anglesey, was first announced three years ago. Marine Current Turbines (MCT) and RWE npower …

There would also be a new approach to the organic scheme, with continued support offered to organic farmers. But she added that CLA Wales had been disappointed by some measures, such as the exclusion of boundaries. She hoped the promise that WAG would …

The transfer is a key part of the government’s promised abolition of quangos, which has also seen the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) abolish a large proportion of its arms-length bodies. Local people are to have a greater …

When recordings of male leafhopper vibrational signals were played, spiders began homing in on the signal and searching for food. The spiders were also seen to have a preference for male leafhoppers over females, probably due to louder, more complex …

All Party Welsh Assembly Public Accounts Committee Wants Investigation Into …eGov monitorThe all party Public Accounts Committee of the Welsh Assembly have called for a criminal investigation into the severance packages authorised by the disgraced fo…

The UK Independence Party launches its manifesto for the Welsh assembly election calling for the body to be scrapped. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has launched its campaign for May’s assembly election with a promise to get rid of AMs and make MPs …

Environment Agency Wales and Farming Connect, the Welsh Assembly Government’s support service for farmers, have joined forces again for the second year running for the ‘Simple Solutions Award’. An award that recognises and rewards farmers who make …