Local windfarm is threatened by RWE's new nuclear plans Turbines are within RWE's Kirksanton proposal
The Independent, Tuesday 28 April 2009
Sarah Arnott
RWE's plan for a new nuclear power station at Kirksanton, near Sellafield, would mean the destruction of a community-owned wind farm already producing electricity on the site... to read more click here
Is gas making a comeback?
North West Evening Mail, Friday, 27 March 2009
Amy Fenton
THE world's biggest investor in renewable energy has announced it is cutting investment in Britain by 40 per cent. Is gas making a comeback, and what does this mean for the renewable energy projects planned for South Cumbria... to read more click here
Small Communities are Getting into the Generation Game
The Observer Sunday October 1 2006
Terry Slavin
Small communities are getting into the generation game, despite big obstacles.
When Andrew King decided to sink 2,000 of his own money into the proposition that an empty field in south Cumbria could be turned into a wind farm, he had no idea that 10 years later he would be leading a people-power revolution to bring the benefits of wind energy to local communities... to read more click here
