Kingsnorth

CND - Campaign for a Nucear-free Dunge

Kingsdowner (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Good news that Dungeness has been passed over as a site of the next generation of nuclear power stations, leading to dreams of the levelling of Dungeness A and B within our lifetimes. Which genius chose it as a site for a power station in the first place? At the enquiry back in 1958, evidence was submitted to show it to be 'the most significant shingle foreland ...in Europe, and one of the major coastal...

Government slipping on carbon capture

What Oor Willie Did Next (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Energy Secretary Ed Milliband refused to back the critical 2014 carbon capture pilot deadline today in the House of Commons. This could have signficant consequences for Longannet Power Station and the battle with climate change. To explain, 2014 is the date which the government set for the establishment of the carbon capture demonstration project. That date was set so that the technology could be rolled...

Miliband paves way for most ambitious fleet of new nuclear reactors in Europe

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Eleven sites for nuclear reactors announced as part of UK energy strategy that includes 'clean coal' and wind power A new fleet of nuclear power stations was backed by energy secretary Ed Miliband today, as he outlined the government's plans to fast-track major energy infrastructure projects, also including "clean coal" power stations and windfarms. Six draft "national policy statements"...

UK carbon capture competition 'dead on its feet' says expert

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Professor Stuart Hazeldine warns only Scottish Power can deliver carbon capture and storage within the government's timetable. From BusinessGreen.com , part of the Guardian Environment Network The UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition is "dead on its feet" with only one of the three projects in the running capable of delivering a full scale working demonstration plant by the...

Kent police have they become politicised?

BIGNEWS MARGATE (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

As many of us will recall, Kent police were recently criticised by independent organisations etc. for the handling of the Kingsnorth climate protest last year and of course by Kent residents who were utterly bemused at the apparent violence used, toward climate change activists by police officers acting one assumes under command of the Kent constabulary. So far, I've yet to hear Kent Police Chief Mike...

BBC NEWS - Scotland | Jobs bonanza...

Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

BBC NEWS - Scotland | Jobs bonanza from greener homes The report says that would require 1.5m energy efficient boilers, 1.8m solar panels, 2.2m draft proofing strips and 1.5m insulation packages. The combined cost of such measures would be about £13.4bn in addition to current investment plans, it estimated. But this would boost the economy by £4bn and create or safeguard 10,200 jobs over...

E.ON plant plans raise fear of gas-dependent Britain

Times Online (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

E.ON, the energy group that shelved plans for a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth, Kent, is drawing up plans to build a new gas-fired plant of the same size in Nottinghamshire, leading to fears that Britain will be over-reliant on imported natural gas.

Overstep the Mark?

Musings from Medway (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

This blog will, from time to time criticise the Tory opposition in Medway for perceived failings and inconsitencies. That being said; despite the political differences there are occassions, surprisingly often, when people from opposing sides can agree. Clearly it was not just me who was reading the Guardian into work this morning with raised eyebrows ... because a Freedom of Information by the Guardian...

Danish energy giant pulls out of Scottish plans

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009

Dong Energy withdraws from 1.6GW Hunterston power station scheme just days after E.ON shelves Kingsnorth Plans for a new generation of "clean coal" power stations were dealt another severe blow after the Danish energy giant Dong Energy announced it was pulling out of plans for a major new coal-fired plant in Ayrshire. Dong said it was withdrawing from the 1.6GW Hunterston power station scheme...

Government may defer clean coal funding after Kingsnorth delay

Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009

A funding package worth up to £1 billion to help Britain to build the world’s first “clean coal” power station could be delayed by the Government after E.ON’s decision to freeze plans for a new coal plant at Kingsnorth in Kent for up to three years.

Success! Plans for Kingsnorth shelved

Healthy Life News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009

We have just received this excellent news from the RSPB. “Late on Wednesday evening energy company E.On announced that it was shelving its plans for a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent for at least two to three years. This is great news for the climate, and a victory for the thousands of campaigners who have fought [...]

Victory At Kingsnorth..?

MatBlog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009

Victory At Kingsnorth..? Today was hailed as a major victory by those engaged in climate change activism here in the UK. The energy company E:ON has shelved plans to build new power stations at the Kingsnorth site in Kent, site of last year’s Camp For Climate Action (known to all as simply ‘Climate Camp’). E:ON cited the [...]

E.ON reveals Kingsnorth kicked into long grass

Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009

The controversial proposal to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent has been thrown into doubt tonight. An email from German utility giant E.ON to Greenpeace reveals the company no longer thinks construction is currently economic. The email reveals the company is shelving the project for 2-3 years at least. Kingsnorth attracted huge [...]

• Activism Works. Kingsnorth Coal Plant Shelved - CommonDreams.org Headlines
• kingsnorth is cancelled - bristling badger
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

EOn pause building plan

Hulme Geog Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009

Controversial plans to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent have been put on hold for up to three years, energy firm E.On has said. It said it would be delayed until about 2016 because electricity demand had fallen during the global recession. Read more on this link .

Kingsnorth power station decision is a victory for campaigners

Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009

“Liberal Democrats will only support new coal if carbon capture and storage technology is ready from day one,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary. Commenting on E.On’s decision to delay plans for a new dirty coal power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, Simon Hughes said: “This is a deserved victory for environmental campaigners [...]