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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds erecting wind turbine at HQ
RSPB aims to reduce carbon footprint with wind turbine
06 September 2013
The RSPB and Ecotricity, Britain’s first green energy company, have submitted a planning application for a single wind turbine at the wildlife charity’s headquarters, The Lodge, near Sandy in Bedfordshire.
If the application is approved, the wind turbine could be installed from autumn 2014 onwards and would measure 100m at its highest point.
The turbine is predicted to produce the equivalent of up to two thirds of the RSPB’s total UK electricity needs.
The RSPB believes that renewable energy is an essential tool in the fight against climate change, which poses the single biggest threat to the long term survival of birds and wildlife...
06 September 2013
The RSPB and Ecotricity, Britain’s first green energy company, have submitted a planning application for a single wind turbine at the wildlife charity’s headquarters, The Lodge, near Sandy in Bedfordshire.
If the application is approved, the wind turbine could be installed from autumn 2014 onwards and would measure 100m at its highest point.
The turbine is predicted to produce the equivalent of up to two thirds of the RSPB’s total UK electricity needs.
The RSPB believes that renewable energy is an essential tool in the fight against climate change, which poses the single biggest threat to the long term survival of birds and wildlife...
http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/news/news-archive/2013/rspb-aims-to-reduce-carbon-footprint-with-wind-turbine