Going green could earn you cash back
FEED-IN tariffs are payments to ordinary energy users for the renewable electricity they generate.
Video: The forecast is windy.
THE Irish Sea is the second biggest area in the world for offshore wind farm developments second only to the North Sea.
Click here to see the first Britain's Energy Coast supplement in e-editon format
You can read our first 28 page colour supplement in its e-edition format so you can see all the pages, pictures and advertisers just as they appeared in our printed product in July.
Mike Park
MIKE PARK, 45, is a manager at Sellafield and a memeber of Cokermouth Mountain Rescue
Stephen McCullough
STEPHEN McCULLOUGH, 39, is Business Development Director for Cumbrian Newspapers
Power and the glory
WEAK spot blocking Cumbria’s Energy Coast ambitions is its underpowered electricity grid.
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Gordon Brown backs energy coast
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has thrown his weight behind west Cumbria’s plan for an energy coast – as he called for all parties to support the nuclear option to secure Britain’s energy needs.
College wants part of the energy coast
ALREADY on the cusp of an exciting £40m extension, Furness College in Barrow is champing at the bit to play a part in county ambitions to be Britain’s Energy Coast™
Gathering sheer raw energy of wind
Wind power is part of the mix of energy options supported by Cumbria's geography.
Renewables drive an issue close to MP’s heart
IT is a great pleasure to be here with you all.
- Funding boost for ports revamp
- Key sites offering business potential
- Route opens door to business opportunities
- ‘Meet the Buyer’ event will reveal energy opportunities
- Pupils sample work skills
- Fuel of the future
- Global demand for energy qualification
- Nuclear funding boost for community centre
- Changing boundaries for our nuclear industry?
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- Pirelli factory death probe ordered tougher safety measures
- See the full list of Cumbrian offences plus the latest H&S advice
- £1.7BN INVESTMENT IN CLEANING UP SELLAFIELD
- Cumbria sets up links with Chinese university
- BT to recruit engineers for Cumbrian superfast roll-out
- Cumbrian firms missing the boat over apprentices
- Stobart Group boss hopes for flights from Carlisle next summer
Quick links
- Furness Academy in Barrow placed under special measures (114 comments)
- Cumbria weather warning
- Barrow vulnerable people 'worse off than under Thatcher' (18 comments)
- Barrow Raiders thrashed at Sheffield (10 comments)
- Headstone smashed to pieces in Barrow cemetery (9 comments)
- Furness Academy in Barrow placed under special measures (114 comments)
- Headstone smashed to pieces in Barrow cemetery (9 comments)
- Barrow Raiders thrashed at Sheffield (10 comments)
- Barrow vulnerable people 'worse off than under Thatcher' (18 comments)
- Cumbria weather warning
- Police want to speak to two drivers in Lindal fatal collision investigation (41 comments)
- Girl dies after being hit by minibus on A590 between Barrow and Ulverston (11 comments)
- Furness Academy in Barrow placed under special measures (114 comments)
- Low drop out rate for brave Keswick to Barrow participants despite harsh conditions (11 comments)
- Barrow brawl victim moved to Preston for treatment (12 comments)
- Furness Academy in Barrow placed under special measures (114 comments)
- Barrow vulnerable people 'worse off than under Thatcher' (18 comments)
- Fight goes on, say Ulverston residents against supermarket (9 comments)
- Barrow Raiders thrashed at Sheffield (10 comments)
- Headstone smashed to pieces in Barrow cemetery (9 comments)
- Furness Academy in Barrow placed under special measures (114 comments)
- Headstone smashed to pieces in Barrow cemetery (9 comments)
- Barrow Raiders thrashed at Sheffield (10 comments)
- Barrow vulnerable people 'worse off than under Thatcher' (18 comments)
- Cumbria weather warning
- Furness Academy in Barrow placed under special measures (114 comments)
- Cumbria police to target illegal and unsafe motorbikes during bank holiday operation (41 comments)
- Police want to speak to two drivers in Lindal fatal collision investigation (41 comments)
- Eight years for arsonists who torched Dalton beach kiosk for thrills (33 comments)
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