2004 - News - Ecotricity

Pupils at Eyres Monsell Primary School stand next to their wind turbine

The Wonders of Wind Power

Pupils and teachers at a Leicester primary school are thrilled to be installing the first wind turbine in the city on their school grounds.

06 December 2004

One of the wind turbines at Mablethorpe at sunset.

Lincolnshire gets 8 new turbines

This week, eight new state of the art wind turbines in Lincolnshire will begin turning for the first time and start generating enough 'clean' electricity to power over 4000 homes.

10 November 2004

Rehousing the Green Park water voles

A carefully managed mitigation strategy is currently underway at the Green Park in Reading, to safeguard the park's water voles prior to the construction of a wind turbine by Ecotricity next year.

22 September 2004

Champions sign up to 'Embrace' wind campaign as poll confirms strong public support

A new campaign shows that the majority of the UK population - 74% - agree that wind farms are necessary to help meet current and future energy needs - despite a vocal campaign against their expansion.

20 September 2004

A crowd of people outside the Ecotech turbine

Ecotech Twilight Tour

The EcoTech Centre is running its first ever 'twilight tour' of the Ecotricity wind turbine at Swaffham.

05 August 2004

A view of the Green park turbine from the M4

Putting the Green in the Green Park

Ecotricity, is today celebrating after receiving approval from Wokingham District Council to construct a wind turbine in Reading.

30 July 2004

Ecotricity brings wind to Notting Hill

Wind power on sale at London Farmers' Markets

04 June 2004

The Big Red Fightback

Ecotricity & Ecotech support the British Heart Foundation's Big Red Fightback campaign.

04 June 2004

New wind power for Lincolnshire

Ecotricity has started work on Lincolnshire's second wind park.

12 May 2004

One of our wind turbines at Ford's factory in Dagenham

London's first wind park sparks up

Two giant wind turbines can now be seen towering 85m above Ford Motor Company's Dagenham site.

11 May 2004

One of our Dagenham turbines against a London landscape

London's first wind park nears completion

Ecotricity to erect two turbines on Ford's Dagenham estate by the end of April.

19 April 2004

Turbine Open Day for Shipdham villagers

Residents of a Norfolk village are being invited to a free open day at the Ecotech Centre.

15 April 2004

Artist's impression of the Symphony Farm Wind Park.

Planning refused by South Somerset

Our planning application to build two wind turbines near Cucklington has been refused by South Somerset District Council on the grounds of visual impact.

11 March 2004