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New logo for the Navitus Bay Wind Park created by local student

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The competition to create a new logo for Navitus Bay has been won by Danni Cain from New Milton.  Danni attends the Arts University College in Bournemouth.   Danni, 18, designed the winning logo for the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park, located off the coasts of Dorset and Hampshire, and to the West of the [...]

New partnership to hold rights to Navitus Bay offshore wind project

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The exclusive development rights for the proposed Navitus Bay Offshore Wind project, located off the Dorset and Hampshire coasts, and to the west of the Isle of Wight, will now be held by a 50-50 joint venture partnership between Eneco and EDF Energy. Eneco has chosen to partner with EDF Energy as both companies share [...]

Mobile cameras proved to be a success in Bournemouth

Police has made over 100 arrests in Bournemouth due to the help of mobile CCTV cameras introduced last year. Four mobile CCTV cameras were introduced in April 2011. £46,000 has been invested in them as a part of the Bournemouth Council’s Safer Communities campaign. They can be positioned in any public space within the borough and [...]

Eneco Navitus Bay Wind Park public consultation

This is just a quick reminder for anyone that was unable to attend the public exhibitions held in Swanage, Poole, Christchurch, Bournemouth, West Moors, New Milton, Lymington and on the Isle of Wight between 21st February and 3rd March about the proposed Navitus Bay offshore Wind Park. The information boards from the exhibitions are now [...]

Eight public exhibitions for the proposed Navitus Bay offshore wind park

Eneco has now entered the statutory consultation period for the proposed Navitus Bay offshore wind park and will be holding eight public exhibitions at Swanage, Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch, West Moors, New Milton, Lymington and the Isle of Wight. These public exhibitions will provide people with information and updates on the project, along with the next [...]

Back from the dark side: Greenpeace relaunches in Bournemouth and Poole

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By Lee Williams Greenpeace Bournemouth and Poole group has reopened with a petition-signing campaign in Bournemouth Square. The new group assembled on Saturday at the entrance to the Lower Gardens to promote Greenpeace’s international ‘VW Dark Side’ campaign. Seven members of the Bournemouth and Poole and West Dorset Greenpeace groups gathered over 50 signatures to [...]

Eneco invites public feedback on offshore wind park substation

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Two public exhibitions are to be held at West Moors to help the public find out more information about two proposed sites for a new onshore substation to support the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park off the Dorset and Hampshire coasts and to the west of the Isle of Wight.   Eneco, the company developing [...]

£600,000 in grants to go green

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IN the last 12 months, nearly £600,000 worth of grants have been given to businesses in the south west to become more efficient. There’s plenty more where that came from too, in fact the Improve Your Resource Efficiency programme (IYRE) wants to help more local businesses take advantage of the grants. “As bills soar, there [...]

Grants give boost to Dorset businesses

TIMES might be tough, but Dorset businesses are being given a boost by grants to improve their efficiency. The Improve Your Resource Efficiency programme (IYRE), is offering subsidies to companies that reduce waste, energy consumption and water use; helping pay for the installation of more efficient technology, which will also slash their bills. “Not only [...]

‘Green’ south coast supports offshore wind

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Latest research unveiled today [21 June 2011] has revealed that the majority of residents living along the south coast believe wind power is the best way to generate renewable energy with 77 per cent stating they support the technology. The public opinion survey also found that 81 per cent of local residents support the proposed [...]

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