Quarter of UK homes to be offered a green makeover | Environment | The Guardian

More than one in four homes in the UK will be offered a complete eco-makeover under ambitious plans expected to be announced this week to slash fuel bills and cut global warming pollution.

Perkins High School turbine falls apart

Ed Sharp was standing on the back porch Saturday afternoon when he heard a sound like a shotgun.

He looked next door, where the three wind turbines at Perkins High School were spinning in Saturday's high winds, to see part of a turbine blade fly off and land in the student parking lot.

Out of balance because of the missing blade, the turbine and its tower began shaking, the remaining two blades banging against 60-foot support pole -- and the 30-foot-wide windmill "just blew apart," Sharp said.

Transportation of turbine parts to cause major delays on roads - Press & Journal

Work on two new windfarms in the north-east is expected to bring major delays to local roads this week.

Turbine parts being delivered to Turriff and Fyvie will get a police escort every day this week as they are transported from Brodie, near Forres.

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