Cypex's new WES 18 wind turbine installation in Dundee. The turbine was supplied and installed by Willow Energy and provides power to Cypex's bio-medical facility. Surplus power is exported to the national grid.

UK budget promises £50 million for microgeneration technologies

LONDON, England, March 29, 2006 (Refocus Weekly) The British government will provide an initial £50 million to support microgeneration technologies to be installed on 25,000 buildings.

“Our supply of energy should be stable, secure and competitive, and environmentally sustainable,” chancellor Gordon Brown says in the budget. The allocation of £50 million will “make it possible for homes and businesses to generate their own renewable energy. The purpose of this £50 million fund is to show how we can make these technologies from wind turbines to solar heating, affordable to schools, housing associations, businesses including local authority tenants - initially 25,000 buildings.”