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• Slyer’s Lane Wind Farm Planned in Charminster Near Dorchester Dorset

  

  Broadview Energy is currently investigating the potential for a wind farm on agricultural land to the north of Dorchester in Dorset. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Wind Tree – Innovative Silent Wind Power from France!

  

  I absolutely love this new invention! Designed by French company NewWind, The Wind Tree (Arbre à Vent) is an innovative concept to exploit the airflow passing... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• FREE Green Business Start-Up Launch Pad Workshop – 20th February 2014 in...

  

  Check out this FREE one-day interactive workshop for green business start-ups providing an opportunity to tackle the challenges that face new eco-ventures... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Transition Together Comes to Dorchester

  

  Thanks to funding from the Big Lottery ‘Communities Living Sustainably’ programme, a free Transition Together project is about to be launched in Dorset. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dorset, Devon & Wiltshire Councils Work with France to Tackle Our Energy...

  I would like to tell you about a positive local collaboration between, amongst others, Dorset, and Brittany in France, that has been going on since May 2011! Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Ecotricity Promises ‘Frack-Free Gas’

  Britain’s first green energy company Ecotricity has announced that the gas it sources for its customers will be free of gas from Fracking – the controversial... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Get Your Mojo!

  

  For many advocates of electric bicycles the preferred way of delivering the power of the electric motor is so it goes through the gears in the same manner as th... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• North Dorset Ecohomes Project is Looking for Ecohomes!

  

  The first free Eco-homes event in North Dorset will take place on the weekend of 17/18 May 2014 to showcase energy efficient homes and offices in the District. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• IKEA Selling Solar Panels from Its Bristol Store and Soon Throughout Britain

  

  Happy 2014 from everyone at Dorset Energized! Here’s our first blog post from our Swedish team member Sophia who is rather well placed to talk about IKEA’s... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Free Information Events on Keeping Warm This Winter

  

  Dorset Community Action are holding a series of Fuel Poverty Workshops in January. The workshops will be held in Lyme Regis on the 14th and the 29th in... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dorset Energized Competition Winners Announced for Christmas

  

  Drumroll please and sound the Christmas trumpets!!! The lucky winner of our competition to win a fantastic Owl Wireless Electricity Monitor (worth £42.95)... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Green Energy Suppliers Ecotricity Introduce Winter-long Price Freeze

  Ecotricity has announced a price freeze for all gas and electricity customers until the end of winter 2014. The green energy company had previously announced a... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Dorset Energizers Recommended Top 25 Eco Christmas Gifts

  

  With Christmas around the corner and people rushing around finishing off their Christmas shopping, we thought we’d ask our voluntary team of ‘Energizers’ here a... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dorset’s Ace Energy Win Large Heating Contract at Spiritual Healing Centre

  

  Ace Energy have just succeeded in winning a contract to install 180 kW of biomass heating at The Ammerdown Centre near Bath. The new Windhager wood pellet syste... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Good Energy Solar Farm Plans Approved for Mapperton in East Dorset

  

  Above: Mock-up of the proposed Mapperton Solar Farm  Dorset Energized are thrilled to announce that 1 of 3 proposed solar farms by Good Energy here in Dorset ha... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• A First For MicroCHP Fuel Cells in Wales As Ace Energy Install System at...

  

  Dorset based Ace Energy have just completed the installation of the first fuel cell micro combined heat and power system in Wales. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Green Energy Suppliers Ecotricity Partner with Dorset Energized

  

  Ecotricity are pleased to launch our partnership with Dorset Energized and support the work they do help empower people to live a more sustainable life. We’re a... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dorset Energized’s Vince Test Drives the New BMW i3 Electric Car

  

  Earlier this week I was invited to test drive the new BMW i3 electric car. It’s a great car, as fast as anything I have ever driven (although I do love my Nissa... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• South West Renewable Energy Installer Launches Fuel Cell Product at The...

  

  Renewable energy company Ace Energy held the official launch of their partnership with BlueGen manufacturers – Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd during the Mitsubishi... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Addressing Health Through Energy Efficiency Pays

  

  Excess Winter Deaths claimed an estimated 24,000 lives in England and Wales in 2011/12 and, although we do not fully understand all the reasons behind these... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT