Department of Energy and Climate Change

In Britain, the wind industry and the government have worked out a deal to eliminate the Ministry of Defence's objections to the development of five offshore wind farms.

The five wind farms, with an estimated 3-gigawatts of power capacity, are proposed for construction off the east coast of England in the Great Wash.

Earlier this year, the United Kingdom passed feed-in tariff guarantees for owners of small-scale renewable energy systems -- 5-megawatts or less.  However, one of the factors the scale of rebate is dependent on is when the system was installed, which has left more than a few Britons irked.

Three geothermal plant projects in the UK recently received government funding and could be offering electricity and heat to nearby communities as early as 2013.

The British government recently unveiled its plans for modernizing the country's electrical grid.

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