Low carbon communities UK news 2010

2010
*12 more communities announced as winners of up to £500,000 each to help install new green technologies such as solar panels, hydro turbines and energy saving insulation, awarded through the Government’s Low Carbon Community Challenge, 4 February. Department of Energy and Climate Change, 4 February 2010 The 12 communities are Hook Norton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, Ashton Hayes, near Chester, Cheshire, Easterside in Middlesbrough, Halton, near Lancaster, Exmoor National Park in Somerset and Devon, Whitehill-Bordon in East Hampshire, Ladock and Grampound Road in mid-Cornwall, Ballymena and Camphill Community Glencraig in Northern Ireland, Cwmclydach, nr Pontypridd, South Wales, Awel Aman Tawe Community Wind Farm in Upper Amman and Swansea Valley, South Wales, and Glogue, Hermon and Llanfyrnach, nr Preselli Hills, Pembrokeshire.
* Government announces £3m to support 9 local authorities develop local carbon framework, 28 January communities.gov.uk, 28 January 2010 
* Four community groups to receive a share of £1 million Big Green Challenge Fund, 14/01/10 NESTA, 14/01/10 
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