Plans for Wind Farm port on the Humber

The banks of the Humber could soon be home to a massive site which would construct and provide quayside facilities for their installation in planned massive wind farms off the shores of the UK.

A separate bio-mass energy station is also planned which would provide energy to the site as well as to over half a million homes throughout the area.

Obviously such a scheme would provide a massive 'green jobs' boost to the area - the BBC report quotes figures of 27,000 jobs in total.

Three offshore wind farms will require around 5000 wind turbines for completion.

You can read the full report here.

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An Apple a Day won't keep the Green Doctor away.

The Green Doctors - a service being trialled by Groundwork UK is now roving the streets in electric vehicles helping to stamp out fuel poverty.

Fuel poverty is defined as when a household needs to spend more than 10% of its income on fuel use in order to heat the home to an adequate level.

According to the GroundWork UK website - in Yorkshire and Humber alone, fuel poverty affects around 163,000 households.

Head over to the GroundWork UK website now for more details - especially if you live in one of the trial areas.

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