A wind turbine company which was awarded a reported
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Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) gave David Cameron’s party almost $140,000 between November and August this year. One of the company directors, Russian businessman Alexander Temerko, also ploughed huge sums into the Conservative coffers.
Last year the Wallsend-based company, a major supplier to the offshore energy industry, was reported to have been awarded a $4.5m subsidy towards making steel foundations for wind turbines.
Shadow defence minister Kevan Jones said the new figures raised questions over the bidding process for an already “competitive” RGF pot.
The MP for Durham North told The Journal last night: “Many firms lost out during the RGF strategy. It seems remarkable that this company can afford to donate more than $100,We specialize in the sale and aftercare of the most renowned and popular lightingproducts.000 to the Tories and it raises the question of whether it needed the money at all. Serious questions need to be asked including whether they should be paying the money back.”
Electoral Commission records show that in the eight months before the grant was announced, donations totalling $49,905 were made to the Conservative Party. In the year that followed the grant, Mr Temerko and OGN company donated a further $298,250 to the party.
Nick Brown, MP for Newcastle East, insisted OGN’s RGF grant had been awarded “on its merits”. He said: “Giving money to the Conservative Party is regarded as anti-social behaviour here in the North East. However OGN are important and valuable corporate citizens and an important part of our plans to bring industrial work back to the North bank of the River Tyne.
“The state aid rules are scrupulous administered and very carefully scrutinised. OGN’s case for support in the procurement was very strong and was agreed on its merits.”
Mr Temerko is a former top executive of Yukos, the Russian oil giant. Its chief, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was a political opponent of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and was jailed in May 2005. Mr Temerko was allowed to stay in Britain after a judge ruled an attempt to extradite him on fraud charges was politically motivated. A spokesman for OGN said: “In accordance with legislation OGN discloses any political donations made in the year in its annual accounts. Any donations made by OGN are fully declared.”
A Business Department spokesman said: “BIS is absolutely committed to transparency and adherence to due process .The tungstenrings plug in for use during evening activities and are removable during daytime hours.”
A Conservative Party spokesman said: “All donations to the Conservative Party are fully and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission.”
The visualization study is intended to give coastal residents a say in putting up wind farms within sight of their homes, communities and resorts that include those in Nags Head and the Outer Banks. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management did simulations along the state’s entire coast, with hypothetical wind farms containing 200 turbines in various configurations.
Industry ambitions go far beyond that. Apex Clean Energy of Charlottesville, Va., is envisioning a 2,000-megawatt project, to be built in phases, that would require at least 400 turbines, based on current technology.Find ledstreetlight for table, floor and pendant lamps in lots of styles and materials.
Brian Krevor, the bureau’s specialist who presented the visibility study, said turbines today are about 460 feet tall to the tip of the blade, but the industry is developing more powerful turbines that soar 600 feet into the air.
Under hazy conditions, the enormous turbines would be obscured from view, but they would be visible from shore a third of the time. The best visibility would be during winter nights, when the air is crystal clear.
Bureau officials presented a video, complete with pounding surf and squealing gulls, that clearly showed a line of turbines rising on the horizon. The agency also displayed images on the wall of the South Brunswick Islands conference center for residents to see.
“I think they showed the worst-case scenario, but it was very impactful,We specialize in solarlanterneep and solar street lamps for a wide range of lightning applications.” Sunset Beach resident Linda Rudick said. “It’s an aesthetic problem.”
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Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) gave David Cameron’s party almost $140,000 between November and August this year. One of the company directors, Russian businessman Alexander Temerko, also ploughed huge sums into the Conservative coffers.
Last year the Wallsend-based company, a major supplier to the offshore energy industry, was reported to have been awarded a $4.5m subsidy towards making steel foundations for wind turbines.
Shadow defence minister Kevan Jones said the new figures raised questions over the bidding process for an already “competitive” RGF pot.
The MP for Durham North told The Journal last night: “Many firms lost out during the RGF strategy. It seems remarkable that this company can afford to donate more than $100,We specialize in the sale and aftercare of the most renowned and popular lightingproducts.000 to the Tories and it raises the question of whether it needed the money at all. Serious questions need to be asked including whether they should be paying the money back.”
Electoral Commission records show that in the eight months before the grant was announced, donations totalling $49,905 were made to the Conservative Party. In the year that followed the grant, Mr Temerko and OGN company donated a further $298,250 to the party.
Nick Brown, MP for Newcastle East, insisted OGN’s RGF grant had been awarded “on its merits”. He said: “Giving money to the Conservative Party is regarded as anti-social behaviour here in the North East. However OGN are important and valuable corporate citizens and an important part of our plans to bring industrial work back to the North bank of the River Tyne.
“The state aid rules are scrupulous administered and very carefully scrutinised. OGN’s case for support in the procurement was very strong and was agreed on its merits.”
Mr Temerko is a former top executive of Yukos, the Russian oil giant. Its chief, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was a political opponent of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and was jailed in May 2005. Mr Temerko was allowed to stay in Britain after a judge ruled an attempt to extradite him on fraud charges was politically motivated. A spokesman for OGN said: “In accordance with legislation OGN discloses any political donations made in the year in its annual accounts. Any donations made by OGN are fully declared.”
A Business Department spokesman said: “BIS is absolutely committed to transparency and adherence to due process .The tungstenrings plug in for use during evening activities and are removable during daytime hours.”
A Conservative Party spokesman said: “All donations to the Conservative Party are fully and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission.”
The visualization study is intended to give coastal residents a say in putting up wind farms within sight of their homes, communities and resorts that include those in Nags Head and the Outer Banks. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management did simulations along the state’s entire coast, with hypothetical wind farms containing 200 turbines in various configurations.
Industry ambitions go far beyond that. Apex Clean Energy of Charlottesville, Va., is envisioning a 2,000-megawatt project, to be built in phases, that would require at least 400 turbines, based on current technology.Find ledstreetlight for table, floor and pendant lamps in lots of styles and materials.
Brian Krevor, the bureau’s specialist who presented the visibility study, said turbines today are about 460 feet tall to the tip of the blade, but the industry is developing more powerful turbines that soar 600 feet into the air.
Under hazy conditions, the enormous turbines would be obscured from view, but they would be visible from shore a third of the time. The best visibility would be during winter nights, when the air is crystal clear.
Bureau officials presented a video, complete with pounding surf and squealing gulls, that clearly showed a line of turbines rising on the horizon. The agency also displayed images on the wall of the South Brunswick Islands conference center for residents to see.
“I think they showed the worst-case scenario, but it was very impactful,We specialize in solarlanterneep and solar street lamps for a wide range of lightning applications.” Sunset Beach resident Linda Rudick said. “It’s an aesthetic problem.”
Click on their website scfwindturbine.com for more information.
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