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Biomass
Biomass energy covers any organic matter available
on a renewable basis. At Eastgate the intention
is to use chipped wood left over from forestry operations.
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Blue
Circle
Blue Circle was acquired by Lafarge in 2001. The previous year, the company had celebrated one hundred years of cement production. At the time of its acquisition, Blue Circle was producing cement at eleven locations in the UK, including Weardale Works at Eastgate.
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Bluewater
www.bluewater.co.uk
Located in a former Blue Circle quarry in north Kent, Bluewater is one
of the largest shopping centres in Europe.
In its 64 years of operational life, the former
quarry supplied around 80 million tonnes of chalk
for cement manufacture. The quarry closed in 1994
and development of Bluewater began in 1995. Costing
£650 million, the centre opened in 1999 and
the site now provides employment for more than 7,000
people. Over 25 million shoppers visit Bluewater's
320 stores every year
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 Bore
hole
A bore hole is a deep and narrow shaft in the ground
used for extraction of fluid or gas from below the
Earth's surface, or used as part of a geotechnical
investigation.
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Climate
change
Climate change refers to the variation in the Earth's
global climate or in regional climates over time.
In recent usage, especially in the context of environmental
policy, the term "climate change" often
refers only to changes in modern climate, including
the rise in average surface temperature, known as
global warming. In some cases, the term is also
used with a presumption of human causation.
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 David
Lock Associates
www.davidlock.com
David Lock Associates is a leading town planning
and urban design consultancy in the UK. Established
in 1988 the practice employs over 60 staff in Milton
Keynes. Their aim is to provide imaginative solutions
to development issues and to create places where
people would wish to live, work and visit.
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 Durham
County Council
www.durham.gov.uk
Durham County Council is the administrative body
governing the county of Durham. It provides a wide
range of services to people living and working within
the county.
Durham County Council is a representative of the
Weardale Task Force
behind the Renewable Energy Village project.
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Eco-friendly
Used to abbreviate ‘ecologically friendly’,
it refers to goods, services and/or practices considered
to cause minimal harm to the environment.
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Fossil
fuels
Fossil fuel is a general term for buried combustible
deposits of organic materials usually found underground,
formed from decayed plants and animals that have
been converted to crude oil, coal, natural gas,
or heavy oils by exposure to heat and pressure in
the Earth's crust over hundreds of millions of years.
The burning of fossil fuels by humans is the largest
source of emissions of carbon dioxide, which is
one of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global
warming.
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Geothermal
Geothermal energy is derived from the heat contained
within the Earth's crust, which increases in temperature
the deeper you go. In certain areas, the temperature
near the surface is hot enough to make extraction
of this heat energy practical. Provided energy is
not extracted faster than it is replenished by deeper,
hotter sources, geothermal can be considered a renewable
energy source.
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‘Green’
Used because of the colour’s occurrence in
nature, ‘green’ refers to matters of
environmental significance. For example being ‘green’
would refer to being environmentally friendly.
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Hot Springs
A hot spring is a point where water from underground
is discharged at an elevated temperature. The geothermal
hot water discovered at Eastgate will be harnessed
in a public hot springs spa.
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Hydro Power
Hydro power is the capture of the energy of moving
water to generate power.
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 Lafarge
Cement UK
www.lafargecement.com
Lafarge is the world leader in building materials,
with top-ranking positions in all four of its businesses:
Cement, Aggregates & Concrete, Roofing and Gypsum.
With 80,000 employees in 76 countries, Lafarge posted
sales of Euros 16 billion in 2005.
Lafarge has been committed to sustainable
development for many years, pursuing a strategy
that combines industrial know-how with performance,
value creation, respect for employees and local
cultures, environmental protection and the conservation
of natural resources and energy. Lafarge is the
only company in the construction materials sector
to be listed in the 2006 ‘100 Global Most
Sustainable Corporations in the World’. To
make advances in building materials, Lafarge places
the customer at the heart of its concerns.
It offers the construction industry and the general
public innovative solutions bringing greater safety,
comfort and quality to their everyday surroundings.
In 2001, Lafarge acquired Blue Circle. Weardale Works at Eastgate came into the company’s ownership as part of this purchase.
Lafarge is a representative of the Weardale
Task Force behind the Renewable Energy Village
project.
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  One
NorthEast
www.onenortheast.co.uk
One NorthEast is the Regional Development Agency
(RDA) covering North East England, comprising Northumberland,
Tyne & Wear, County Durham and Tees Valley.
As part of its investment in the physical regeneration
of the region, One NorthEast is a representative
of the Weardale Task
Force behind the Renewable Energy Village project.
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Outline Planning
application
An outline planning application contains details of a proposal for which outline planning permission is sought.
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Outline Planning
permission
Outline planning permission or outline planning consent is the permission required to establish that the use or uses proposed are acceptable in principle. Thereafter, details of the proposal such as the appearance of individual buildings need to be submitted to the local planning authority for separate approval.
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Public
consultation
The process by which members of the public and
relevant organisations are consulted on draft concepts
and proposals. This can include newsletters, exhibitions,
public meetings and workshops.
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 Quarries
The plural of quarry, the word refers to a type
of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are
extracted.
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Regeneration
Regeneration provides a new ‘lease of life’
to areas otherwise left in decay. It covers economic
development, physical regeneration and community
renewal. The tern regeneration can apply to the redevelopment of areas of land, buildings
or other such items which have little or no use.
The term is also known as urban or countryside renewal.
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Renewable
Energy
Renewable energy is taken from sources that are
constantly replenished by natural energy flows.
Most renewable energy is ultimately derived from
the Sun which powers waves, wind and the growth
of trees and plants as well as providing direct
solar energy. Other renewable energy sources include
the tides, which are driven by the gravitational
influence of the Moon and Sun, and geothermal energy.
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Solar power
Solar power involves capturing and processing the
Sun’s energy.
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Specialist
consultants
In the case of Eastgate, these were the consultants appointed to prepare the planning application.
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Sustainable
In the case of Eastgate, this is largely used in
the context of sustainable development. This is
a development that has minimal, if not nil, overall
environmental impact and is often associated with
the use of renewable
energy.
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 Wear
Valley District Council
Wear Valley District Council was one of the original members of the Weardale Task Force. On 31 March 2009, all seven district councils within the County of Durham were abolished and their functions taken over by Durham County Council.
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Weardale
Railway
www.weardale-railway.org.uk
The Weardale railway line was originally built by the Stockton & Darlingto Railway in 1847 to transport limestone to the ironworks at Teeside. A passenger service operated from 1895 until 1953 serving stations at Witton-Le-Wear, Harperley, Wolsingham, Frosterley, Stanhope, Eastgate, Westgate-in-Weardale, St Johns Chapel and Wearhead. A regular freight service operated until 1968. Thereafter, until 1993, only the section of track to Eastgate was used, specifically for the exporting of cement from Weardale Works.
With support from Wear Valley District Council, 1993 saw the formation of The Weardale Railway Preservation Society. Today, the 18.7 mile line, from Bishop Auckland to Eastgate, is owned by Weardale Railways CIC (itself 75% owned by British American Railway Services, 12.5% by Weardale Railway Trust and 12.5% by Durham County Council). Currently, a preservation railway service operates between Wolsingham and Stanhope. The intention is that eventually both passenger and freight services will also operate on the line connecting to the national railway network at Bishop Auckland and, potentially, beyond.
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 Weardale
Task Force
Weardale Task Force, originally comprising representatives of Wear Valley District Council, Durham County Council, One NorthEast and Lafarge Cement UK, was set up in 2002 to create a framework to guide the long term and sustained revitalisation of the dale through the promotion of a number of regeneration projects. The Task Force has taken the lead on, and been especially active in respect of, the promotion of the Eastgate site and the preparation of the planning application for its redevelopment. With the abolition of Wear Valley District Council on 31 March 2009, the membership of the Task Force is now reduced to three.
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Wind power
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into
more useful forms, usually electricity, using wind
turbines.
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