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RES celebrates UK Wind Week with music under the turbine
Some 1200 people from all over west Hertfordshire blew into Beaufort Court on Saturday 19^th June in celebration of UK Wind Week. An excellent array of local bands and choirs performed throughout the day: as visitors made their way to enjoy the 'music under the turbine', delicious food and drinks were on sale from local providers Dallings of Kings Langley, Smiths Coffee of Apsley and Blackwells of Chipperfield, who all donated a proportion of their proceeds to the charity of the day, the Watford Peace Hospice. At the bike arena, meanwhile, visitors were trying out all sorts of unusual bicycles including tandems, fold-ups, electric bikes and trailers, lent to the event by a combination of RES staff and St Albans bike shop Addiktion.

Mike Penning MP opened the proceedings as the Hertfordshire Concert Band gently swayed visitors into the mood for the day. The three home-grown acts that followed proved the kind of quality the local community has to offer: the Kings Langley Community Choir with a variety of international pieces, Dan Maslen's melodic folk on guitar and harmonica, and The Kimms from Boxmoor had many up and dancing to their successful adaptations of well known numbers such as 'Lazing on a Windy Afternoon'. Three up and coming bands from London, keen to promote wind power in the UK, gave their free time to come and play at Beaufort Court: the Fan Club, Natalia and Alexander Wolfe provided a varied afternoon of top quality music. The day finished with a fabulous jazz concert and morris dancing.

Up in the Green Village, hundreds of children made recycled windmills, windsocks and paper aeroplanes, whilst older visitors learned about sustainable water, energy and food from an array of community stalls. "It was a busy day, and lovely to see so many children enjoying themselves," said Kerry Lanigan of the Watford Recycling Arts Project. RES also put on displays about their work developing wind farms and biomass projects, as well as demonstrations of PV panels. The day was put on by 50 volunteers from the company's local staff.
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RES Celebrates Successful Wind Day at Beaufort Court
Wind Day at Beaufort Court, the award winning eco-friendly office of Renewable Energy Systems (RES), was a huge success, with the public flocking to the former Ovaltine Egg Farm last Saturday (14 June) to celebrate European Wind Weekend...

Visitor from Titan for RES Open Day
WALLY THE WOPPAPOTAMUS VISITS THE M25 WIND TURBINE
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is pleased to announce Wally the Woppapotamus and his creator Helen Bonney will be joining in the fun for 'Wind Day' on Saturday 14 June, 11am - 4pm...

Come for a Tour of the Wind Turbine in Kings Langley
Today Renewable Energy Systems (RES), the wind farm company based at the award-winning eco-friendly office at the old Ovaltine Egg Farm in Kings Langley next to the M25, is inviting you to join them for 'Wind Day' on Saturday 14 June, 11am - 4pm

Tomorrow's generation to Shout about Climate Change!
Teenagers in Watford and Three Rivers are being invited to Shout about Climate Change! by local company Renewable Energy Systems as part of a nationwide campaign with Friends of the Earth to raise awareness about just how important it is that we tackle global warming.

Prizewinners light up wind turbine!
The lucky winner of a competition held on the RES Open Day in September will be turning on the much-admired Christmas lights on the company's wind turbine in Kings Langley from 5pm on Friday 8 December.

Beaufort Court Open Day 2006
Renewable Energy Systems (RES), will be throwing open its doors again this year for its annual open day on Saturday 9 September, 11am - 4pm.

Wind Turbine a Big Draw at RES HQ Open Day
The annual Open Day at Beaufort Court was another big success this year, with the public flocking to the former Ovaltine Egg Farm last Saturday (25 June) to discover how it has been transformed into a worldfirst in renewable energy generation and sustainable design.

Wind Farm Company Wins Top Business Environmental award
Renewable Energy Systems has won the top award at the prestigious national Business Commitment to the Environment Awards 2004. The 'Peter Parker Award' was given to RES for its environmental commitment exemplified by its groundbreaking zero -emissions headquarters, Beaufort Court.

UK Wind Farm Developer Recognised by the Queen
Leading wind energy developer Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has won the most prestigious business award in the UK - the Queen's Award for Enterprise, it was announced today, the Queen's birthday.

Top Awards for First Commercial Zero-Emissions HQ
Renewable Energy Systems has won the top award at the prestigious national Business Commitment to the Environment Awards 2004. The 'Peter Parker Award' was given to RES for its environmental commitment exemplified by its groundbreaking zero -emissions headquarters, Beaufort Court.

Eco-Friendly HQ Gets Ready to Welcome Schools and Community Groups
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) today announced the opening of a new educational facility at Beaufort Court, the wind farm company's zero-emissions HQ at the old Ovaltine Egg Farm in Kings Langley.

Beaufort Court Official Opening
Minister for Energy, Stephen Timms MP, officially opened the new ground-breaking head office for leading wind energy company, Renewable Energy Systems group (RES) today. Beaufort Court at Kings Langley formerly housed the Ovaltine Egg Farm and has been transformed into a unique office space.

First Wind Turbine for the M25
Motorists using the M25 on Tuesday 30 September will have their journey brightened by the sight of a wind turbine being built next to the motorway near Kings Langley in Hertfordshire.

Green Plan for Egg Farm Gets Go-ahead
St Albans-based company, Renewable Energy Systems Ltd, announced today that it has been awarded planning permission to convert the former Ovaltine Egg Farm at Kings Langley into one of the region's most environmentally friendly developments.