energy, Tag

Electricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.

How to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.

Solar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.

Windows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.

Passive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.

Supporters insist that storage technology is not a costly mistake but the best way for UK to cut emissions from heavy industry

Environmental groups blast state government for failure to penalise Chevron’s Gorgon plant for increased greenhouse gas emissions

Exclusive: Kwasi Kwarteng accepted funding as part of 2019 election bid despite Tories’ green pledges

Wood pellets are sold as a clean alternative to coal. But is the subsidised bioenergy boom accelerating the climate crisis?

Loophole means asset manager can hold shares in firms earning less than a quarter of revenues from coal

But emissions reductions came at huge cost and will likely rebound as vaccines are distributed, authors of report say

Analysts say Origin’s plan for 700MW battery at Lake Macquarie Eraring power station and Neoen’s proposal for a 500MW storage project near Lithgow will accelerate the state’s energy transition

In response to articles on the risk of air pollution from wood-burning stoves, Simon Tate tested his own, but was surprised at the results

Disposal of radioactive waste is one of six issues to be addressed before plant in Essex can go ahead

Magna Carta-style project aims to raise £7bn to ‘bring prosperity into harmony with nature’

The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries. But while the EU focuses on emissions, the lithium gold rush threatens environmental damage on an industrial scale....

Europe’s second-largest financier of fossil fuels faces a vote to ramp up its climate commitments

Frigid weather across north Asia has caught utilities and liquefied natural gas importers off guard as demand for power lowered inventories and pushed spot prices to record levels.

Enlighten the readers across the pond. Has the weather been unusual? Is much worse expected to come? How likely is it that the current steps being taken will prevent blackouts? How much worse is it likely to get in the next...

We are working hard to change the government’s mind on carbon fee and dividend, writes Catherine Dawson. The climate crisis cannot be solved within a continuing market economy, says Frank Jackson

Works out how long an investment in an energy storage time shifting system would take to pay back in full. Such systems typically charge a battery during the off peak period and then discharge during the peak period, so saving...

Work out how much power your devices and appliances use with the total cost. Also shows how much standby/phantom power costs you. Helps you save money.

Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices