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.

When advocating environmental solutions for the world, it really is necessary to think carefully about the real circumstances of the various people concerned.

We need to know that we can fulfill our commitments to provide natural gas to the Europeans, for example. We can’t have this morass of litigation around the country hanging over us while we’re moving forward.

Sunshine, government subsidies and high power prices are driving record solar installations

Tories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on hold

‘The climate issue is the security issue,’ says Turkish minister at Pacific pre-Cop summit in Fiji

Complaints risks putting defence ministry on collision course with Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

A power cut lasting an hour or two is an inconvenience, but a blackout lasting a week or more in the middle of winter would be something quite different...

High court judgment blocking Mount Pleasant mine expansion will not affect state regulation, NSW premier says

It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmine

High court finding in favour of Hunter Valley community group sets precedent other environmentalists should follow, advocate says

In the second article in a series on the Polish economy, we look at how the country is forging closer ties with its neighbours

Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says

Party in England and Wales ditches commitment to phase out nuclear in major shift in its energy policy

How court will lean is unclear amid Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil’s attempt to stop lawsuits at state level

Coal is not returning from the dead. The world never stopped needing it.

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