Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- New offshore windfarms opening in third quarter mark milestone towards zero carbon
- Ambitious plans have not been matched by progress, but there may finally be signs of change
- Labour pledges to create 70,000 more jobs in offshore windfarms Wed, 9 Oct 19, 5:15pmCorbyn commits to 37 new windfarms in green industrial revolution election push
- Massive subsidies & government dictated use drives renewables – absent these they’re ignored Wed, 9 Oct 19, 12:00amGuest essay by Larry Hamlin The EIA IEO 2019 report shows that end use energy sectors including industrial, residential, commercial and transportation made little use of renewable energy in 2018 with that trend forecast to...
- UK universities in landmark deal to buy energy direct from windfarms Mon, 7 Oct 19, 4:01pmTwenty institutions including Newcastle and Exeter club together in 10-year deal worth £50m
- Democrats deliberately conceal global energy & CO2 emissions realities from the public Sun, 6 Oct 19, 12:00pmGuest essay by Larry Hamlin The Democratic Party’s Green New Deal energy schemes pushing pipe dreams of 100% emissions free electricity in the U.S. by 2050 conceal well established global energy and emissions realities...
- Bigger than the O2: giant greenhouses to grow 20 tonnes of tomatoes a day Thu, 3 Oct 19, 7:03pmLow-carbon structures fed by water treatment plants can grow 10% of homegrown crop
- World's largest wind turbines to be built off Yorkshire coast Wed, 2 Oct 19, 2:51amBiggest offshore windfarm in North Sea will generate electricity for 4.5m homes
- Nottingham-based energy supplier fails to pay £9.5m in subsidies Wed, 2 Oct 19, 12:03amRobin Hood Energy may have licence revoked if it fails to pay total sum to Ofgem
- Centrica to use customers' hot water tanks to stop blackouts Mon, 30 Sep 19, 1:08amBritish Gas owner to harness smart appliances to help balance National Grid
- Lambasting China over its emissions might impress the US but it could be costly for Australia | Frank Jotzo Wed, 25 Sep 19, 3:04pmIn many regards, China’s climate action is stronger than that of Australia or America, at much lower levels of development
- Honda makes largest renewable energy purchase of any automaker Thu, 26 Sep 19, 2:30amMultinational auto manufacturer Honda Motor Company, headquartered in Tokyo, recently made the largest renewable clean energy purchase by any car maker...
- Lambasting China over their emissions might impress the US but it could be costly for Australia | Frank Jotzo Wed, 25 Sep 19, 3:04pmIn many regards, China’s climate action is stronger than that of Australia or America, at much lower levels of development
- Labour's climate policies: what are they and what do they mean? Tue, 24 Sep 19, 3:00pmThe party trumpets a ‘green industrial revolution’ that unions back as a ‘just transition’
- Labour unveils £83bn state windfarms plan before key climate vote Tue, 24 Sep 19, 3:00pmDelegates at party conference to consider two motions on cutting UK carbon emissions
- This solar panel calculator will, given the Watt rating of a solar panel, its dimensions and number of units calculate the total power you can expect and roof space taken up...
- Interactive calculator to help work out the savings from installing a solar power system and when it breaks even. Can factor in Feed in Tariffs, rising electrical bill costs and comparative investment returns.