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Hans De Keulenaer

How much money do wind subsidies add to domestic fuel bills? | Environment | guardian.c... - 0 views

  • RenewableUK, a trade association representing the renewable energy sector, says that 47% of this total can be attributed to wind. "So we normally say [that for wind power] the RO adds £10 per year to people's fuel bills," says a spokesman.
Colin Bennett

Idle computing costs UK firms £300 million a year - 0 views

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    The bad news: organisations in the UK are wasting as much as £300 million a year by keeping idle computers switched on at night, according to a report conducted by Harris Interactive® on behalf of 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy. The good news: British organisations are much better at conserving computer energy than are their counterparts in the US. Concerns about the environment inspire 27 percent of UK workers to power down their computers at the end of the workday, according to the report. In the US, only 10 percent cited such concerns. If all the 17 million computer-using workers in the UK would power down at night, they could reduce the nation's yearly carbon dioxide emissions by about 1.3 million tonnes - about as much as is produced by 245,000 cars.
Phil Slade

2010 Peak Oil Report | The Peak Oil Group - 1 views

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    "Business calls for urgent action on "oil crunch" threat to UK economy Taskforce warns Britain is unprepared for significant risk to companies and consumers Poorest to be hit hardest by price rises for travel, food, heating and consumer goods New policies must be priority for whoever wins the General Election Recommended packages include legislation, new technologies and behaviour-change incentives Fundamental change in demand patterns triggered by emerging economy countries London, 10 February, 2010: A group of leading business people today call for urgent action to prepare the UK for Peak Oil. The second report of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES) finds that oil shortages, insecurity of supply and price volatility will destabilise economic, political and social activity potentially by 2015. Peak Oil refers to the point where the highest practicable rate of global oil production has been achieved and from which future levels of production will either plateau, or begin to diminish. This means an end to the era of cheap oil."
Hans De Keulenaer

UK power blackouts now unlikely, research shows | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views

  • The severe economic slowdown and increased energy efficiency in Britain means widely feared power blackouts between 2015 and 2020 will be avoided, new research predicts.
Hans De Keulenaer

UK climate watchdog warns against raising renewables targets - 1 views

  • The government's climate watchdog today urged the coalition to focus on hitting the UK's renewable energy targets rather than raising them higher.
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | A Little History of the Affordability of Domestic Energy in Grea... - 0 views

  • The chart above shows domestic fuel prices for Great Britain from 1914 to 2007. The data up to 1985 was compiled by Horace Herring and Rodney Evans using this source and been updated with more recent figures from UK government statistics. It is expressed in UK pounds for the year 2000, adjusted by the retail price index (i.e the price of energy related to other 'real' goods such as food).
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    It was only a matter of time to get one of these, but why not. All we need now is somebody comparing the price of oil to Coca Cola or milk and it'll be a full circle.
Hans De Keulenaer

UK Starts World's Largest Algae Biofuel Initiative : Gas 2.0 - 0 views

  • While food-based biofuels are taking the heat for rising food prices, other solutions - like algae - are gaining a more serious following. For example, the UK’s Carbon Trust has announced plans for a project to make algae bio-fuels a commercial reality by the year 2020
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    By 2020, algae-based biofuels may be 'a commercial reality', but not to the extent to make a difference within this timeframe.
Colin Bennett

UK retailers to take inefficient TVs off the shelves - 0 views

  • /* */ display_advert(in_article_array, 'in_article_10','','','','',''); Eight of the UK’s leading retailers have agreed to take the least energy efficient TVs off the shelves as part of a new voluntary scheme.The scheme, which has been launched by the Energy Saving Trust and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is encouraging retailers to meet new EU minimum efficiency standards for appliances ahead of schedule.Best Buy UK, Comet, Co-operative Electrical, Currys and PC World (DSGi), John Lewis, Argos (Home Retail Group), Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s have all signed up to scheme.
Hans De Keulenaer

UK opposes 2030 renewable energy target | Environment | The Guardian - 0 views

  • "The UK envisages multiple low-carbon technologies: renewables, nuclear and carbon capture and storage, all competing freely against each other in the years to come … For this reason, we cannot support a 2030 renewables target," it reads.
Hans De Keulenaer

Improvements to the Feed-in Tariffs scheme - Department of Energy and Climate Change - 0 views

  • The Government has today announced plans to ensure the future of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme to make it more predictable. Transparency, longevity and certainty are at the heart of the new improved scheme.
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    While other governments are reducing their feed-in schemes, UK is moving towards them.
Energy Net

Worldchanging: Bright Green: A New, Bold Plan for a Carbon-Neutral UK by 2030 - 0 views

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    "Carbon neutrality by 2030 is the new standard for climate policies, and again the UK is leading North America in the climate debate with a bold national-level proposal about how to get there. The Centre for Alternative Technology just launched zerocarbonbritain2030 (ZCB2030), a collaborative project showing one possible scenario for making the entire UK carbon-neutral by 2030. ZCB2030 is a well-researched, well-written, and well-designed report on a set of possible pathways to a zero carbon Britain by 2030 (The goal, though bold, is not unique: Alex Steffen called for a very similar position for Seattle, a target which the Seattle City Council has included in their legislative priorities this year; and a variety of other nations and cities are approaching the same target, from Copenhagen to New Zealand). In 384 pages, CAT presents a comprehensive look at the kind of systemic changes needed to achieve dramatic emissions reduction in just 20 years in such areas as farming, energy generation, building codes, transportation planning, and economic frameworks. This report truly addresses the scope, scale and speed of the climate crisis and the solutions needed to create a bright green future. "
Energy Net

PDF: Windpower and the UK Resource - 1 views

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    This is an internal UK government report documenting the growing windpower potential within the country
Hans De Keulenaer

Compulsory contributions from UK energy companies (11 Sep 2008) - Reckon LLP - 0 views

  • UK Government announcement (8 pages, PDF) of a plan to “propose legislation requiring energy suppliers and electricity generators to contribute an estimated additional £910 million” towards a “Home Energy Saving Programme”. This cost estimate relates to the period to March 2011.
Colin Bennett

The UK Clean Tech Start-up Company Index 2008 | Greenbang - 0 views

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    Greenbang UK Clean Tech Start-up Index.
Hans De Keulenaer

All about EfficienCity | Greenpeace UK - 0 views

  • EfficienCity is a virtual town, but pioneering, real world communities around the UK are using similar systems. As a result, they're enjoying lower greenhouse gas emissions, a more secure energy supply, cheaper electricity and heating bills and a whole new attitude towards energy.
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    Another one of these, but this time from a source who cares deeply about the environment, while ignoring economics.
Hans De Keulenaer

INTERVIEW-FPL sees renewables soon competitive with coal | Markets | Reuters - 0 views

  • Power generation from low-carbon energy sources like wind, solar and nuclear should soon become competitive with electricity generated by coal, the cheapest of fossil fuels, the chief executive of FPL Group Inc. (FPL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday.
davidchapman

The Ampere Strikes Back - 0 views

  • The report identifies the energy burden of this new set of products that, combined with the hoarding of old products and unwitting wastage, means that, by 2020, 'ICE age' technology will account for an extraordinary 45 per cent of electricity used in UK households. That's equivalent to 14 power stations just to power our TVs, home IT and other electronics by 2020.
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    Report says 1.4% of domestic consumption will be for stand-by by 2020. Since average is 700W (UK) that is 10W. We are already there!
davidchapman

Southampton scientists outline UK's best locations for domestic wind turbines :: Univer... - 1 views

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    "The results show that no urban or suburban sites with a building-mounted turbine generated more than 200kWh (or £26 of electricity) per annum, but the best performing building-mounted turbine, located in a rural area of Scotland, generated nearly 1,000kWh (or £127 of electricity) per annum. Larger free-standing pole-mounted turbines, sited in rural locations, could generate in excess of 18,000 kWh (or £2,300) per annum."
Colin Bennett

UK opens up licensing rules for offshore wind connections - 1 views

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    The UK Government and energy regulator Ofgem have firmed up plans that will open up the licensing of grid connects to offshore wind farms.
Phil Slade

Interactive Map of Renewable and Alternative Energy Projects in the UK - 1 views

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    "The renewable energy map has been developed to fill what seems to be a gap in information about the major renewable energy schemes in the UK. Though there are a number of lists and project details available, these are often developed to indicate a point in time or a specific technology. The BWEA is an example of the latter, an excellent resource but specifically focused on wind. The data that has been gathered for the renewables map has invariably come from a wide range of web resources, in all cases these will be referenced, usually by a link to that information. Locations are either taken from existing data, usually from planning applications, or by painstakingly identifying the location on the ground using online maps. There are of course errors (such as landfill's at sea), though these are corrected as soon as they are identified."
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