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Twelve by twelve: a one-room cabin off the grid & beyond the American dream
George Wigmore
3rd June, 2010
William Powers' new book is an interesting but at times tedious account of off-grid living more...
Can our electricity grid cope with all the new wind power?
David Strahan
27th April, 2010
Wind energy finally seems to be moving somewhere in the UK, but without some new techniques, our grid is simply not going to cope with this flood of new green power more...
How to build an Earthship – 16-18 and 21-23 Apr
Sign-up for a three-day course to learn how to build an off-grid, self-sustaining Earthship by the founders of Earthship Brightonmore...
CASE STUDY: Alan Simpson MP - my super energy-efficient house
Ecologist
1st May, 2006
Alan Simpson, MP for Nottingham South, is on a mission. ‘We can’t survive this century unless we change fundamentally the built environment and move from thinking of buildings as consumers of energy, to thinking of them as generators of electricity.' Ben Willis meets the rarest of breeds, an MP who’s walking the talk. more...
First island power grid being used in Wales
Ecologist
9th September, 2009
Renewable energy created on-site can now be used instead of being exported to the national grid more...
Three positive reports hammer home wind message
Eifion Rees
13th July, 2009
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy more...
New offshore wind farms could power every UK home
Eifion Rees
26th June, 2009
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK more...
Government pledges smart meters for all by 2020
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
As the Government commits to a high-tech revolution in the home - meters that can be read remotely and may help alter energy habits - questions are raised about data security... and whether any of us will be interested more...
How to live differently
Rachel Clode
13th March, 2008
Stressed out and living for the weekend? Breaking free may be easier than you thought... more...
National Grid plans to use ‘carbon targets’ to measure managerial staff performance
News
15th April, 2009
Missing your targets can lead to trouble in any job, but electricity operator National Grid is set to be one of the first organisations to evaluate its staff on their performance against annual carbon budgets. more...
Taking your spare room off-grid
Nick Rosen
11th April, 2008
So you want to go off-grid? Or maybe you want to find out what it’s like before taking the plunge? How about taking one room of your house off grid? It’s a less expensive way of learning the technology, before committing yourself. more...
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