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Power On - Wind
Jon Hughes and Mark Anslow
1st November, 2007
The UK has been described as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of wind, with some 50 TWh of onshore and at least 450 TWh of offshore power available every year, well in excess of our current electricity demand.more...
Power On - Tidal Power
Jon Hughes and Mark Anslow
1st November, 2007
The potential for the use of tidal power in the UK is enormous, amounting to, at the very least, 20 per cent of our electricity needs.more...
Power On - Solar Power
Jon Hughes, Mark Anslow
1st November, 2007
Every year, each square metre of the UK receives between 900 and 1200 kWh of solar radiation. Capturing just some of this energy could make a significant contribution to fulfilling our energy requirements.more...
Concerns raised over Scottish hydropower
News
18th October, 2007
Public bodies in Scotland are agonising over the expansion of hydroelectric power schemes, weighing the benefits of clean power against the environmental damage caused by tapping water-courses. more...
A following wind for clean energy
News
5th October, 2007
The UK is now the second most attractive place in Europe in which to invest in renewable energy, and has attracted the attention of Californian power giant, Clipper Windpower. more...
Energy 'too cheap', says Scottish & Southern
News
24th September, 2007
It’s not what you'd expect to hear from a player in the fiercely competitive utilities sector, but Brian Smith, head of projects at Scottish and Southern Energy, has said that electricity is ‘too cheap’. more...
The origins of hydroelectricity
Polly Higgins
6th September, 2007
In my pursuit to better understand energy systems, my journey has taken me to Cragside in Northumberland more...
Environmentalists sue over US coal subsidies
News
27th July, 2007
Environmental groups in the US are taking the government to court over its plans to subsidise new coal-fired power plants. more...EU energy use continues to rise
News
18th July, 2007
Energy use across Europe is continuing to rise despite attempts to raise efficiency, a new study has shown. more...
White papers may have silver lining
News
1st June, 2007
Last week's planning and energy white papers drew scorn from environmentalists for green-lighting out-of-town developments and nuclear power respectively. more...
Nuclear power can’t take the heat
News
21st May, 2007
Future nuclear power plants, which are to be given the green light in the Government’s Energy White Paper later this week, will be forced to reduce their output as temperatures rise as a result of climate change, the International Herald Tribune has reported. more...
'Dirty Thirty' named and shamed
News
11th May, 2007
Ten of the Europe's thirty most polluting power stations are in the UK, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund has revealed. more...
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Surf's up for Australian energy generation
News
2nd March, 2007
Just days after an announcement by the Australian government that it plans to ban the sale of incandescent light-bulbs, the country's first commercial wave-power station is set to begin operation. more...
Change your lightbulbs
Matilda Lee
1st March, 2006
Carbon Coach Dave Hampton completely ignores Matilda Lee’s thermostat and heads stright for her lightbulbs.more...
Blackout Britain
Mark Townsend
1st June, 2004
Within two years, Britain could be facing a series of blackouts and the ignomony of importing the resource it once considered so plentiful from a host of politically unstable countries. more...
Wind turbines debate
Alison Hill, Alison Hill
1st March, 2004
Do wind turbines provide an affordable means of harnessing a limitless source of clean power, or are they inefficient blots on the landscape that devastate birdlife and are more likely to exacerbate than reduce CO2 emissions? more...
Damned Nation
Mark Lynas
1st December, 2003
Costing over $1 billion, the Karahnjukar hydroelectric dam in Iceland is a hugely controversial project. Mark Lynas journeyed to the blasting face, hoping to work out for himself whether this industrial elephant is green or brilliant-white. more...Members
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