There's a simple thing we can do to cut everybody's electricity bills, reduce pollution and 'keep the lights on' when demand peaks on dark winter evenings, writes Chris Goodall - phase out power-guzzling halogen bulbs and replace them with LEDs that use a fraction of the power. So let's do it!
… Ban halogen bulbs to cut costs, pollution, and 'keep the lights on' Chris … Goodall | 7th October 2014 Comment UK Energy Pollution Regulation EU … to cut everybody's electricity bills, reduce pollution and 'keep the lights on' when demand …
LED light bulbs are cheap and energy efficient, writes Chris Goodall. A crash programme to replace all the lights in the UK with LEDs would cut electricity bills, reduce carbon emissions and other pollution from coal and diesel generation, and reduce the risk of blackouts.
… bills, reduce carbon emissions and other pollution from coal and diesel generation, and …
A KPMG study shows that the cost of solar power in India, revealed by public auctions, is barely half a cent above that of cheap local coal , writes Chris Goodall, with generators bids falling well below 5p (UK) / 7¢ (US) per kWh. The idea put about at COP21 that India and other poor but sunny countries need coal to develop their economies is fast running out of steam.
India: solar head to head with coal, says KPMG, and getting cheaper all the time Chris Goodall | 3rd January 2015 Comment Energy Solar India Economics Coal solar-india-cut.jpg A KPMG study shows that …
The economic impacts of the Brexit vote will very soon make themselves felt to British consumers, writes Chris Goodall - kicking off with higher fuel bills and pump prices. The good news is that nuclear power is now looking increasingly unaffordable. But renewables and green energy research are also likely to suffer, especially if under a right-wing Brexit government.
… the EU's coordinated plan for reducing air pollution by forcing older coal-fired power …