Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe has forced Germany to restart several reactors to meet the nation’s energy needs.
High electricity demands prompted Germany’s network operators to call upon nuclear power plants that had been taken off line last year but left in reserve as a “preventative measure,”
Newly-appointed Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey confirmed on Monday the country’s commitment to its green energy targets and its focus on growing the offshore wind power generation capacities.
The Chinese government has barred the country’s airlines from complying with a European Union charge on carbon emissions
The Internet uses vast amounts of energy — one Google search reportedly requires enough energy to boil a cup of water. However, the web is slowly but steadily “going green.” As always, there is an issue that going “green” means different things to different people. As more ways to lighten your web site’s environmental footprint are found, it becomes increasingly difficult to choose the combination of steps that is right for your business and for the earth!
Yesterday 25/01/2012, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) acted illegally when it tried to reduce tariff rates in December.
“What if climate change appears to be just mainly a multidecadal natural fluctuation?” another quote reads. “They’ll kill us probably.”
The figures for power showers are even starker. An eight-minute power shower uses 136 litres of hot water – nearly twice as much energy and water as taking a bath – and costs around 63 pence per shower. A typical family using a power shower, therefore, is using 200,000 litres of hot water per year, at a hefty cost of £918 per year, according to the report.
Britain’s plan to slash state subsidies for solar projects could force many renewable companies into bankruptcy, the head of the UK’s largest independent solar firm claimed yesterday.
Public subsidies for a range of renewable energy technologieshave been cut under plans unveiled by the government this morning, as ministers respond to complaints of “green taxes” driving up energy bills. It would appear that the Government’s reputation for supporting low carbon technology and renewable energy is now under serious question following a triple blow to CCS, Renewables Obligation support and Feed-in Tariffs for solar PV.
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