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Renewable Energy

14/01/2015
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Why do we recycle?

Recycling is a term we hear often today, but how many of us know the importance of recycling and the reasons we are continuously told we should do it? Even without taking environmental issues into consideration, recycling would seem a logical and sensible thing to do. In today’s throw away age, these times of austerity, the best way of saving money begins by recycling, with reducing waste a close second: and the bonus if you like, are the environmental benefits that result from recycling. Yet still there is reluctance by... Read More

16/12/2014
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The World’s Worst Power Cuts

A recent report highlighted that ‘Severe Economic Consequences’ would hit the UK in the event of a serious power outage. The Royal Academy of Engineering reported that although the likelihood of a power outage in the UK is low, any disruption would cost billions of pounds. The UK was given a taste of such disruption this week after London Airspace was briefly closed because of a power outage at the NATS control centre in Swanwick. The report issued by the academy comes at a time when worldwide many countries with... Read More

image of solar panels 16/07/2014

Solar Power Is Proving To Be The Renewable Energy Source Of The Future

It has been confirmed that solar energy is the viable power source of the future, as electricity prices fall into negative numbers during the middle of the day for the first time ever in Queensland.This is bad news for coal generated power stations but excellent news for the environment and our planet’s sustainable energy for the future. Negative Energy Pricing Through the use of solar panels on homes and solar farms, electricity was sent into negative prices in the middle of the day in Queensland. Negative pricing is when the amount... Read More