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Solar Feed-in-Tariffs (FIT) help make renewable energy more affordable
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The feed-in tariff system is designed as an incentive for energy producers to move away from conventional fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Essentially, it is government legislation which guarantees a fixed, premium rate for renewable electricity fed into the national grid. The power companies are obliged by the government legislation to buy the renewable [...]
UK Government Clean Energy Cashback Scheme
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The clean energy cash back system is designed as an incentive for energy producers to move away from conventional fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Essentially, it is government legislation which guarantees a fixed, premium rate for renewable electricity fed into the national grid. The power companies are obliged by the government legislation to buy [...]
Solar Roof Tiles installed for Property Developer Mark Oliver Homes in Liversedge
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Energi Investments plc has recently completed fitting Solar PV C21e tiles to roofs of houses for property developer Mark Oliver Homes on homes being built in Liversedge for their client Connect Housing. The total value of the contract was £240,000.
This is an alternative Solar PV that is integrated into each roof and has a visually [...]
Britain To Shift To Smart Grid, Meter Systems
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Britain is to shift to a smart energy system, including a national smart grid, which should pave the way to a low carbon future that includes large wind farms, more efficient heating systems and electric vehicles.
The government said smart meters, which provide real-time information to consumers about energy usage, and smart grids, which give real-time [...]
Cutting emissions to mitigate climate change will make people healthier, according to research.
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A special series of articles, published in medical journal, the Lancet, outlines how such policies could have a direct impact on global health.
The series has been released ahead of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen.
World Health Organization (WHO) director, Margaret Chan, said health protection should be a criterion by which mitigation measures were judged.
Dr Chan [...]
Small-scale green energy schemes could generate more electricity than two nuclear power stations
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Small-scale renewable electricity schemes could generate more than twice the output of Sizewell B nuclear power station by 2020 if Ministers improve the proposed Clean Energy Cash-back scheme (or feed-in tariff), due to be launched in April next year, according to figures released today.
The environmental campaign group used figures obtained from the Government to show [...]
Government urged to introduce local carbon budgets
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The Government should introduce local carbon budgets to help ensure that councils play their part in tackling climate change, Friends of the Earth said today. The call coincides with today’s speech by Local Government Secretary John Denham which urges local councils to “lead the way” in helping Britain meet its climate change commitments to drive [...]
Mongolia poised to become a world leader in solar power
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It is better known for yurts and yaks but now the rolling steppes of Mongolia are to become the scene for a cutting-edge green energy project.
Chinese officials have signed a deal with America’s First Solar, the world’s largest manufacturer of solar cells, to convert a remote desert area of inner Mongolia into a giant power [...]
Solar Panels in the Sahara ‘Could Power the Whole of Europe’
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All of Europe’s energy needs could be supplied by building an array of solar panels in the Sahara, the climate change conference has been told.
Technological advances combined with falling costs have made it realistic to consider North Africa as Europe’s main source of imported energy. By harnessing the power of the Sun, possibly in tandem [...]
Councils must do more to tackle climate change
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Councils can play a major role in tackling climate change, but many have failed to put appropriate strategies and action plans in to place, a new report by the Local Government Association Independent Climate Change Commission states.
Friends of the Earth’s climate campaigner Martyn Williams said:
“Climate change is the biggest threat facing humankind, and local authorities [...]