Wind Turbines at Home – Can I, Should I?
So, we’ve all seen the wind turbines that are slowly but surely creeping out across the English countryside…not to mention out to sea…but what about the idea of wind turbines at home? Admittedly, it wasn’t long ago that to see a wind turbine on a standard home or office was a bit unusual to say…
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Bio Energy – What is It?
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Bio Energy and Biomass are in fact relatively new or even futuristic concepts, but you’d be wrong…big time! It may only be as of late that attention is really turning to these seemingly alternative sources of energy production, but Biomass is in fact the oldest and most important fuel…
Wind farms: what you need to know
The UK has more than its fair share of windy weather, it seems. Yet, how much do we know about the wind and why it has been harnessed by wind farms across the UK? Here are five facts about the wind and wind farms to blow your mind. Wind is basically air in motion, produced…
Black diamond: what is coal?
Coal has long been used as a fuel for generating heat and power. Multiple generations of miners have spent entire working lives digging it out of seams in the earth, while factories and domestic houses have powered by it for centuries. Stocks of coal are now depleting, and awareness of the importance of preserving the…
DIY Energy: generating renewable energy in your own home
Renewable energy is quite the buzzword now, with more and more people looking into alternative ways to meet their electricity needs in their homes. We are finally realising that fossil fuel consumption cannot continue at the current rate ad infinitum if we want the world to survive in its current state for future generations and…