Energy
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Waitrose to open first ‘off-grid’ store
One of the UK’s most successful retailers ,The John Lewis Partnership, which owns Waitrose supermarkets and John Lewis department stores, is to open its first ‘...
Off the Grid and the prepared
So, just what does that mean? I can tell you from personal experience and from the responses I have received from people over the years that it definitely has d...
Monbiot anti-micropower rant is anti-green
Everybody in UK eco-circles is talking about George Monbiot this week, which is just the way he likes it. George Monbiot is an unashamed cheerleader for big pow...
Government grants create turbine debacle
The UK Government’s energy conservation watchdog has admitted that consumers were duped by inappropriate grants into buying wind turbines that never stood a cha...
Bloom energy box enables off-grid living
More details of the Bloom Box have been revealed at a carefully managed press conference in California. The much-hyped off-grid source of cheap electricity wi...
Boom time for Bloom Box
A new but still unseen fuel cell technology that its creator claims can be an off-grid source of cheap energy, and clean power, is about to get its formal debu...
V2G will sustain microgrid
Micro-grids could operate reliably without the need for a national grid backup if they tapped the vast amounts of power stored in the batteries of electric and ...
Cómo construir panel solar para $100 – Usted puede también
En este artículo voy a describir cómo construir una foto de paneles solares fotovoltaicos para una fracción del precio que se pagaría a un fabricante. Le mostra...
Big Power’s green energy scam blocked
The UK power regulator has introduced a new certification scheme aimed at stopping power companies from marketing ‘green’ tariffs that arent really ...
Smart Grid – the pain begins
Only the rich will be able to afford energy for heating/cooling when the Smart Grid goes nationwide. At least, that is the logical conclusion to be drawn from a...
More cash for Big Power
At last – the UK energy regulators have woken up to what everyone else has been saying for months – Britain’s energy infrastructure is crumbling – and massive ...
UK low carbon winners
M2 Presswire – LONDON – Twelve communities from across the UK are today celebrating after winning up to GBP500,000 each to help install new green te...