Undertaking aspects in this section means that you have done all you can with the cheaper options discussed in previous articles. This is the big one! This is where, in some aspects of bigger cost improvements, you will begin to … Continue reading
Author Archives: Chris Isherwood
Low and No Cost Improvements
Low and No Cost Improvements A “low and no cost” improvement to your household is something that you can do to improve your living costs. Hopefully, in reading this, you are already making energy efficiency your No.1 priority in reducing … Continue reading
What do we do With All This Waste?
Building an offshore green economy
The National Renewables Infrastructure Fund – to strengthen port and manufacturing facilities and supply chain provision for manufacturing offshore wind turbines and related components – will leverage significant private sector investment in the next four years and help deliver an … Continue reading
Ground Source Heat Pumps and Air Source Heat Pumps
This article will explain how Ground Source and Air Source Heat Pumps (GSHP and ASHP) work technically and how they can provide heating for your house, advantages and disadvantages, as well as the Renewable Heat Incentive that will be available … Continue reading
Geothermal Energy
The word ‘Geothermal’ comes from the Greek ‘Geo’ meaning Earth, and ‘Thermos’ meaning heat. Within the Earth’s crust, thermal activity is maintained by radioactive decay. This is why it is defined as a source of Renewable Energy. There are two … Continue reading
Hydropower – Tidal and Wave Power
This article aims to give the reader an understanding of tidal and wave power. Tidal power schemes are mainly built around coastal areas and estuaries, thus working with the tidal phenomenon. Wave power is used in the open sea, but … Continue reading
Hydropower – Hydroelectricity and Micro Hydro Schemes
This article aims to give the reader an understanding into two areas of hydropower; large scale Hydroelectricity and micro scale Hydro Schemes. Unlike most of the other renewable forms of energy, hydropower has been a form of energy generation throughout … Continue reading
Hydropower – Introduction
Hydropower is all about harnessing energy from water. It is a renewable source of energy as the water is continually replenished by precipitation through the water cycle. Sometimes, energy from water may come naturally through the flow of a river … Continue reading
Biofuels for Transport – Biodiesel and Bioethanol
Transport is not just driving to work in the morning: it is also needed to deliver goods. The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has researched the energy consumption of the UK, and transport forms part of this … Continue reading
