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Partnership Community Energy Solutions and Wakefield Council: CES partners with Wakefield Council to help tackle town's fuel poverty

(31/01/2012)

Community Interest Company Community Energy Solutions (CES) is continuing its partnership with Wakefield Council in an effort to help tackle the town’s fuel poverty. CES which has offices in Leeds Boldon (Tyne and Wear) and Stockton worked alongside Dyson Insulations Ltd to install a 2.2kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the home of Ryehill residents, Mr. and Mrs Fletcher in December 2011. The couple, who are expected to earn around £27,000 over the next 25 years in fuel savings and f... [more]

Pure Plant Oil: British-grown rapeseed oil makes the perfect alternative to fossil fuels

(06/04/2011)

LowC Communities Limited, a Lincolnshire-based energy company, has developed a viable, rapeseed oil generation system that is providing low-carbon ‘green’ electricity, heating and hot water for an ever-increasing number of buildings. Using locally-grown rapeseed, the company has designed and installed the innovative power generation system at a number of schools and offices throughout the UK – resulting in extraordinarily low levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Richard Griffin, founder and... [more]

Phoenix 10kW waste oil generator: Phoenix 10kW waste oil generator recycles waste motor oil in an environmentally-friendly and profitable manner

(29/09/2010)

Waste motor oil is a major source of contamination of waterways that can result in the toxic pollution of drinking water. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, waste oil from one oil change can contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh water. Cyclone Power Technologies has received a purchase order from its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) for two waste oil power generators. The renewable power systems are scheduled to be delivered by the end of the year for field testing with... [more]

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act PURPA: New report presents in-depth analysis of the European renewable energy industry

(27/01/2009)

Renewable energy effectively uses natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, hydroelectricity/micro hydro, biomass and bio-fuels for transportation. In recent years, about 19% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional biomass, like wood-burning. Hydropower was the next largest renewable source, providing three percen... [more]