This article in The Independent outlines the rapid growth in PV, not just in the UK but other developed...
UK Brings up the rear with the other “Low Countries”
on July 14, 2010 Leave a Comment
Pardon the pun, but the only other countries to have a worse percentage of renewable energy use are the Netherlands and...
BP and the tipping point
on June 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
As Johnny has already written – BP travails in the Gulf of Mexico are not good environementally or financially for many in the UK. But the longer term affects may be even greater – are we at a...
Community screw
on June 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Financial TImes has drawn attention to a very interesting series of projects in the North-East. ‘Community owning the the means of energy production’ is the shout. Developer and project manager H2ope runs the existing hydro-electric project at near Manchester, and now has an investment scheme running for 2 new hydro...
PV instead of BP?
on June 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
Are you concerned about the impact BP’s troubles are having on not only the environment but also your pension? Me...
Tilting at Windmills
on May 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
Solar PV is the only practical solution for mass uptake of renewable energy generation.There seems to be a preference in the media to talk about wind power over solar when it comes to feed-in tariffs – I wonder...
Someone talking straight on Solar PV
on May 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
I read probably the most simplistic and honest review on solar pv and whether it is worth installing them on your house in the Sunday Telegraph...
Huhne at Energy
on May 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
Could it be that we have a dream coalition is appearing? What would that be? Well there are plenty of views and room for opinion, but Huhne with Conservative pragmatism? Too good to be...
Tory or Labour?
on May 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
Sure there are plenty of reasons to hope the Lib Dems go one way or the other – but this certainly is not a party political blog! For microgeneration what would be...
Feed-Me-In
on April 1, 2010 2 Comments
Feed-In Tariffs at last go live today which is great news for the UK. A policy that empowers us to do something about our energy bills and about the centralised, wasteful and bureacratic energy market that currently...