Do you know how much electricity you used watching TV last night, and how much it cost you? And what was your bill for mowing the lawn, and boiling the water for three cups of coffee and two pots of tea? Any clue how much your freezer costs, particularly when you haven’t defrosted it lately?… Continue reading
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Masdar’s array of renewable energy initiatives impress
An oil-rich Gulf state is supplying the equivalent of 94,000 families in the UK with zero carbon energy. The first phase of the London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, became operational in early 2013. 20% of the investment came from the state-sponsored Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar. The remainder is owned by… Continue reading →
LEDs light the Rijksmuseum, and let us see Rembrandt in his true colours
You’ve heard of LEDs, the new lighting phenomenon, and, own up, you’re interested. But aren’t they terribly expensive? (They must be, as you keep seeing them on top of the range BMWs and Audis.) And isn’t their light too cold and white? But then again, don’t they use far less energy? It’s all so confusing…. Continue reading →
Time for the solar revolution to end Africa’s kerosene nightmare
If the mobile phone had developed at the same rate as the principal means of lighting used across underdeveloped Africa and the Far East, we would still be using the brick size version that came out in the early 1990s. Smaller, lighter and more efficient phones would still be an awfully long way away. In… Continue reading →
Electric car Twizy delivers green driving in the New Forest
We often see new cars advertised against the background of a beauty spot, the implication being that you have the freedom of such wonderful places if you buy that particular model. It is a spurious and somewhat insincere message if, like most people, you live in a town or city and must drive many miles… Continue reading →
Cities sign deal for a low carbon future
Boris Johnson may have built a great big snowman of denial on the Department of Climate Change’s lawn, but the fact remains: the overwhelming consensus among scientists is that Global Warming is real, and we need to act. Where, though, is that action going to come from? It must come from government clearly, as… Continue reading →