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Nuclear accounts for 20% of UK electricity
Nuclear power currently accounts for about a fifth of the UK?s electricity, compared with the 35% from coal and 35% from gas. - Read More
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Topics : Nuclear Energy
UK government sustainable development community involvement programs
A great page (and important one for us) that provides details on how the UK govt is assisting community participating in sustainable dev. Make sure you read about the over 200 local communities formed for the same - Read More
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Topics : Energy Events
UK to produce 10% from renewables by 2010
According to some estimates (Ref: The book Extreme Future by James Canton), UK will produce 10% of all its energy from renewable sources by 2010, and 15% by 2015 - wind being the primary source (2005 data/ prediction)
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Topics : Renewable Energy
UK not bad on wind energy
UK produces over 3% of its energy from wind (2005)
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Topics : Wind Energy
Campaign for Better Transport (UK)
The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT), formerly Transport 2000, is a UK advocacy group that promotes the provision of better bus and rail services within the UK, lobbies for supportive policies, and highlights the negative effects of a car-based transport system - Read More
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Topics : Travel
?8billion tidal energy project to power 5% of British homes
The British government has shortlisted five ingenious solutions to provide green electricity to about 5% of urban homes in the UK. The ?8billion project comprises five sub-projects to harness the 12 yard tides, twice a day in the Severn Estuary. The energy till now was going to waste, but if the project comes to life, it will be able to prevent millions of tons of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. - Read More
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Topics : Ocean Energy
London Array
London Array, in still its planning stages, expects to use 270 turbines to power more than 750,000 homes. At 1000 MW, London Array would prevent release of over 2 million T of CO2 every year (to be operational by 2011)
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Topics : Solar Energy