Reduce your digital footprint
What is the real cost of the Internet? It’s the electricity consumed in storing data and transmitting it all over the world. If you want to know how to do something about it in your own life, follow this link.
Southill Solar
Southill Solar Farm has just received planning permission and hopes to be operating by July 2016. It will be one of the very few community-owned solar farms in the UK. As well as the panels, there will be a wildflower … Continued
Tidal power could be 15% of Britain’s electricity
Oxford Today discusses tidal fence technology in the Bristol Channel. …tidal power overall could potentially contribute around 15 per cent of the UK’s electricity supply in 25 years’ time, with barrage technology…
Denmark’s solar record
On Thursday, Denmark produced between 116% and 140% of its national electricity from wind turbines, without their even operating at full capacity. Guardian report
Powering the Future – Energy at National Trust properties
The Autumn 2014 National Trust Magazine gives details of ways in which their properties are starting to use less energy: with hydro electricity in Northumberland, wind turbines in Cumbria, electric Land Rovers in Snowdonia, biomass in Herefordshire, sea power at Plas … Continued
Amrita Sphuranam, village electrification project launched
The Amrita Sphuranam project of Amrita Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math will be providing solar-powered electrification for the entire rural village of Motakkara in Wayanad. Amrita Sphuranam was created as part of Amrita University’s Live-in-Labs … Continued
Microbial Fuel Cell generating electricity from wastewater
27 Sep 2014, Amritapuri Amritavarsham – Amma’s 61st Birthday Celebrations The Amrita Center of Biotechnology introduced a Microbial Fuel Cell, which utilizes energy from bacterial growth in wastewater to generate electricity while simultaneously bringing about purification of the wastewater – … Continued
My microalgae lamp absorbs CO2!
“Shamengo pioneer Pierre Calleja has invented something truly remarkable – an algae lamp that absorbs CO2 in the air–at the rate of 1 ton PER YEAR, or what a tree absorbs over its entire lifetime! While development is still needed … Continued
Ecotricity – a double whammy!
If you join Ecotricity quoting this code: RAFE-T9F5F, both of us will get up to £50 to spend at the Ecotopia website.