Renew-Reuse-Recycle is an online community all about what we can do to stop or mitigate the effects of climate change.
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We know our climate is changing, and that in this century we should expect that:
- temperatures will increase
- winter rainfall will get heavier, increasing the risk of flooding
- summer rainfall may reduce considerably, creating pressure on water resources
- sea levels will rise, leading to further coastal erosion and flood risk
In future, climate change will affect many aspects of our lives, our environment, our business and our public services.
The idea of this website is to provide a place where people who want to adopt green technologies can get help and advice from those who've been down the path already.
News
Government loses Feed-in Tariff appeal
Wed Jan 25 10:31:40 2012
The government has lost its appeal against a High Court decision that it acted unlawfully in slashing solar subsidies leaving thousands of installations now set to get the higher Feed-in Tariff rate.
Court ruling on Govt solar challenge unlikely next week
Fri Jan 13 20:37:35 2012
The Court of Appeal is yet to pass judgement on the Government's bid (Friday 13 January 2012) to overturn last month's High Court ruling that its plans to cut solar subsidy payments are illegal. The judges indicated that a decision by the end of next week would be "rather optimistic".
Government goes to Court of Appeal over 'unlawful' solar panels
Fri Jan 13 12:37:03 2012
The Court of Appeal will today [Friday 13 January 2012] hear the Government's challenge to last month's High Court ruling that its solar subsidy cuts are illegal.
Durban conference delivers breakthrough in international communityís response to climate change
Sun Dec 11 16:40:18 2011
Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, have delivered a
breakthrough on the future of the international community ís response to climate change, whilst
recognizing the urgent need to raise their collective level of ambition to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to keep the average global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius.
E.ON is Green Energy Generator of the Year
Wed Dec 7 13:45:36 2011
2011 Platts Global Energy Award for exemplary development of offshore wind power
CBI COMMENTS ON GOVERNMENT’S NEW CARBON PLAN
Thu Dec 1 15:46:36 2011
The CBI today commented on the Government’s revised carbon plan.
Dr Matthew Brown, CBI Head of Energy and Climate Change policy, said:
“The Government’s revised plan gives investors a clearer picture of how we will transition to a low-carbon economy, which is welcome. We now need this to be backed by consistent, long-term policies, avoiding any sudden changes of direction which put investors off.
Government's cut to solar feed-in tariffs is "own goal"
Thu Nov 24 12:16:23 2011
CBI Chief UK needs an industrial policy
Feed-in tariff rate cut proposals – Energy Saving Trust fact sheet Solar subsidy payments to householders will be cut from 43.3p
Sun Oct 30 16:54:56 2011
See here for details http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2011/oct/28/feed-in-tariffs-solarpower
Positive Energy: how renewable electricity can transform the UK by 2030
Tue Oct 25 09:44:50 2011
This ground-breaking new report shows that renewable energy is the key to reducing carbon emissions from the UK power sector in a way that is stable, secure and affordable.
npower to freeze prices this winter and end cold doorstep selling
Mon Oct 17 12:05:41 2011
Speaking in advance of a major energy summit Volker Beckers, CEO of RWE npower, made a new commitment to npower customers for the forthcoming winter. "I know people want some certainty on energy prices, so today I am announcing that we will freeze the prices for all of our customers on standard residential tariffs for the coming winter period so that they can budget with confidence"
Ask an Expert
G5/9 @ 33kV
Tue Dec 21 10:43:48 2010
Does anybody have any info I could research, on the net, for the above application?
residential wind turbines
Fri Aug 20 09:10:35 2010
need advise on how large a wind turbine we would need for 5 acres to generate at least 2000 kw ea month.
2.5kW Proven
Tue Oct 6 10:33:05 2009
Hi,
We installed a 2.5kW battery charging Proven last year. Our client and we have now concluded that the performance is poor.
With the dump loads disconnected and a good wind the machine is producing no more than 800W.
Any idea what might be the problem? I do not think the cable drop is too high.
Thanks
Hilary White
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Small Wind Turbine Output Data
RRR members' data for KWh generation using wind turbines. Click the graph for more info.
Forums
Wind turbines on Tenanted farm Land
Fri Aug 26 21:45:56 2011
Any tenant farmers out there who have put up a wind turbine?
Could you combine an CHP boiler with an ASHP, to maximise returns.
Sun Jun 12 19:50:25 2011
Just an idea, but if you had a CHP domestic boiler that you ran day and night on a low heat output but generating one KW electricity.
Vertical roof top turbine that I can't see working, or am I being unfair? Secret Energy Turbine.
Wed May 11 17:32:01 2011
Look at this roof top turbine, vertical axis, looks very small and a bit home made.
is it an extreme event, or is it climate change?
Thu May 5 13:28:21 2011
A useful discussion about how climate scientists are attempting to answer the question – is it an extreme event, or is it climate change? Attribution of a single weather event to climate change is difficult to demonstrate, but this article provides an accessible introduction to the approaches that are being used to try to uncover those links. The article is on the environment360 website, run by Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies,
SMA inverter software
Thu Mar 10 15:34:48 2011
Updated my PC to windows 7 64bit and the SMA software to record output no longer works.
Where's the wind gone?
Mon Jan 10 22:03:28 2011
Our Proven 6KW output is getting less and less every time the system is 'fixed'. Is the wind in the UK running out?
Retrofitting Housing stock out to 2050 is it possible
Mon Dec 13 16:23:53 2010
Heard a fascinating fact from Paul Morrell the Chief Construction Officer.
Blogs
Feed In Tariff Consumer Focus Survey
Wed Sep 21 12:39:01 2011
Government and are working with Consumer Focus to conduct a survey into the experiences customers have when purchasing small scale renewable energy systems for their home, such as solar panels or wind turbines. Feedback will help inform the standard of sales practice and installation of these products, and ultimately may assist in ensuring consumers are better protected.
Wind Turbine Inverter & Wind Data Logging
Fri Mar 11 15:07:50 2011
Some time ago, I put up an article covering our turbine Inverter and Wind Anenometer data logging system.
We recently updated the logger to enable us to view the data in real-time over the internet.
This post deals with the upgraded logging system.
Rain Collector Guage question
Fri Feb 25 09:50:52 2011
Looking for advice on connecting a rain guage collector to an existing data logging system please.
Questions to ask before you buy a wind turbine
Thu Jul 22 13:13:07 2010
A useful document - prepared by the Green Company.
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Peter
Wind Turbine Tower height considerations
Tue May 18 15:12:18 2010
The attached short article explains why short towers are bad for small wind turbines.
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