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Renew-Reuse-Recycle is an online community all about what we can do to stop or mitigate the effects of climate change.

Real-time UK Electricity Demand
(MW, last 60 minutes)

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?

Wind Turbine Tarriff

Mon Nov 1 17:36:44 2010

Can you help and advise

Vertical Wind Turbine output?

Sun Oct 3 21:20:16 2010

Power possible from vertical turbine.

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

Small image of turbine output chart

RRR members' data for KWh generation using wind turbines. Click the graph for more info.

Forums

whats happened to proven?

Thu Sep 15 19:59:09 2011

whats all this about proven?

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.

Proven 6kw

Tue Mar 1 12:12:24 2011

Not connected to the grid

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.

Exmork Wind Turbines

Thu Dec 2 15:56:30 2010

Exmork Wind Turbines and their reliability

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. ____________ 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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