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
Economic impact of climate change on EU timber sector.
Wed Mar 13 15:00:26 2013
New research suggests that the EU timber sector could see land values fall dramatically (by up to 50%) as a result of shifts in species distribution in response to climate change. This could mean huge losses to the timber industry.
Tourist attractions at risk of surface water flooding.
Wed Mar 13 14:58:16 2013
Surface flooding may pose a threat to at least ten UK-based tourist attractions, says flood information group RiskCentral. River- and sea-side locations are not the only ones at risk of flooding. The study looks at locations as varied as Brands Hatch and Glastonbury Music Festival. Surface flooding - the water that cannot be absorbed when normal drainage systems are overloaded by heavy rainfall - threatens 2.8 million homes.
Pesticides and bees
Wed Jan 16 13:57:00 2013
Reacting to news today [Wednesday 16 January 2013] that European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientists have identified a number of risks posed to bees by three neonicotinoid insecticides, Friends of the Earth's Executive Director Andy Atkins said:
Met office five year forecast
Wed Jan 9 12:08:50 2013
The latest decadal prediction suggests that global temperatures over the next five years are likely to be a little lower than predicted from the previous prediction issued in December 2011.
WINGAS and E.ON build highly efficient CHP plant
Tue Dec 18 12:55:16 2012
New project company takes over construction and operation of the plant at the landing terminal of the Baltic Sea Pipeline in Lubmin
More than 85 percent of the energy is used
WINGAS and E.ON Energy Projects are investing in energy efficiency: the two companies are building a highly efficient combined heat & power (CHP) plant together at the landing terminal of the Nord Stream Baltic Sea Pipeline in Lubmin near Greifswald.
CBI COMMENTS ON DECC TARIFF PROPOSALS
Tue Nov 20 14:21:58 2012
The CBI today commented on The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s plans to reduce the number of tariffs that energy firms can offer, and ensure that consumers are automatically placed on the cheapest tariff available.
A second 'dash for gas' could lock the UK into a high-carbon energy system that leaves us vulnerable to rising gas prices.
Tue Nov 20 11:33:01 2012
A Treasury led 'dash for gas' could make the UK's carbon targets under the Climate Change Act unachievable, the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has warned. The Committee is calling on the Government to restore investor confidence in the future direction of energy policy by setting a clear decarbonisation objective in the forthcoming Energy Bill.
"enough is enough"
Wed Oct 31 12:37:17 2012
Reacting to comments made by Energy Minister John Hayes last night (Tuesday 30 October 2012) that "enough is enough" on wind turbines that have been "peppered around the country", Friends of the Earth's Head of Campaigns Andrew Pendleton said:
Health effects of climate change – new report.
Fri Oct 5 12:27:37 2012
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has published ‘Health Effects of Climate Change 2012’, which provides the HPA’s latest assessment of climate change-related impacts on public health in the UK. It is written with the non-technical reader in mind, with helpful explanatory notes.
The lights could go out!!!!!
Fri Oct 5 11:50:05 2012
PROJECTED TIGHTENING OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES REINFORCES THE NEED FOR ENERGY REFORMS TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT
Ask an Expert
Brine/Anti freeze needing replaced in GSHP
Thu Jan 24 18:02:47 2013
Hi All,
Does anyone know how often we need to replace the antifreeze liquid in our ground source heat loops, also does it all need to be replaced or can it be topped up by adding some new and replacing some old.
I am getting mine serviced and the engineer said they will test the antifreeze and replace if necessary at 150 litres in the system this could work out to be quite expensive, does any one have any experience of this.
Thanks
Confused!
Tue Jul 24 15:39:57 2012
Ground source or air souce?
Acheiving band D with the EPC to get higher pv cell feed in tarriff and ground source grant.
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?
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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
reusing aerosol cans
Sat Mar 30 16:37:43 2013
They are often still full (ish) but out of propellant.
Ecotricity slashes FiT for wind pioneers
Sat Mar 16 19:44:23 2013
Ecotricity announces new reduced rate of FiT for early adopters of wind power.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes to attempt record winter Antarctica trekVeteran explorer describes planned 2,000-mile trek in - 90
Mon Sep 17 15:19:35 2012
"Fiennes and his companions will travel on skis, but will be followed by two modified tractors, towing two sledge-mounted living quarters, supplies, equipment, and 155,000 litres of special fuel adapted against freezing."
Broken Kindle e-reader
Thu Apr 19 08:30:15 2012
Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to dispose of a broken Kindle please.
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.
Blogs
Bergey 10kW Excel seven year itch
Tue Apr 23 20:26:18 2013
My Bergey turbine experience 7 years on ...
Proven 6kw Wind turbine, output after six years versus Kings North Power Station
Tue Nov 20 16:16:32 2012
Just wanted to update people on where we are with our turbine.
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.
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