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Cracking cheese, Gromit! Wensleydale waste to heat 4,000 homes | UK news | The Guardian

Cracking cheese, Gromit! Wensleydale waste to heat 4,000 homes | UK news | The Guardian | Aggregate Demand and Supply | Scoop.it
Yorkshire dairy by-products will be turned into renewable biogas to cut carbon emission

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Graham Watson's curator insight, June 16, 2019 5:39 AM

Interesting renewable energy article looking at the use of waste, in this instance from Wensleydale cheese, to produce energy. Apparently, the creamery will produce enough biogas to heat 4,000 homes. Cracking news. 

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Can Britain really become a net-zero carbon economy?

Can Britain really become a net-zero carbon economy? | Aggregate Demand and Supply | Scoop.it
Since 1990, Britain's greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 41pc.

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Graham Watson's curator insight, October 18, 2018 2:57 AM

The Telegraph does it's bit for Green GB Week by detailing how Britain intends to become a net-zero carbon economy, looking at the diverse ways and different sectors that are going to contribute to this situation.

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Onshore wind farms in UK could cut £50 a year off energy bills | Environment | The Guardian

Onshore wind farms in UK could cut £50 a year off energy bills | Environment | The Guardian | Aggregate Demand and Supply | Scoop.it
Government urged to overturn effective ban to help meet ambitious climate targets

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Graham Watson's curator insight, June 13, 2019 4:42 AM

Not quite peak Guardian, but pretty close. The article suggests that the current ban on new onshore windfarms is stifling the renewables sector, damaging the UK's ability to meet its climate targets and costing consumers - who could face lower bills if the ban were lifted. 

 

The survey, undertaken by Vivid Economics, suggests that the falling cost of turbine technology and rising cost of carbon emissions.

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UK passes 1,000 hours without coal as energy shift accelerates | Environment | The Guardian

UK passes 1,000 hours without coal as energy shift accelerates | Environment | The Guardian | Aggregate Demand and Supply | Scoop.it
Revival of last eight coal plants when ‘beast from the east’ hit Britain proved to be brief

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Graham Watson's curator insight, July 13, 2018 6:13 AM

Guardian squared.

 

The Guardian celebrates the fact that the UK has passed 1,000 hours without any electricity being coal fired. I imagine that this is a major cause of celebration in Guardian Towers. Of course, it's also good news for the environment and represents a major shift in the pattern of electricity generation, and another indicator of the power of markets.