renewable energy

SDC report on tidal power - Greenpeace responds

Last edited 28 September 2007 at 4:42pm
28 September, 2007

On Monday the Sustainable Development Commission will release its report on tidal power across the UK.

In the wake of a government announcement last Tuesday, it is widely expected that the SDC will recommend further detailed appraisal of a Severn Barrage project. Greenpeace has long supported renewable energy, including getting power from the tides if the environmental impacts can be minimised.

John Sauven, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, said:

Article tagged as: press releases, renewable energy, SDC, tidal power

Conservative quality of life report - Greenpeace response

Last edited 13 September 2007 at 10:56am
13 September, 2007

Greenpeace today welcomed the Conservative's Quality of Life proposals on energy generation as a 'milestone in thinking'. The environment group also hailed the group's push to redefine progress beyond the narrow confines of economic growth.

As the report powerfully states - if society at large can shift its thinking away from 'what can I buy?' to 'what do I want from life?' or 'what needs do I have?' then perhaps we can decouple economic growth from resource input.

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change, conservatives, decentralised energy, energy, heathrow, renewable energy

Last edited 1 January 1970 at 1:00am
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20% renewables by 2020? Not without a new energy policy...

Posted by jossc — 22 August 2007 at 1:59pm - Comments
Bad energy: inefficient centralised energy generation is a major contributor to global warming

Bad energy: inefficient centralised energy generation is a major contributor to global warming

Over the next decade, Britain needs to invest tens of billions on renewing its dilapidated energy infrastructure. Many of our current nuclear, coal and gas power stations will close, and the electricity transmission and distribution grids themselves will need replacement.

Which provides us with a once-in-a-generation chance for the government to redesign our energy market. We have the perfect opportunity to go for maximum environmental efficiency, whilst ensuring energy security and reliability of supply.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy efficiency, energy security, energy white paper, renewable energy

Videos from our climate campaign

Last edited 6 August 2007 at 4:34pm

Catastrophic climate change is not inevitable - the technologies that could dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels – decentralised energy, renewables and efficiency, hybrid cars, efficient buildings – already exist and have been proven to work. If we start cutting our emissions now, using these ready-to-go technologies, then there is still a chance to avoid the most extreme impacts of climate change.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, renewable energy, videos

The real solution to climate change

Posted by bex — 3 August 2007 at 4:27pm - Comments

We recently launched a new film about the real solution to climate change (clue: it's not nuclear power - and the film explains exactly why not). The film's been sent to every MP in the country and is making its way around the interweb nicely. But we think its message - that the UK needs a new, and sane, energy system now - is crucial and we want to push it out further. So we've produced this new trailer.

There are plenty of ways you can help us get the word out: write to your MP asking them to watch the film; embed the film or the trailer on your website, blog or MySpace page; send it to a friend; Hugg it, Digg it or add it to your StumbleUpon favourites.

Climate change is happening. We know exactly what needs to be done to stop it. The technologies already exist. Let's do it.

Article tagged as: beer, CHP, climate change, multimedia, nuclear power, renewable energy, solutions, tidal power, videos, wave power, wind power

Case study: Manchester City FC

Last edited 13 July 2007 at 12:44pm

Pete Bradshaw, Corporate Social Responsibilty Manager, Manchester City Stadium.

Pete Bradshaw, Social Responsibilty Manager, Manchester City Football Club

Manchester City Football Club is one of the greenest sporting stadiums in the world.

Article tagged as: case studies, CHP, climate change, manchester, renewable energy, sports, wind power

Giving a damn: a beginner's guide

Posted by jossc — 12 July 2007 at 5:03pm - Comments

As you've probably guessed by now, we here in the Greenpeace UK web team love our animations, particularly if they're funny. If they're funny and they have something to say that's relevant to our campaigns, we like them even more. If they're funny, relevant and have a surreal twist to them, then we start to get over-excited and have to go and lie down for a while. Which is kind of what happened when we saw the following during Live Earth. Made by our long-time collaborators at Airside, 'a beginners' guide to giving a damn' gently ridicules some of the more excessive aspects of the western lifestyle while pointing out the positive benefits of reining in unnecessary consumption.

Article tagged as: animations, climate change, renewable energy

Energy efficiency and renewables: references and further sources

Last edited 11 July 2007 at 1:01pm

References, notes and sources of further information for our pages on renewables, energy efficiency and combined heat and power.

 

 

Renewables (general)

EU League Table on share of renewables
When heat and transport energy is included, the UK ranks near the bottom for renewables development. Only Belgium, Cyprus and Malta are worse.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, energy efficiency, insulation, renewable energy, wave power, wind power

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