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  THE GREENENERGY WEBSITE 

  http://www.nef.org.uk/greenenergy/index.htm

  Did you know.? At present over 2% of electricity produced in the UK comes from a renewable source. By the year 2010 the Government's target is to exceed 10%. Various predictions suggest we will achieve ... 50% by the year 2050. Some renewable energy sources rely on the availability of natural occurring energy. These include heat or light from the sun; wind at a suitable speed produced from complex weather systems; waves from oceans, and tides based on the relative position of the sun and earth. These cannot be turned on or off according to demand for energy; they are therefore said to suffer from intermittency. Although a degree of back-up is required to cope with intermittency, a report prepared for the Carbon Trust in 2006 identified that intermittency should not be a major problem in the UK over the next 20 years. Please follow this link for more details on intermittency . To download our education factsheets on the different renewable energy, please visit our education website at ww   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 25 September 2007, by: Simon Lande  [Report as spam]

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  EIA Renewable Energy-€ Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2006 Statistics” 

  http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/prelim_trends/rea_prereport.html

  Overview Preliminary data indicates that total renewable energy consumption increased 7 percent between 2005 and 2006 (Table 1). In contrast, total U.S. energy consumption declined 1 percent, mainly due ... to decreased consumption of fossil fuels (including decreased natural gas consumption in the residential sector and decreased coal and petroleum consumption in the electric power sector). [1] Renewable energy s market share stood at almost 7 percent in 2006, slightly greater than for 2005 (Table 1 and Figure 1). Total renewable consumption stood at 6.844 quadrillion Btu. Consistent with historical patterns, the electric power sector consumed the majority (56 percent) of renewable energy (Table 2). The industrial sector consumed 28 percent, with the transportation and commercial sectors using the remainder. Hydroelectric conventional power had the largest absolute year-to-year change at 186 trillion Btu, but this represented only a 7 percent increase, while biofuels [2] consumption inc   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: Dan Hanley  [Report as spam]

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  [Abstract] A Review of the Future for Wind and Tidal Power Generation in the UK 

  http://www.actapress.com/PaperInfo.aspx?PaperID=20767

  A Review of the Future for Wind and Tidal Power Generation in the UK I.F. Bitterlin (UK) Keywords Wind Power, Tidal Power, Renewable, Intermittence, Integration, Hydrogen Economy Abstract Even against ... todays historically low energy prices the technical & commercial viability of both wind and tidal power is established. As reserves of (low extraction cost) fossil fuels dwindle in the future and costs rise the economic viability of all renewable sources will increase. The paper provides an overview of the resource capacity of renewable wind and tidal power generation in the UK, comparing it to the demand and considering the problem of integration. The options for matching the intermittence of these power sources using energy storage are considered, including using the energy to power the hydrogen economy. Important Links: DOI: From Proceeding Go Back   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 27 November 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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