'Renewable' Energy...
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All About Water Power
The power of moving water has been used as an energy source since time immemorial. It’s not hard to see why: when you stand by the sea and watch the waves pounding...
Biomass as an Energy Source
It is widely acknowledged that the world has to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels. This means we must obtain more of our energy from renewable sources. Many...
Coppiced Wood as an Energy Source
There’s nothing new about burning wood for energy – nor about coppicing trees to produce it, for that matter – but over the last 50 years or so, ‘short rotation...
Geothermal Energy Explained
The further you go beneath the earth’s surface, the hotter it gets. The centre of the earth is composed of molten rock with temperatures of between four and six...
Ocean Current Energy
Once something of a minority interest, wind power has rapidly become a firmly established part of the mainstream alternative energy strategy in Britain and across...
Solar Power Explained
Solar power comes from the sun. Beams of sunshine are waves of light and heat energy, radiated across 93 million miles of space to reach our earth in about eight...
What is Renewable Energy?
Renewable energy comes from energy sources that can be used without becoming depleted. In essence, it is energy from sources other than fossil fuels.
Sometimes,...
Wind Power as a Renewable Energy Source
Two hundred years ago, wind power played an important role in the lives of ordinary people. The milling of grain was central to rural life and...
