A wind turbine, technically known as an Aerofoil Powered Generator, is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into electrical power. They are the result of over a millennium of windmill development and modern engineering. Today’s turbines are available in a variety of vertical and horizontal axis types.
York Hospital have recently been listed as finalists of a building industry award for the Retrofit Project of the Year after completion of their refurbished energy centre last year. The £4.6 million project is set to drastically reduce the York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust’s carbon footprint while saving them around £60,000 a month.
Gatwick Airport is the second largest airport in the UK and the most efficient single runway airport in the world. It receives more than 40 million passengers a year on short and long-haul journeys to over 200 destinations across 90 countries.
A recent study, published in the scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, has identified the risk that climate change, as a consequence of carbon emissions, will continue to advance for thousands of years unless drastic changes are made to global energy strategies.
Earlier this month, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) raised concerns with Scottish Government officials following their announcement to reduce spending on climate change mitigation by nearly ten percent.