Last year, Denmark generated over 42 percent of its electricity using wind turbines alone, beating their own world record for wind power generation, set during the previous year, by 3 percent. This is the highest proportion of wind power generation for any country and puts Denmark well on the path to reaching its target of providing at least 50 percent of its energy from wind power generation by 2020.
After a recent breakthrough from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), incandescent light bulbs, banned for general-purpose by the Government in 2012, could be making a strong comeback.
The deadline for businesses to register with the Environment Agency (EA) their compliance with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) has now passed.
For many it seems like carbon neutral – offsetting all carbon emissions so that the net output is zero – is the holy grail. But what about going carbon negative? Achieving “neutral” status is a worthy enough goal, let alone surpassing this to actually remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than you produce, but one small country in Asia is already there: Bhutan.
A new hydroelectric plant at Rydal Hall opening earlier this year is contributing to the Diocese of Carlisle becoming carbon neutral in its use of electricity across all of its properties.
