Some ten years ago the SidEnergy project was set up as the community energy group for the Sid Valley – but it had to halt its projects due to the withdrawal of feed-in-tariffs. Today, however, the CAPS project is keen to explore the options, as it looks to local energy production. In parallel, the Power… Read More »Getting community energy into the new Energy Bill
There is a huge amount of potential for clean energy production in the UK. Today’s Observer looks at why turbines that float could be the new wave in British wind power | Energy industry and Will Hutton says Britain could be a sci-tech superpower – if the Treasury stopped holding it back. At LBC, entrepreneur John Caudwell is… Read More »Can the UK become a ‘clean energy superpower’?
What is the Climate Awareness Project Sidmouth aiming to achieve? The CAPS August Newsletter let it be known! Direction of CAPS The CAPS team have set out four aims to support our overall objective of raising community climate awareness. They are :- · Organise talks and other events on sustainable behaviours: o… Read More »The Four Aims of CAPS
How can we plan for reducing our impact on the climate – in a local, concrete way? EDDC ACTION PLAN: The East Devon district council has published its climate emergency action plan – which sets out the priority actions they will take as a council to work towards their pledge of being carbon neutral by 2040:… Read More »Would a citizens’ climate assembly work for East Devon – or even the Sid Valley?
What is the potential for local energy production? SIDENERGY: Almost a decade ago, SidEnergy was looking at producing energy locally – but had to put a stop to its projects due to the cutting back of the feed-in tariff scheme: SidEnergy – Vision Group for Sidmouth CAPS: The Climate Awareness Partnership has been looking at… Read More »Looking to local energy production
This week, three farmers and landowners will be making up a panel to talk about “FARMING THE LAND IN DEVON: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE” Join the Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth in the Cellar Bar at Kennaway House from 3pm on Thursday 6th June – to hear a panel of Devon farming professionals talk about what… Read More »The future of farming: talking to Devon farmers and landowners: Thursday 6 June
The winter before last it was asked: Is it worthwhile investing in green energy technologies on your home? And one way to find out is to visit someone’s home where such ‘green energy technologies’ are being used: The Transition Movement has some practical ideas on how to do that at a resource-full page: Eco-Open Houses… Read More »Eco open-homes
We need to be ‘greening our transport’ – and the Sidmouth Cycling Campaign has certainly been pushing for this: Sidmouth Cycling Campaign | Facebook And of late, on their social media, they have been highlighting the issues around doing that greening of our transport – including a challenge to the new government: Government knew it… Read More »How to green our transport
One way ahead to a low-carbon or net-zero-carbon future is developing much of what we already have – as, anyway. “we have almost all the technologies we need” And some of this is happening in Devon. There is the electric vehicle battery recycling firm securing £640k from Innovate UK’s Faraday Battery Challenge – because we need to make more electric… Read More »Hi-tech/clean-tech in Devon
There have been several efforts made to ‘debunk the myths’ about renewables. And each offers a slightly different ‘number one’: Myth 1: “Renewables Are Too Expensive” Busting the myths on Renewable Energy | wwfint Debunking 10 Energy Transition Myths | LinkedIn Myth No. 1: A grid that increasingly relies on renewable energy is an unreliable… Read More »Debunking the myths around renewable energy