Do Planners Consider Climate Change?
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) states that a “town planner helps communities, companies and politician to decide on the best way to use land and buildings” with a main aim for “achieving sustainability”. However, when it comes to climate change, just how much are town planners required to do?…
Could Surfing the Wind Make Aircraft Travel Greener?
Background With the UK committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, reducing CO2 emissions remains a long-term challenge. In previous articles we’ve examined the practical options for eliminating carbon emissions from the aviation sector. CO2 emissions from aviation make up approximately 12% of all transport emissions globally. While lockdowns…
Poland to Shut Down Europe’s Most Polluting Power Plant
Introduction After calls from the EU, Poland’s region of Łódź (pronounced: ‘Woodge’) has announced that the European Union’s most polluting coal plant, Bełchatów (pronounced: ‘Belcha-tow’), will be closed by 2036, while its mines are to be closed by 2038. The news of the closing of the coal power plant has…
Salman Qureshi Joins Pager Power
We are very pleased to welcome Salman to the growing Pager Power team on Monday 5th July. He has just finished studying a degree in Mathematics at the University of Essex, in Colchester, and will be joining the company as a Technical Analyst. Salman is predicted to receive a first-class…
Could Direct Air Capture Reduce CO2 Emissions?
Last week, the media reported that atmospheric carbon dioxide is at its highest levels in more than 4 million years . Despite the economic disruption caused by the global pandemic, there was no discernible reduction. It is estimated that approximately 40 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution is being…
Locals are Becoming More Hostile to Solar Projects
Background Solar energy in UK has seen a significant growth despite the end of the Feed In Tariff (FIT) in 2019 and the pandemic in 2020. During the first quarter of 2021, 175 MW have been deployed by the UK. The great majority (70%) of this added capacity is made…
The World’s Renewable Energy Growth Rate Increases by 45%
Background Despite the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic for businesses across the globe, the renewable energy industry significantly grew within the last year, at its fastest pace since 1999. The International Energy Agency (IEA), an intergovernmental forecaster, reported that the sudden growth in the industry is to be predicted…
Award Winning High-Altitude Floating Solar Farm
Floating Solar Farms Floating solar farms are an innovative way of making use of potential solar PV capacity where land use may be restricted despite potential higher installation costs. Floating solar PV technology has been around for many years now with the UK’s first floating solar farm installed in 2014. Floating…
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