Renewables

Potential for Green Jobs in Cumbria

Proponents of Cumbria’s proposed coal mine often point to its potential to create 500 new roles. But the county could create thousands of jobs and attract billions of pounds of …
Nottingham’s Net Zero Ambition

Nottingham City Council has been named the overall winner in the Guardian’s Public Service Awards. He Council announced in January that it intended to become the UK’s first carbon-neutral city …
Net Zero Bristol by 2030

Bristol City Council – controlled by Labour – was the first council in the country to declare a climate emergency in November 2018. That motion was unanimously passed and now …
Solar Plus Storage for Cheshire Social Housing

Cheshire West & Chester Council has announced plans to install solar panels with battery storage technology across two large estates. It has appointed Aberla Renewables, part of the Aberla Group, …
Local Energy Network for Cornwall

Hundreds of homes and businesses in Cornwall have started selling electricity to their local energy network and the national energy system in a pioneering move. The trial is the first …

Cumbria Renewable Energy and Capacity Deployment Study A report by sustainable economic and social development consultants, SQW for Cumbria County Council published in August 2011 giving a detailed assessment of the renewable resources available.

The Scope for Renewable Energy in Cumbria is a report published by the precursor body to Britain’s Energy Coast - Cumbria Vision in 2009. This envisioned the creation of almost 8,000 by 2050 from developing renewable energy.

A WWF report – Positive Energy: How renewable electricity can transform the UK by 2030, October 2011. Shows that renewable sources could meet 60% or more of the UK’s electricity demand by 2030.

A Plan for Clean British Energy: Powering the UK with renewables and without nuclear. Friends of the Earth September 2012.

Energy Scenarios 2020-2030: Alternatives to the UK Government’s gas / nuclear /renewable scenarios - a look at the potential of non-wind renewables coming to the fore. Nuclear Free Local Authorities Briefing 12th Feb 2013.

Zero Carbon Britain: Rethinking the Future, Centre for Alternative Technology, 2013. Presents new research in two key areas 'keeping the lights on' with a variable renewable energy supply, and 'feeding ourselves properly' on a low carbon diet.

More reports on the feasibility and costs of decarbonising the UK, Europe and the world—and the costs of not taking action – can be found on the from Greenhouse to Green House website