The Truth About Nuclear Power
Here at the GreenAge we’re all about clean, renewable energy and making the world a better place, so it may surprise you to know that we’re not staunchly against nuclear energy. But wait, doesn’t nuclear waste harm the environment? Isn’t…
The Truth About Nuclear Power
The Green Room: What happens when you put two energy experts in a room and ask them to get to the bottom of nuclear power. We take you through all the big questions of nuclear power. Doesn’t nuclear waste…
Is Renewable Energy Really More Expensive?
Generating renewable energy Renewable energy is a handy term to describe a vast number of different technologies. From solar power to tidal energy, the renewable umbrella covers anything that harnesses energy from a source that is replenishable. In the UK,…
The Green Room: Episode 3 – Exploring the Energy Price Cap
The Green Room: What happens when you put two sustainability experts in a room and ask them how Theresa May’s new energy price cap works? This week Nick and James look behind the numbers at the Tory’s controversial new energy…
Why We’re Paying Wind Farms to Lie Dormant
Wind farms are turning off their turbines when it’s windy, and we’re paying them to do it. But why? What are constraint payments? Constraint payments are the name given to the compensation paid out to large wind farms when the…
The Week in Energy
Scottish Power to Raise Energy Prices (Again) Scottish Power is to raise its standard variable gas and electricity prices from 8 October. It is the second price increase announced by Scottish Power this year. In April, it said it would…
Why are UK Energy Prices Rising?
We’ve written a lot over the last few years about the countless price rises and tariff hikes that seem to happen every few months, but the fact is that since 2005, UK gas and electricity prices have more than doubled.…
Why Was The Swansea Tidal Lagoon Rejected?
What is the Swansea Tidal Lagoon? Tidal lagoons work in a similar way to tidal barrages, but differ in that they do not form a barrier all the way across a coastline or estuary. They can be sited offshore, and…
Levelized Cost of Energy
Although the term itself is pretty scary, the idea is actually really simple. The levelized cost of energy (also known as the levelized cost of electricity or LCOE, because the energy industry loves to make life complicated) is an estimated…
How Britain Is Going Coal Free
Last week Britain set a new record for coal-free energy. For the first time since the 1880’s we went 3 full days without generating any power from burning coal. The environmental effects of coal Cheap, reliable, and convenient – you…