Will Coronavirus affect my energy bills?
It seems that Coronavirus is all anyone is able to to talk about at the moment, and it’s easy to see why. In a matter of weeks the virus has seen an unprecedented change to the way of life for…
The Energy Cost of Data Centres
What are data centres? Well, they’re exactly what they sound like – storage and processing facilities for digital data. They’re what make the internet work, essentially. Data centres require energy for a lot of things. Not only do the servers…
What Are Gravity Batteries?
In today’s changing energy landscape and increasing use of renewable energy, it’s becoming more and more important for us to find ways of storing energy for later use. The problem with renewable energy like wind and solar, is that at…
How Your Old Phone Can Save The Rainforest
Why does the rainforest matter so much? Although we all know that the rainforests are important and worth saving, it’s remarkable how little thought we tend to put into why. Deforestation is the second biggest contributor to climate change, accounting…
The Problem With Renewable Energy
The Green Room: What happens when you put two energy experts in a room and ask them what the are with renewable energy? This week, we’re playing devil’s advocate. We love renewable energy, but this weeks episode is all…
A Guide to UK Renewable Energy
The Green Room: What happens when you put two energy experts in a room and ask them how the UK makes its renewable energy? In our latest episode we dig deep into the numbers and recent trends, and take…
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,…
Why Bitcoin is Bad for the Environment
What is Bitcoin? In case you’ve been living under a rock or have just dramatically woken up from a soap opera style coma, here’s a brief rundown of what Bitcoin is. The first and by far the biggest of the…