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…
Building Regs and Planning Permission for Solar Panels
Like many big purchases or renovations, solar panels come with a lot of paperwork. It’s not as much here in the UK as in some other parts of the world, but you still might want to consider investing in a…
Apple Goes Fully Renewable
Tech giant Apple announced last week that it’s operations are now running on 100% renewable energy, with further projects set to more than double their energy production in the coming years. Apple’s Energy Use From their data centre in Reno,…
How Much Do Solar Panels Cost?
Size The two dictating factors for the initial cost of the panels are size and quality. A larger system means more electricity produced, which in the long term will make a bigger impact on your bills and provide more surplus…
Plastic Roads: The Future of Plastic Bottle Recycling?
County Councils across the UK, the most recent being Enfield, have started a new recycling scheme to tackle the amount of plastic bottle waste that goes into landfill. The scheme entails recycling plastic bottles in order to use them as…
Solar Panel Maintenance: Taking Care of Your Panels
Harnessing solar energy has in recent years become such a widespread and mainstream way of generating power, that it’s hard to take a walk to the shops without seeing it. Solar panels are a popular choice for those wanting to…
Can I Take my Solar PV Panels With Me When I Move?
With all the time, care and money that goes in to fitting PV panels to your property, it can be a bit heartbreaking to let it all go. It’s no surprise that many people are keen to take their solar…
A Beginners Guide to Fuel Cells
Wikipedia helpfully informs us that “A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen fuel with oxygen or another oxidising agent”. Now I don’t know about…
What is Lot 20 and What Does it Mean for Me?
New year, new you, new energy industry compliance legislation! I was laughed at in the Green Age offices for considering that a ‘snappy title’ for this post, but in reality Lot 20 doesn’t need a hyperbolic headline or some sexy…
Tesla’s mega-battery is complete!
There is no stopping Elon Musk. The man on a mission to reinvent how we use electricity has had yet more success, with the announcement that his team have developed the largest battery in the world. What started as a…