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New Power Saving Product Reduces Standby Power Consumption


We all know that reducing standby electricity is a sure way to reduce your energy consumption, saving you money & helping to reduce your household’s impact on the environment. The patent pending adaptor senses when you device switches to standby mode, and cuts all power to it, effectively removing standby wastage. It in turn uses [...]

Do Power Saving Plug-In Adaptors Work?


I was always skeptical about this devices.. Noticed them on eBay – and stumble upon the occasional website selling them with big claims of huge % losses.. Anyway – looks like they aren’t all that they are cracked up to be.. This retailer came clean after they found that their products didn’t work. Check out [...]

Drax Power Station Begins Energy Efficiency Plan


Whilst you can not support a company which emits in excess of 20m tonnes of CO2 annually, you can commend them for actions they take to reduce their impact and improve efficiency. Drax Power Station, Selby, North Yorkshire is the largest coal-fired power plant in Europe with a maximum capacity of 3,945 MW, providing 7% [...]

Planet Relief Big "Switch Off" Switched Off


The now defunct Planet Relief and its predecessor Live Earth, had both planned for a big switch off. The idea that thousands of households around the country would switch off simultaneously in a grand gesture to save the planet. Cameras positioned in prime aerial city locations around the UK would watch as the UK switched [...]

Drax Power Station Begins Energy Efficiency Plan


Whilst you can not support a company which emits in excess of 20m tonnes of CO2 annually, you can commend them for actions they take to reduce their impact and improve efficiency. Drax Power Station, Selby, North Yorkshire is the largest coal-fired power plant in Europe with a maximum capacity of 3,945 MW, providing 7% [...]

Planet Relief Big "Switch Off" Switched Off


The now defunct Planet Relief and its predecessor Live Earth, had both planned for a big switch off. The idea that thousands of households around the country would switch off simultaneously in a grand gesture to save the planet. Cameras positioned in prime aerial city locations around the UK would watch as the UK switched [...]

Voluntary Bulb Ban Initiated


The highest wattage incandescent bulbs will no longer be available on the shelves of some high street stores across the UK from early next year as part of an effort to reduce energy use and 5m tonnes of CO2 emissions (0.9% of UK CO2 emissions). The voluntary initiative is being backed by leading retailers, (ASDA, [...]

Severn Barrage Feasibility Study


Yesterday the government announced a new feasibility study will investigate the Severn Barrage, a tidal power plan that could provide about 5% of UK electricity, 17 TWh of power per year, equivalent to about 18 million tons of coal or 3 nuclear reactors. Expected output at 8640 MW during flow, or 2000 MW average power. [...]

Planet Relief Big "Switch Off" Switched Off


The now defunct Planet Relief and its predecessor Live Earth, had both planned for a big switch off. The idea that thousands of households around the country would switch off simultaneously in a grand gesture to save the planet. Cameras positioned in prime aerial city locations around the UK would watch as the UK switched [...]

Drax Power Station Begins Energy Efficiency Plan


Whilst you can not support a company which emits in excess of 20m tonnes of CO2 annually, you can commend them for actions they take to reduce their impact and improve efficiency. Drax Power Station, Selby, North Yorkshire is the largest coal-fired power plant in Europe with a maximum capacity of 3,945 MW, providing 7% [...]