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A selection of links to energy related sites

Updated 11 April, 2008
  
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General

Climate Ark is a Climate Change Portal and Search Engine.
Greenpeace
Progress and its Sustainability
Renewable Energy World Magazine
REUK provides references to current articles on Renewable Energy relevant to the United Kingdom.
The US Environmental Protection Agency provides a good summary of the science behind Global Warming and gives many relevant statistics.
The European Commission Director General for Energy and Transport provides a range of papers and a site devoted to Sustainable Energy in Europe.

Renewable Technologies

Alternative Energy Resources is a GCSE level description.
British Wind Energy.
Combined Heat and Power Association.
The British Pellet Club promote the use of wood pellets.
Forum for the Future is a sustainable development charity in the UK.
Micro Hydro Power.
The British HydroPower Industry.
The PhotoVoltaic Association is the Trade Association for the PV industry of Great Britain.
The Solar Trade Association promote solar hot water in the UK.
Tidal and Hydro Power.
Wave Power.
Wikipedia on Renewable Energy gives a comprehensive overview.
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Energy Saving

The UK Energy Saving Trust
Energy Efficient Historic Homes case studies
The 40 percent House Project studies behavioural and technological changes in the search for how UK households can reduce energy consumption by 60% by 2050.
The Yellow House reduced energy requirements by two-thirds.
Take a free energy check.
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UK National

The Low Carbon Buildings Program provides grants for microgeneration technologies in the UK. It replaced the earlier Clear Skies program.
The Centre For Alternative Technology (C.A.T.) is the largest of the Alternative Energy Sites in the UK.
The National Energy Foundation works for sustainable energy solutions for the UK.
The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development.
The Govenment CO2 Calculator
The UK Government Sustainable Energy Site has many downloadable files about Renewables. Some are fairly technical.
UK Energy Statistics.
UK Department of Trade and Industry Energy White Papers includes Our energy future - creating a low carbon economy .
POST - the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology publish notes and reports on significant issues, including Environment and Energy Publications.
The Standard Assessment Procedure 2005 covers the method for reporting the energy efficiency of buildings in the UK.
The Transisition Towns supply a model for responding to the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change.
COIN the Climate Outreach & Information Network is the only active UK charity dedicated solely to educating the public about climate change.
The British Section of A Rocha covers the implementation of the organisation's aims in the UK. A Rocha is "An international conservation organisation working to care for God's world".
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Local

Thames Valley Energy is a local organisation promoting Green Energy. The Vale of White Horse District Council has an active Energy Saving team.
West Oxfordshire District Council and Cherwell District Council have a joint project to achieve carbon reductions in the Thames Valley region and beyond.
Sustainable Wallingford is a group committed to making Wallingford more environmentally sustainable and reducing its ecological impact..
The University of Reading Energy Group is a local centre for energy studies.
The Oxfordshire ClimateXChange is a new Climate Change project for Oxfordshire. It's about you, your family, your neighbour, your street, your pub, school, business, church all getting 'fantastically imaginative' about climate change. It is based in a department of Oxford University specialising in Climate Studies.
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Commercial

NPower Renewables develops wind farms.
Pelamis Wave Power provides a good description of Wave Power.
Ocean Power Technologies uses submerged buoys to generate electricity from waves.
Marine Current Turbines develop turbines for tidal streams.
BP Solar is a manufacturer of Solar Cells.
Smart Energy is a manufacturer of Solar Systems.
The Solar Electric Light Fund provides Photovoltaic Systems for the developing world.
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