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A Selection of Links to Energy Related Sites

In addition to General sites this page includes links to sites providing information on Renewable Technologies and Energy Saving. Other sections have links to sites covering British, More Local and Commercial activities.

General

2 degrees is a network for those professionally involved in climate change issues. It is largely UK based.

Climate Ark is a Climate Change Portal and Search Engine.

Greenpeace

Progress and its Sustainability

REUK provides references to current articles on Renewable Energy relevant to the United Kingdom.

The New Economics Foundation is a London based think tank concerned with the 'triple crunch' of financial crisis, climate change and oil depletion and has published the Green New Deal report.

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 Renewable Energy Association represents renewable energy producers in the UK and promotes the use of sustainable energy.

Forum for the Future is a sustainable development charity in the UK.

Micro Hydro Power.

The British HydroPower Industry.

The Solar Trade Association promote solar hot water in the UK.

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 behavioral 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

Sustainable Energy – without the hot air is a stimulating discussion with a UK focus by Cambridge physicist David MacKay. A book has now received glowing reviews and is available for free downloading.

The Low Carbon Buildings Program provides grants for micro generation 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 Government CO2 Calculator

The UK Government Renewable Energy Site.

The UK Government Sustainable Energy Site.

UK Energy Statistics.

UK Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform published Energy White Papers

The government provides the report 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.

PRASEG is the Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group. A cross party group for UK politicians and senior industry stakeholders that exists to promote sustainable energy issues in Parliament and the wider political community.

The Standard Assessment Procedure 2005 covers the method for reporting the energy efficiency of buildings in the UK.

The Transition 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

Cocoon is the local organisation serving Oxford City, Reading, South Oxon, Vales of White Horse, West Berks, West Oxon and Cherwell local council areas. This provides free, impartial advice on saving energy in the home - freephone number (0800-80487772).

Thames Valley Energy was a local organisation promoting Green Energy. Its web site still runs but is probably not being updated. It has now amalgamated with the United Sustainable Energy Agency, who refer advice requests to Cocoon.

The Vale of White Horse District Council has an active Energy Saving team.

The Oxfordshire Community Action Groups work to increase awareness of waste issues and the ways to reduce the amount of resources that are thrown away.

Sustainable Wallingford is a group committed to making Wallingford more environmentally sustainable and reducing its ecological impact.

Thatcham Good Life is intent on meeting our obligations on climate change while enjoying more from life.

The University of Reading Energy Group is a local centre for energy studies.

The Oxfordshire ClimateXChange is a 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.

Southern Hydropower is a Blewbury company which develops small water powered systems.

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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