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Climate Change is coming

Renewable Energies are clearly a vital component in the global efforts to curtail or avert the worst affects of climate change.

'The sources of renewable energy ... are inexhaustible, indigenous and abundant, and their exploitation, properly managed, has the potential to enhance the long-term security of the United Kingdom's energy supplies and to help us cut carbon dioxide emissions' (House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, July 2004 (ODPM,2004).

Renewable Energy is defined by the Department of Trade and Industry as:

'... the term used to describe energy flows that occur naturally and continuously in the environment, such as energy from the wind, waves or tides.  The origin of the majority of these sources can be traced back to either the sun (energy from the sun helps to drive the earth's weather patterns) or the gravitational effects of the sun and the moon.  This means that these sources are essentially inexhaustible.' (DTI, 2006).

Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, RSPB and WWF, are calling for more wind power and the UK Government to put in place funding and incentives to encourage investment in much more wind power. Read the "Britain ready for huge increase in wind power as new report scuppers anti-wind arguments" Press Release

England behind on 2010 targets
England's regions are set to comprehensively miss their targets on generating electricity from renewables, according to the latest report from BWEA 'England's Regional Renewable Energy Targets: Progress Report'. The UK has a target to generate 10% of its electricity from renewables by 2010. All the eight English regions plus London have their own individual targets in order to reach the total. The BWEA report states that on average across England only 50% of the renewable electricity generation will be met, with some regions such as the South West failing to reach even a third. Read British Wind Energy Assoociation Article