The United Kingdom's government pledged to lower the UK's carbon emissions by eighty percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. Recently, however, UK public has begun to wonder if the government is as dedicated to the cause as they claim to be.
Wallstreetpit.com has recently published an article that claims the wind power projects owned by BP in the UK, Turkey, China and India will shut down and BP will refocus its energy on the US. This same article suggests that thirty percent of the UK's energy supply will come from wind power. Readers are wondering why the government is letting BP move their wind power projects to the US when they claim to be focusing on green energy sources like windfarms.
Adding a few questions of its own, the Guardian website released an article claiming that Great Britain is one of the best locations in the world for windfarm technology. Great Britain's lengthy coastline and famous wind conditions lend it nicely to the development of windfarms.
The article on the Guardian's site claims that the new partnership between Vattenfall and Iberdola Renovables has chosen the UK as the host for its latest wind farm project. The project is expected to put out 300MW of wind energy and will cost roughly 780M pounds Sterling to construct. Was this joint venture allowed because BP has moved its focus? If so - why is the government letting private business ventures shoulder the responsibility for wind technology?
Even more complaints are being voiced about the sum of money that will be needed to build the wind farms that will generate all of the green energy the UK's government is so enamoured with. If thirty percent of the nation's energy is going to be produced by wind farms, quite a few will need to be built to shoulder that burden. The Carbon Trust, an independent research group, has guessed that, in order to keep the government's promise the process will need to get considerably faster and-at the same time-sixteen billion pounds will need to be removed from the project's original budget. Redgreenandblue.com points out that although the UK targeted 2020 as the date by which this wind energy would be available, only twenty five percent of the wind farms will have been built by then.
UK residents understand that the future of energy production lies with renewable energy and not the existing power grid. Renewable energy is more cost effective and is better for the environment than the current system. Still, with so many roadblocks in the way, each one of us should be wondering just how serious the UK government's commitment to renewable energy is. If it is truly committed why is the project slowing down and losing money? What is getting in the way of the 2020 goal? - 16732
Wallstreetpit.com has recently published an article that claims the wind power projects owned by BP in the UK, Turkey, China and India will shut down and BP will refocus its energy on the US. This same article suggests that thirty percent of the UK's energy supply will come from wind power. Readers are wondering why the government is letting BP move their wind power projects to the US when they claim to be focusing on green energy sources like windfarms.
Adding a few questions of its own, the Guardian website released an article claiming that Great Britain is one of the best locations in the world for windfarm technology. Great Britain's lengthy coastline and famous wind conditions lend it nicely to the development of windfarms.
The article on the Guardian's site claims that the new partnership between Vattenfall and Iberdola Renovables has chosen the UK as the host for its latest wind farm project. The project is expected to put out 300MW of wind energy and will cost roughly 780M pounds Sterling to construct. Was this joint venture allowed because BP has moved its focus? If so - why is the government letting private business ventures shoulder the responsibility for wind technology?
Even more complaints are being voiced about the sum of money that will be needed to build the wind farms that will generate all of the green energy the UK's government is so enamoured with. If thirty percent of the nation's energy is going to be produced by wind farms, quite a few will need to be built to shoulder that burden. The Carbon Trust, an independent research group, has guessed that, in order to keep the government's promise the process will need to get considerably faster and-at the same time-sixteen billion pounds will need to be removed from the project's original budget. Redgreenandblue.com points out that although the UK targeted 2020 as the date by which this wind energy would be available, only twenty five percent of the wind farms will have been built by then.
UK residents understand that the future of energy production lies with renewable energy and not the existing power grid. Renewable energy is more cost effective and is better for the environment than the current system. Still, with so many roadblocks in the way, each one of us should be wondering just how serious the UK government's commitment to renewable energy is. If it is truly committed why is the project slowing down and losing money? What is getting in the way of the 2020 goal? - 16732
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Tal Potishman, editor of Heating Central, writes articles about efficient heating, boilers, Brighton boiler, underfloor heating and solar thermal. He specializes in helping save money by advising on efficient heating.
