Discover what goes on behind every light switch you turn on with this exploration of electricity.
Read more in my blog for Amigo Energy (U.S. English, link opens in new window).
How electricity works
Tag: Energy
An Introduction to Potential Energy
Read everything you need to know about potential energy and how our lives, world, and solar system interact with the universe.
Read more in my blog for Amigo Energy (US English, link opens in new window).
Understanding Geothermal Energy
Read everything you need to know about geothermal and how this renewable energy source helps our lives.
From Iceland to Indonesia, read more in my blog for Amigo Energy (link opens in new window).
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Read everything you need to know about potential and kinetic energy and how they affect our lives.
From thermal energy to protons, read more in my blog for Amigo Energy (link opens in new window).
Wind Energy: all you need to know
Read everything you need to know about wind, from how it’s created to human’s long association in harnessing wind power.
Discover where the first windmills were built and where the biggest wind farms and turbines in the world are.
Read more in my blog for Amigo Energy (link opens in new window).
Time of use tariffs: all you need to know
There are an increasing range or options for people looking to use more renewable energy and more efficiently.
A fresh form of electricity billing could boost renewable energy use, reduce the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions, and save people money. Time of use tariffs, or TOUs, encourage customers to use energy at off-peak times.
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The Ultimate Guide to Energy Efficiency for Small Businesses
Short-term (tomorrow!), medium-term, and long-term: whichever way you frame it, small businesses can save energy – and money – by following some simple steps.
Our guide to energy efficiency for small businesses will banish any worries about time, potential outlays, and value as barriers to entry. Any investment is usually quickly repaid and then becomes savings, or more profit.
Learn how you can save on energy use and bills by picking up good habits, from lighting to installing solar panels to home working.
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Cutting out draughts from older homes
Enjoy a warmer and more comfortable home by following my guide to simple fixes for draughts.
At its most basic, draught-proofing is filling the gaps in a building, where heat escapes and cold air enters. Some people turn up the heating to counteract cold draughts; this warms your home but escaped heating costs you and emits CO2 emission unnecessarily.
A properly draught-proofed and insulated house helps reduce your energy demands and CO2 emissions as well as saving on bills.
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Ten top sustainable innovations for 2020
Breathing buildings, living robots, and electricity created from thin air, all in my latest blog.
The sustainability sector is a hub for technological advances. Along with The Energy Saving Trust, we look at 10 innovations that may – or may not – change the way we interact with our world in the face of climate change.
We have not tested any of these products and we cannot verify the claims of their inventors but we’re sure you’ll find them as interesting as we do.
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Warmworks: fighting fuel poverty
People experiencing fuel poverty in Scotland can be helped with just one call or email – that’s the message from Home Energy Scotland.
Funded by the Scottish Government, the free and impartial advice service is available to everyone in Scotland.
Anyone who may be worrying about how to keep warm and pay the bills should contact Home Energy Scotland immediately about the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.
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