There are many types of Green Energy including:

Solar Power

Solar Power is electricity generated by sun for you to use in your home or business. The electricity is generated via solar panels and is a clean and green method of producing electricity.

Solar Power is captured by solar panels, located on a roof or wall. The solar panels only require daylight to generate electricity – not direct sunlight –, which is handy given the little amount of sunshine we see in the UK.

Solar panels, generate green energy as electricity, which is then fed into the National Power Grid.

For more information visit the UK Government’s information website www.direct.gov.uk

Wind Power

Wind turbines create green energy because the wind powers blades and rotors, which, in turn, produces electricity.

Wind produced electricity is usually most useful in remote locations where it would be expensive or impractical to provide electricity via conventional methods. A typical domestic system for a home would be 2.5 to 6 kilowatts (kW), depending on the location and size of the house. A diesel generator is also required for use during low-wind periods.

The most suitable sites for a wind turbine are on high hills, masts or towers that are not obstructed by trees or other high buildings.

Many wind turbines are not connected directly to the national grid, instead they store electricity in a battery, which is then converted to a suitable type of current to use for mains electricity in your home or business. However, it is possible, with a special inverter and controller, to supply unused or excess green energy,  in the form of  electricity,  to the national grid.

For more information visit the UK Government’s information website www.direct.gov.uk

Water Power

Similar to producing green energy with wind by turning blades and a rotor, green electricity is produced when water is used to turn a turbine. This is known as a Hydro Power system and can be used in domestic or business situations to create green electricity and reduce fuel bills.

The amount of green energy produced by water power depends largely on how fast the source water is flowing. But it is possible to create green electricity from a small stream.

The water needs to be close to where the electricity is required, whether that is your home, your business or a national grid connection. Once again, unused or excess green energy can be sold to electricity companies.

For more information visit the UK Government’s information website www.direct.gov.uk

Bio-Energy

Bio-energy is renewable energy made from material of recent biological origin derived from plant or animal matter, known as biomass.

Biomass is a versatile fuel that can be used in different ways and at different scales, from householder installations, through community scale projects, to large electricity generating stations:

Dry Biomass can be burned through a range of conventional boilers, combined heat and power units, and more innovative advanced thermal conversion technologies to produce heat and/or to make steam to drive a turbine to produce electricity.

Wet biomass can be anaerobically digested to produce a flammable biogas (mainly a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide). This biogas can then be used for heat or electricity generation. Alternatively, the biogas can be further processed and refined to around 100% methane, ‘biomethane’, and injected into the national gas grid.

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