What on Earth is the Renewable Heat Incentive (and how can you benefit from it)?
Long gone are the days when we all had to rely on plug sockets for our power. Thanks to technology and science, we’re powering lights with bikes and buildings with people, and that big old ball of...
View Article10 cool facts about renewable energy
Sun, wind, sea, earth… no, it’s not the opening credits to 80s TV show Captain Planet (although the message is similar), it’s the four sources of renewable energy that are helping pave the way to a...
View ArticleFive cool eco-gadgets you didn’t know you needed
The eco-gadget market is massive. Ever since the words ‘climate change’ and ‘energy efficiency’ entered common lexicon, shops and manufacturers have been springing up all over the place, touting a...
View ArticleBeam me down, Scotty: How space-based solar power could solve Earth’s energy...
Remember the movie Armageddon, where Bruce Willis heroically goes into space to save the world from impending doom? The film probably wouldn’t have had quite the same effect had the leading man been...
View ArticleFive garden gadgets for a super summer
The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the temperature is positively soaring. Now’s the time to make the most of your garden, but if it’s looking a little unloved after months of rain and chilly...
View ArticleFeeling hot, hot, hot! How to make your own heat without lighting fires
When our Neolithic ancestors were feeling chilly they’d have to spend hours laboriously rubbing sticks together in order to get a fire going. Nowadays, we need only flick a switch to kick the central...
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