Isles of Scilly

If you needed convincing that the UK is not exactly energy secure, this map produced by Good Energy should do it. By contrast, UK produced renewable energy has minimal carbon emissions, is an infinite resource and does not depend on other countries. Source: Green Energy, Renewable Energy Company Source: Green Energy, Renewable Energy Company

The Carbon MapUnderstanding carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change can be extremely difficult to comprehend sometimes. There are many different ways to represent carbon emissions - current, historical, per person, per country, etc.We read about the impacts of climate change but it's really hard to visualise it on a global basis. Where are the large populations and how much are they...

The Government have issued new rates of Feed in Tariffs (FiTs) as of April 1st for Solar PV installations. The rates are more or less the same as they were in March, 21p/kWh for domestic properties, but they are now linked to energy efficiency standards.All buildings the panels are fitted on must achieve Energy Performance Certificate grade D or above. This will be achieved on newer properties,...

In many places throughout the world honey bees numbers have been declining rapidly. Not only does this mean less honey available, but more seriously there is a threat that millions of acres of food crops (especially fruit and vegetables) won't be pollinated. Bees are absolutely critical to survival of the human species, and a reduction in bee numbers should worry us all.There are thought to have...

Down the road is a hand dug well that was once a very important source of fresh water for the residents of Middle Town on St Martin's. It goes down about 8 feet and is lined with hefty slabs of granite and steps down in to it. These wells were a common method of reaching groundwater on Scilly before the time of drilling machines and electric pumps. It's a good job we...

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The Isles of Scilly Renewable Energy Co-operative now have a website with lots of information about the organisation and what it's doing. http://isrec.org.uk/

On Thursday 1st March ISREC are holding an open day from 4pm to 7pm in the Old Weslyan Chapel on small scale wind power. It's a drop in session so call in when you like.Learn more about the feasibility study, the technicalities of turbines and the costs and payback periods involved.Further details of the community consultation will be provided soon.ISREC Open Day 1st March

ISREC are delighted to announce they've been awarded funding to undertake a small scale wind energy feasibility study. We feel this is a really important step forward in the renewable energy debate on Scilly and very much look forward to the findings of the study.There will be an opportunity to engage in the consultation process later in the month - more details nearer the time.Small scale wind...

ISREC are doing an awareness raising campaign to highlight the short window of opportunity available to people to benefit from installing a solar PV system before March 31st. Details are on the poster below.If you need any further information please don't hesitate to get in contact with us at enquiries@transitionscilly.org.uk. Paradise Power are qualified installers based on Scilly that can...