Showing posts with label renewable energy blog review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label renewable energy blog review. Show all posts

Monday, 1 February 2010

Which renewable energy headline raised your eyebrow?

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Following on from Chris Brogan's excellent blog post where he looked back over his past months post titles and evaluated whether they were effective enough, we though we'd do the same but with a slight twist.

We've listed Solar Panel Quoter - The Blog post titles for January 2010 below (with links to the actual story).

The question we'd like to ask you is - Do you think we're achieving the right balance of posts across the different renewable energy forms available? What would you like to see more of (or less for that matter)? We had fun just reviewing our daily posts - we hope you do to.

How warm is your office?
Feed in Tariffs for the UK - Rates may not be ambitious enough
Protecting your rainwater harvesting system from frost damage
Job seekers pay detective to seek out Green Companies
Toyota Prius saves 7 million tonnes of CO2
Energy saving - Green lessons for all
Powering your motorhome with solar energy - one couples success
Feed in tariffs boost Italy's solar panel market
Ho Ho oh! Festive energy saving lightbulb giveaway not too bright
Offshore wind industry to spend 50% more than oil / gas counterparts
Half of Britain's homes to be powered by wind but it could be bad news for jobs
Micro-renewable technologies for small & medium sized businesses to get funding
Small businesses could be wasting £3bn of energy a year
It's green energy but don't expect a cut in your energy bills
Wind power in the USA - don't hold your breath
How to keep solar panels working efficiently during Winter
DIY solar panel fitters in California could lead the way
Review of 2009 - our favourite renewable energy posts
Central heating boiler scrappage scheme in England announced
New mobile phone for Christmas? Recycle your old mobile phone
Couple recall excitement on day their solar panel inverter was fitted
Photovoltaic solar panel installation costs not what they seem

What caught your eye?

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Thursday, 7 January 2010

Review of 2009 - our favourite renewable energy posts…


Review of 2009 - our favourite posts…

2010 - A New Year - time to look forward with eager anticipation of all the things to come. But as someone once said, only by knowing where we've been, can we know where we're going. So we thought we'd take a moment out to look back over the first 5 months of Solar Panel Quotes Blog posts and pick out our monthly favourites.

August 2009 - Government subsidies could save 14m tonnes of carbon emissions a year:
"A micro-scale solar energy revolution would depend on the government stimulating the market with rebate schemes with an attractive financial incentive. And I don't mean for a year or two. For widespread uptake of solar panels to occur in the UK, sustained policy support will be required."

September 2009 - Energy Doctors to be pioneered in London:
The Gov Monitor reported that Energy 'Doctors' and loans for solar panels were among the green projects which would be pioneered in 10 'low carbon zones' in the capital as announced by the Mayor of London.

October 2009 - Clear requirements for real-time energy displays or smart meters:
With news that the Government intends to put a smart meter in every home by 2020, we found this report by the Centre for Sustainable Energy which looked into what homeowners really wanted from a smart meter.

November 2009 - Where there's muck, there's Solar Panels:
When it comes to solar panel installation, you need two things. The Sun and somewhere to mount the solar panels. We reported how in New Jersey (USA), they've hit upon a novel location - the 'wasted' space above sewage processing tanks. It just goes to show that we've got to be a bit creative about where we can site solar panels if we're to make the most of this and other forms of renewable energy.

December 2009 - Farmer diversifies to add value to his farm with renewable energy source:
A Welsh farmer installs a £20,000 hydro generator in his old farm buildings and 18 months later is proud of the energy savings he's making in running his 300 acre farm. Now all he has to do is pray for rain. Beautifully illustrates the quick pay back period when you factor government grants and other local aid into the installation costs not to mention the annual savings you can make by adopting renewable energy into your life.

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