Useful links

The following websites contain more information about renewable energy sources and related topics.

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For teachers

[Council for Environmental Education]

[Education for Sustainable Development site on the QCA national curriculum website]

Community energy-efficiency/renewable energy websites

[Scotland Scottish Community and Household Renewables Initiative]

[Clear Skies
Provides grants and access to sources of advice about renewable energy for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

[The Countryside Agency
Wants to deliver a demonstration programme for community renewable energy in the countryside

[The National Energy Foundation]
The National Energy Foundation (NEF) is an independent educational charity that operates an education service. Free information and activity sheets are available for download from the PowerEd website. NEF has a mobile renewable energy display, the Green Energy Machine (GEM) that is available for hire for presentations to schools within a 2 hour drive from Milton Keynes.

Renewable energy kits are also on sale, which are proving invaluable for teachers to use as hands-on tools to enliven delivery of the curriculum in science, geography and ESD

PowerEd
For further information please contact Felicity Beaton on 01908 665555 or e-mail:felicity.beaton@nef.org.uk

[Ecodyfi]
Community Renewable Energy Project in Wales

 

For Students

[eco schools]

[Channel 4's geography site]
Offers some good material, including sustainable energy in Scotland, tectonic process and changing China

[Energy resources]
A very good renewable energy website created by Andy Darvill, a Science teacher at Broadoak Community School, Weston-super-Mare

[Geography Pages]
An excellent geography site with lots of links

[National Energy Foundation]
Includes a CO2 calculator, and info on renewable energy

[GLOBE]
An international scheme for investigating the impact of humans on the environment through pupils exchanging local observations with schools in other parts of the UK and the world. 400 UK schools are involved and Energy is one of the themes

[British Gas Think Energy]

[Renewable Power Association]
Covering renewable energy in the UK

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General research

[BBC]
Search the news archive for the key word you are interested in.

[Guardian Unlimited
The Guardian's website offers a comprehensive resource on energy issues. The 'Special Reports' section has an entire archive devoted to renewable energy.2004/5 stories included:

• 12 December: Islanders scorn £6m wind farm windfall. Hebridean protesters vow to destroy turbines despite promises of new jobs.
• 16 December: Hot rocks discovered 20 years ago by miners deep below Weardale in County Durham are to provide central heating for an eco-town of 4,000 homes.
• 26 August: Salad oil may fuel hydrogen car of future. Researchers yesterday unveiled a new fuel: clean, green and also good in a salad dressing.

CREATE]
The Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy is a not-for-profit education organisation promoting energy efficiency and sustainable development

[Green Energy
Green energy options can be seen at the website. This site is particularly good for information about renewable energy sources - follow the links]

[The Centre for Alternative Energy in Wales
Excellent site with all kinds of information. Try the virtual tour

[The Science Museum
Has a special section on energy, including information, games and quizzes

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Government sites

[Department of Trade and Industry website on renewable energy]

[Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: sustainable energy]

[Department for Education and Skills: education for sustainable development]

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Bio-energy

[UK boost for biomass fuel crops
BBC news story on bio-energy]

[Supergen
website focusing on biomass and bioenergy]

[Energy Power Resources
They own and run the Ely and Thetford bio-energy plants

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Geothermal-energy

[BBC geothermal energy
Story about geothermal energy in the UK]

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Hydrogen fuel cell technology

[Fuel Cell 2000 information centre]

[BBC fuel cell technology
story on fuel cell technology]

[Detroit news story
Iceland's hydrogen buses zip toward oil-free economy]

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Solar energy

[Oxford Brookes university
Solar energy site]

[Schools and homes energy education project]

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Wind and water energy

[British Wind Energy association]

[Wavegen
Try the Wavegen website for information on wave power]

Post 16 Students

[Open University]

[The Sustainable Technology Education Project (STEP)
STEP aims to increase people's awareness of sustainable technology, enabling them to recognise the economic and environmental impacts of their own technology choices]

[World Bank
Energy information from the World Bank, with more detailed, more difficult information for advanced students]

[Logpile
Promotes wood fuel in the UK. Look at the wood fuel and wood pellets sections]

[Renewable Energy Investment Club]

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Global warming

[River deep
Good summary of global warming and issues surrounding rising sea levels, with links to other sites. Go to 'Mapping Global Warming' (Jan 6, 2000)]

[Hadley centre
Global warming information: warning, complex information]

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Ludlow

[Census information for south Shropshire]

[South Shropshire District Council]

[Marches Energy Agency]

[Green Wood Trust in Ludlow]

[HEP turbine at Dinham weir in Ludlow ]

[Greenfinch Biogas Technologies]

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Pembrokeshire

[Pembrokeshire coast national park authority]

[West Wales Eco Centre]

[Wood Fuel resources in Pembrokeshire]

[Tidal power]

[World Wildlife Fund research paper on tidal energies]