EcoEnergy Generation
EcoEnergy invests in the capital expenditure of installing financially viable sustainable and renewable energy sources including:-
- Onshore Wind
- Biomass
- Geothermal
- Solar
Onshore Wind
Onshore wind power involves harnessing the energy of moving air (wind),
on appropriate locations throughout the UK mainland.
Wind generation produces no carbon emissions and every unit of energy
generated by wind doesn’t need to be generated by carbon-producing
sources.
Generating electricity using wind power has the potential to reduce the
amount of electricity from fossil fuel power stations, thus reducing
emissions of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), sulphur dioxide
(SO²) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
Biomass
The term ‘biomass’ means any plant-derived organic matter available on a
renewable basis, including:
- Dedicated energy crops and trees;
- Agricultural food and feed crops;
- Agricultural crop wastes and residues;
- Wood wastes and residues;
- Aquatic plants; and
- Animal wastes.
Converting biomass for electrical generation is often called
‘bio-energy’, although different organisations and countries interchange
the terms biomass and bio-energy.
Today, biomass usually involves large-scale uses and aims to substitute
for conventional fossil fuel energy sources. It includes forest wood and
agricultural residues, urban wastes and biogas and energy crops.
Geothermal
The technology behind geothermal involves capturing the thermal energy
stored in the earth’s interior for use either directly for heating or
indirectly in electricity production.
The constant up-flow of heat from the earth’s red-hot core makes for a
rich source of geothermal energy. In certain geological areas,
especially at margins of continental plates, the heat is shallow enough
for us to access and use for our energy needs.
Products like ground source heat pumps use a buried ground loop which
transfers heat from the ground into a building to provide space heating
and, in some cases, to pre-heat domestic hot water. As well as ground
source heat pumps, air source and water source heat pumps are also
available.
Solar
Solar energy involves capturing and harnessing the sun’s energy. This
can be done in two ways: directly, using the heat and light it carries
with it; or by converting its heat and light into other forms of energy,
such as electricity
Solar PV (photovoltaic) uses energy from the sun to create electricity
to run appliances and lighting. PV requires only daylight, not direct
sunlight to generate electricity and so can still generate some power on
a cloudy day.
Solar water heating systems use heat from the sun to work alongside your
conventional water heater. The technology is well developed with a large
choice of equipment to suit many applications.