Money for new energy
Building energy strategies are changing thanks to the latest government incentives. Dr Tom Shelley reports
The self generation society
There is a growing movement towards generating electricity from wind and water locally, with rooftop wind turbines, small hydroelectric plants and solar photovoltaic cells.
Turning on the sun offers bright future
Increasing demand for photovoltaic solar cells has taken production at Sharp's factory in Wrexham from producing just 200 working modules in the first month of production in March 2004 to 2,400 panels per 24 hours on three production lines in February 2006, representing 110MW per year.