UK renewable energy production falls for second time in 2010

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The UK has suffered a second fall in renewable energy production this year, raising concern about the more than £1bn support the industry receives each year from taxpayers.

The drop in electricity generated from wind, hydro and other clean sources in the first half of 2010 could also be a setback to the coalition government's promise that the UK could help lead a "third industrial revolution" and create a low-carbon economy.

The DECC today said lower than expected wind speeds and rainfall led to a 12% fall in renewable electricity generated between April and June, compared to the same period in 2009. This setback follows a smaller but still notable decline between January and March, again compared to last year.

With a sharp drop in output from nuclear power stations as well, greenhouse gas emissions from each unit of electricity generated will inevitably have risen, at a time when the UK has pledged to cut such pollution, and is pressing other countries to do the same.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/30/uk-renewable-energy-production-drops

[TreasonousBastard]

1. But there are so many studies that show us this shouldn't happen.

[NNadir]

2. Ah, but if you print out the studies, and then burn them, you have more renewable energy.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Only if printed on recycled paper.

[NNadir]

4. Why? I guy from Maine that comes around here sometimes has no problem with using virgin

trees to make electricity.

He says it's renewable. I must really admire Cameroon. Almost all of their energy comes from virgin forests, rain forests.

They've converted those forests into open deserts that would be perfect for solar cells.