Including 12 closely related terms such as renewable electricity, renewable energy, and renewable.
…): CO2 emissions are slowly and steadily declining over the last 15 years, due mainly to the decarbonisation8 of the electricity grid, albeit the gap between East Cambridgeshire and the UK average remains very similar. Renewable Energy Generation But it is not all bad news in East Cambridgeshire. Whilst our per capita emissions are one of the highest in the UK, on the flip side…
… (and not reflected in the above statistics) we are also a high per capita producer of renewable energy. According to the latest BEIS data9 of September 2021, East Cambridgeshire generated 449,691 MWh of renewable electricity in 2020, a record year, and broken down as follows: Type of Renewable Energy MWh generated in 2020 Photovoltaics (PV) 95,213 Wind 307 Anaerobic Digestion 99,054…
… household uses around 4MWh per year (though this of course varies considerably from home to home), the amount of renewable energy generated in the district would power three times more than the homes we have. Of course, this statistic excludes other major electricity users in the district, such as businesses, schools and other public buildings, but nevertheless demonstrates that the district…
… reducing the carbon intensity of energy in the national grid, this is achieved by reducing the proportion of fossil fuels and increasing the proportion of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. 9 See Regional Renewable Statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics 17 district, on a total MWh basis…
…, and on a per household basis, and over 60% more renewable energy than the next best (Fenland), and twice as much as South Cambridgeshire or Huntingdonshire. Unsurprisingly, Cambridge City scores least favourable, producing less than 3% renewable energy per household compared with East Cambridgeshire, reflecting its very limited geographical area to install renewable energy infrastructure. District…