Including 12 closely related terms such as photovoltaic, photovoltaic, and solar panels.
… bring their idea into reality, and I wish East Cambs CAN every success with it. But we must continue to do more. So this year, in this Plan, we set out another set of Top 20 actions that we have challenged ourselves to achieve in the next 12 months. Real actions now, not vague commitments for a distant date. For example: • Installing photovoltaic (PV) solar panels on the Council’s E-Space…
… in emissions by 2035. Human activity contributes significantly to the increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that human activity has already caused 1°C warming above pre- industrial levels. If temperatures increase at the current rate, warming is likely…
… 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 P e r C ap it a Em is si o n s (t ) East Cambridgeshire UK National Average 16 Photovoltaics (PV) Wind Anaerobic Digestion Landfill Gas Plant Biomass (eg straw burning plant) Second, and more positive, is the evident trend in East Cambridgeshire (and nationally…
… (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…
… 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…