date: Wed Aug 22 18:31:00 2001
from: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
subject: green energy
to: s.torok

   Simon,
   A green energy scheme if we develop the idea of an EDP column on reducing C emissions
   .........

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     Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:58:59 +0100
     Subject: No, I'm not spamming you all...
     From: Steve Connor <steveconnor@easynet.co.uk>
     To: Aidan Roe <aidan@itemassociates.com>,
             Amanda Onwuemene <amandaonwuemene@netscape.net>,
             Donna Anderson <andersond@manccitecbl.org.uk>,
             Andy Bond <andy.bond@adis.com>,
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             Akiko Mizutani <akkomizu@hotmail.com>,
             Angela Bradley <angela.bradley@nwda.co.uk>,
             Rachel Barnes <Barnes.R@enterprise.plc.uk>,
             Ceri Chamberlain <c.chamberlain@snw.org.uk>,
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     ... Okay, so I've sent this to loads of people and you'll probably groan but
     IT'S IMPORTANT!!! It's about this global warming malarky:
     Utility and NGO make cheap renewable energy available nationwide
     Energy utility Innogy Plc and Greenpeace have launched a scheme providing
     renewable energy to all UK users at no additional cost.
     UK customers will be able to buy renewable energy at no extra cost
     Through its retail arm, npower, Innogy Plc. will enable all UK electricity
     users to choose to receive their bills under a new renewable brand called
     Juice, which will feed one unit of renewable energy to the national grid for
     every unit of electricity used by the customer. Npower says that theirs is
     the first consumer energy product to be sanctioned by Greenpeace, which is
     also selling Juice through its website, and wont cost more than npowers
     existing tariff.
     It is just as competitive as any other npower pricing scheme and some new
     customers may actually even save money, depending on where they live,
     company spokesperson, Geraldine Dunne, told edie, adding that to qualify for
     the scheme, customers must first switch to npower if it is not already their
     provider.
     The 60 million North Hoyle Wind Farm, which Innogy is developing four miles
     off the coast of North Wales, will eventually supply all Juice customers
     when it begins operating in 2003, but until then other renewables facilities
     will be used. These include onshore wind farms and a hydropower plant in
     Snowdonia. The North Hoyle farm will provide about 60-90 megawatts of energy
     with its 30 turbines, saving about 180,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from
     entering the atmosphere, npower said.
     The company hopes that Juice will add about 50,000 customers - North Hoyles
     total production capacity - to the tiny UK contingent of green electricity
     customers, numbering 18,000 currently since tariffs were introduced in 1999
     to help meet the governments targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
     This number compares to about 400,000 in the Netherlands, which has one
     quarter of the UKs population.
     Wind power alone could contribute up to four times the power produced in
     this country, Dunne said. We are very proud to be the first to get out
     there and engage people in the clean energy debate and to make it easy for
     them to get involved. Although many understand the importance of clean
     power, until now many dont know how to get involved and we intend to change
     this. Dunne told edie that a publicity campaign was being devised for Juice
     and that if the scheme achieved more subscribers than it could supply units
     of electricity, then it would lobby for a second wind farm.
     Schemes such as Juice, and the Governments new working group to help small,
     environmentally friendly electricity generators overcome development
     obstacles (see related story), will benefit Labours aim to generate 10% of
     UK electricity supplies from renewable sources by 2010. The current share of
     the market is only 2.8%. However, the Governments New Electricity Trading
     Arrangements (NETA) system for trading wholesale electricity (see related
     story) has been criticised by wind producers for imposing penalties on
     suppliers unable to accurately predict what they will produce.
     North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm is good news for Wales and good news for
     Britain, commented Matthew Thomas, npowers Juice project leader. And
     Juice, which will flow from the wind farm within two to three years,
      now paves the way for a significant shift towards clean energy. Our
     pioneering environmentally conscious customers will be driving demand for
     more renewable electricity and investing in the future environment at no
     extra cost to themselves.
     Juice offers hope by giving individuals a simple and effective way of doing
     their bit to fight climate change  through their electricity bill, said
     Matthew Spencer, head of Greenpeaces climate campaign. Now you can get
     climate friendly electricity, and send a clear signal to the government that
     you want to see the UK renewable energy industry grow.
     To register for Juice, customers anywhere in the UK can telephone the Juice
     hotline on 0800 316 2610 or apply through either npower or Greenpeaces
     websites.
     --
     Steve Connor
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     "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has
     come.'
     - Victor Hugo

