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Ecotricity was a winner in the 2007 Ashden Awards for sustainable energy. The awards congratulated Ecotricity for its environmental contribution, saying: "The company's turbines are delivering 46 GW·h/yr of renewable electricity and avoiding around 46,000 tonnes of CO 2 emissions a year. The installed capacity is expected to double by the end ...
The scheme was launched in February 2010, with the UK's Big Six energy suppliers as members as well as Good Energy. Ecotricity elected not to join the scheme citing concerns about the additionality rules. [19] All suppliers offer domestic tariffs, but only some have offered small business tariffs under the scheme.
Dale Vince OBE (born 29 August 1961) is a British green energy industrialist. [6] A former New Age traveller, [7] he is the owner of the electricity company Ecotricity. [8] Born in Norfolk, he founded the Renewable Energy Company in 1995 and launched his first wind turbine in 1996.
In July 2021, Ecotricity Group made a cash offer for the rest of the shares which implied a value of almost £60 million for the whole company. The offer was rejected by Good Energy on 22 July [ 25 ] and the bid lapsed after failing to reach 50% acceptance by shareholders.
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The UK historically had a coal-driven grid that generated large amounts of CO 2 and other pollutants including SO 2 and nitrogen oxides, leading to some acid rain found in Norway and Sweden. Coal plants had to be fitted with scrubbers which added to costs. [108] In 2019 the electricity sector of the UK emitted 0.256 kg of CO 2 per kWh of ...
The Nemesis is a Lotus Exige modified by British company Ecotricity. According to Dale Vince, the director of Ecotricity, the car was meant to "smash the boring, Noddy stereotype of the green car". [1] It took two years, a team of F1 engineers, and £750,000 to make, including £350,000 of Dale Vince's own money.
100Green, operating as Green Energy (UK) Ltd, is a British independent-energy company based in Ware, [1] Hertfordshire. It was established in 2001 by CEO Douglas Stewart. [2] The company provides Ofgem-certified renewable electricity and green gas to domestic and business customers throughout Great Britain. It is currently the only energy ...