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0 It is important to find more environmentally friendly forms of power and use them to replace fossil fuels in the future. Things are going in the right direction – with more and more electric vehicles on the road, this means an improvement in air quality in high traffic areas, but there needs to be large scale changes made to improve the green energy and reduce carbon emissions.
Here are some of the forms of energy that can be used in the UK to help us to move away from using fossil fuels and hopefully look forward to a cleaner and greener future…
Nuclear Power – This of course can be controversial, and it is not possible to ignore the risks of accidents, not to mention the waste generated – however, it is generally a safe and clean form of energy when compared with fossil fuel based energy generation, and there are lots of safety procedures in place to prevent an accident as well as to ensure that waste is treated correctly so as not to be an environmental hazard.
Suffolk and Somerset are the locations of the two newest nuclear power plants being built in the UK, and in addition to clean energy they also bring extra jobs to the area.
Wind Energy – In the UK, a lot of energy is actually already produced. The coastline of the British Ilses is a great place for offshore wind turbines and in fact there are lots of wind farms as they are known around the coasts of the UK. In fact, the UK is home to the largest wind farm in the world, Dogger bank which is off the coast of Yorkshire, however others include Dudgeon and Humber gateway.
Not all wind farms are in the sea either – Clyde wind farm, one of the largest in Europe is located in Scotland and Whitlee wind farm which is also in Scotland also generates power from the wind. There are also future plans to build more wind farms around the UK.
Solar Power – Power generated from the sun is another great way to get greener energy, and many homeowners are getting the help of people like this solar panel installation Weston based company redbridgeandsons.co.uk/solar-pv-panels/solar-panel-installation-weston/ to power their homes this way.
As well as being great for individual homes, there are also numerous solar farms around the UK to generate more energy.
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