Green living, Science & Technology, Nov 4th, 2010,
Ecotricity, the UK’s leading green energy company, today launches the first high performance electric sports car designed and built entirely in the UK. The car, called the “Nemesis”, is faster than a V12 Ferrari, doing 0-100 mph (160km) in 8.5 seconds. The electric sports car can reach 170mph (273km) per hour). Apart from being an electric sports car, which makes the Nemesis already pretty unique, the car will also be powered entirely by 100% green electricity made by Ecotricity’s UK network of 51 windmills. It runs for 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240km) between charges depending on driving style…
Tags: Ecotricity, electric sports car, renewable energy, U.K.
Green living, Science & Technology, Dec 1st, 2009,
U.K. energy provider Ecotricity is mostly known in Great Britain as a wind power company. But now the self-proclaimed ‘world’s first green electricity company’ is moving into the natural gas market. Biogas or ‘green gas’ is sustainable gas sourced from food waste and sewage, which would otherwise end up in landfills. It can be added to and eventually replace the ‘brown gas’ that is distributed by the U.K.’s National Grid. A story appearing in the Guardian on November 22nd details Ecotricity’s plans and its mission to bring biogas to British consumers. ‘Britain discards about 18 million tonnes of food waste…
Tags: biogas, Ecotricity, food waste, green gas, UK
