IKEA United Kingdom becomes renewable

Changes in the field of clean energy and responsible consumption must be accompanied by examples of large companies, and with regard to IKEA, we have already seen their contribution with the installation of charging stations, added in addition to the creation of the ikea sunnan, a desk lamp that uses a small solar panel that is associated with a rechargeable battery (a system very similar to the scientific calculators)

On this occasion, they have decided to go further, announcing that all stores this string, it has United Kingdom will be passed progressively to a renewable energy system, with the installation of a figure close to 39,000 photovoltaic solar panels, which will be deployed on the roofs of each of the branches.
This is added the purchase of a wind farm in Huntly, Scotland, where it will be able to generate some 12.3 MW of wind power per year, enough to supply energy at least a 30 per cent of all IKEA in the area, covering widely demand using clean energy.

This investment has a significance in the long term that includes a savings in the future in the rising price of energy, then adding your investments in wind farms already owned in Germany, Denmark and France, and continuing with large disbursements of money in this well sustainable and lasting.


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They endangered networks public recharging of EVs of the United Kingdom

It is becoming difficult to know the true political position of the Government of Great Britain in regards to the environment. Now it seems that another very announced eco-iniciativa can chinlock to an end. Apparently efforts to build recharging stations publicly accessible can be the following vìctimas of the cuts budget.

On the one hand, the británicosse pledged to be the Government more ecological history and he has established - for the first time in the world - legally binding emission reduction targets. On the other hand, have become major cuts to support solar energy projects on a large scale.
The guardian newspaper revealed that a report by the Department of transportation says that the network of electric vehicle charging stations would be underutilized, and would not be profitable and said that the population should recharge the car batteries at home or at work.
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