HOUSEHOLDS in Southampton consume 7.1% less energy than four years ago. Greenpeace and the Energy Saving Trust said a drop in electricity consumption nationally was good news for the environment, but that there is more to do in improving our energy efficiency. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy data reveals that Southampton families consumed 3,748 kilowatt hours (kWh) on average in 2019 – the equivalent of running around nine fridge-freezers each over the year. That was 7.1% down from 4,032 kWh in 2015 – more than the South East’s average drop of 6.4% over the period. Despite an increase in the number of domestic electricity meters, from 106,800 in 2015, to 108,800 last year, there was a drop of 5% in the total amount of electricity sold in Southampton.
Light bulb and wind turbine HOUSEHOLDS in Reading consume 5 per cent less energy than four years ago. Greenpeace and the Energy Saving Trust said a drop in electricity consumption nationally was good news for the environment, but that there is more to do in improving our energy efficiency. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy data reveals that Reading families consumed 3,899 kilowatt hours (kWh) on average in 2019 – the equivalent of running around nine fridge-freezers each over the year. That was 5 per cent down from 4,107 kWh in 2015 – below the South East’s average drop of 6.4 per cent over the period. Despite an increase in the number of domestic electricity meters, from 68,800 in 2015, to 71,200 last year, there was a drop of 4 per cent in the total amount of electricity sold in Reading.
Homes are now using less electricity than five years ago. Image: PA HOUSEHOLDS across Cheshire are now using less electricity than they were five years ago. New figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy show that Cheshire West families consumed 3,737 kilowatt hours (kWh) on average in 2019 – the equivalent of running around nine fridge-freezers each over the year. That was 7.2 per cent down from 4,028 kWh in 2015 – the same as the north west’s average drop over the period. Cheshire East households are also using less electricity, at 4,022 kWh in 2019 compared to 4,249 kWh in 2015, but this was a smaller drop below the north west average.
so-called “small nuclear reactors”
Downing Street told the Financial Times, which it faithfully reported, that it was “considering” £2 billion of taxpayers’ money to support “small nuclear reactors”
They are not small
The first thing to know about these beasts is that they are not small. 440MW? The plant at Wylfa (Anglesey, north Wales) was 460MW (it’s closed now). 440MW is bigger than all the Magnox type reactors except Wylfa and comparable to an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor.
Only if military needs are driving this decision is it explicable.
”Clearly, the military need to maintain both reactor construction and operation skills and access to fissile materials will remain. I can well see the temptation for Defence Ministers to try to transfer this cost to civilian budgets,”
Households in Dorset consume 7.2% less energy than four years ago. Greenpeace and the Energy Saving Trust said a drop in electricity consumption nationally was good news for the environment, but that there is more to do in improving our energy efficiency. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy data reveals that Dorset families consumed 4,230 kilowatt hours (kWh) on average in 2019 – the equivalent of running around 10 fridge-freezers each over the year. That was 7.2% down from 4,560 kWh in 2015 – more than the South West’s average drop of 6.9% over the period. Despite an increase in the number of domestic electricity meters, from 178,000 in 2015, to 181,900 last year, there was a drop of 4% in the total amount of electricity sold in Dorset.