Articles and Case Studies from Carbon Trust

Is marine energy about to go mainstream?

Why the costs of wave and tidal power could soon plummet - viewpoint from Dr Stephen Wyatt, Head of Technology Acceleration, Carbon Trust As the marine industry gathers in London for its annual get together one thing is clear; the sector is ...

Feb. 27, 2013 Stephen Wyatt

Can we do without nuclear?

James Smith, Chair of the Carbon Trust, considers the options for investment in low carbon electricity The euphoric phase on low carbon energy is over. There is no solution that is clean and cheap and always on. Yet we must make major investments ...

Feb. 19, 2013

Decentralised energy: powering a sustainable future

With rising fuel prices putting households under pressure, Helen Andrews Tipper, Public Sector Energy Programmes Manager, explains how decentralised energy schemes provide an alternative solution How we generate and consume energy is perhaps the ...

Jan. 21, 2013

Why it`s time to get serious about wave power

For most of us power from the sea means watching waves crashing on a beach or smashing up against a breakwater. But if you want to experience wave power at its most energetic then you need to be offshore. In fact you need to be over one hundred ...

Oct. 22, 2012 Stephen Wyatt

Six drivers for the development of Green IT

What are the forces pushing companies to green IT? Andie Stephens, Senior Consultant, Business Advice looks at six drivers for greener computing Dirty Data Earlier this year Greenpeace released a report titled "How Dirty is Your Data?" which ...

Oct. 15, 2012