Lower your emissions, Help our environment heal

Energy generation is a massive industry across the globe, and where you get your energy from is important, as you may be negatively impacting the environment far more than you realize.  

We’ve said before that relying on the national grid comes with negative consequences for the world around us, and it’s for this reason we push switching to renewable sources and being more self-sufficient. 

At the end of 2024, Ratcliffe-On-Soar Power Station, near Nottingham was closed, marking the end of Coal Power Stations and coal as a fuel for electricity generation. An amazing step done towards a cleaner environment, but in its final year alone it was still able to generate over 2.7 million tonnes of CO2 and would contribute to anywhere between 1 and 4% of the UK’s entire greenhouse gas emissions, which being able to do alone was a huge problem.   

But the United Kingdom operates gas power plants across the country, with our nearest one being the Seabank Power Station in Bristol.  Whilst better than Coal plants, gas plants release a lot of nasty things into the air, producing and emitting nitrogen oxide, a contributor to smog and respiratory problems, as well as sulphur and mercury. Exposure to the burning of this natural gas can lead to respiratory and cardiovascular problems, making them detrimental to both the environment and your health. Gas plants emit CO2 and CH4 (Carbon and Methane) into the atmosphere, which lessens the positive impacts that they aim to make through burning natural gasses. 

Thankfully, and fortunately. In the last few years, the UK has also begun to adopt hydroelectric plants as well as on and offshore wind farms for the supply of energy, pushing towards more renewable energy solutions to tackle the issue of carbon emissions. 

But the cost of that is unreliability, visual and audible pollution, as well as being area dependent, a wind farm in a bad location will mean it requires other energy sources to make up for what it can’t produce. 

Hydroelectric plants on the other hand outright will disrupt the ecosystem around them. Dams and reservoirs can flood large areas meaning wildlife can get displaced and river ecosystems get severely altered. 

The operation of these grid sources draws back a lot, undoing any potential good their renewable solutions do. Which is why moving away from them to generate your own electricity is beneficial towards saving our environment and cleaning our home. 

Every person who switches from the national grid to solar energy is contributing greatly to making a difference, to getting our ecosystem back on track, cleaning our air and our environment. Relying less on gas energy and moving to Solar PV, swapping out your fuel-based car for an electric car and charger. There are many options you can choose from on making your swap to renewable energy, with government relief schemes to help you paying for it, the UK government is striving towards a greener future, recognising now that it is imperative we change our habits and help our planet for our own future. 

What can you do? 

Your first step into making the change is always planning. How many Solar Panels can you fit on your roof? At what angle do you need them to be to maximize output, where can you fit your inverter and storage, if you have an electric car, where can you put your charger? These are all important things to consider before moving ahead with a team to get an installation completed. 

After going through all the initial concept and getting your planning permissions approved as well as a good understanding of your local regulations, you can reach out to a team to get a quote on how much your plans will cost to be brought to life. 

After you complete your quote and a team has visited you to go over the plans, soon will the installation begin, and soon after will it be finished. You, from that moment will begin distancing yourself from the national grid, producing clean energy, lessening damage to the environment drastically, and you join the collective effort to help our planet rather than harm it by pushing these harmful sources to the backend. 

Our planet is important; it is ours for a reason and it’s the only one we’ve got. This is our home and in recent years the realization has kicked in that we need to start taking better care of it. Renewable energy sources are at the front of that effort, and now is the best time to make that change. 

We at Kendrick Renewables can deliver a quick, detailed service that turns around in days. Contact us for a free quote and let us help you make the jump to renewable energy! 

Written by Karik Childs