It's possible to influence the source mix of your energy supplies with some suppliers, such as with green tariffs, where you can have renewable, with or without nuclear generated fuel. Toshiba has now cancelled its plans for the UK Cumbria nuclear plant, following their other international nuclear issues.
Would you pay more for a nuclear generated power supply tariff, if it were to be offered by the UK's competitive energy suppliers, to help subsidise another nuclear power plant in the UK? Glad instead to increase sourcing of non-nuclear energy etc? |
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"There’s a huge wind farm off the coast of Brighton called ‘The Rampion’. I sometimes wonder if my electric comes from there.
Have you hotwired a connection to it  "
No but the wire was really big! |
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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago
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The UK Government has guaranteed the developers of Hinkley Point C - the state-owned industry of France and China - the minimum amount they will receive for the electricity it generates.
Currently, that minimum is twice the price of the wholesale market rate, which is falling.
So whether you like nuclear or not, you and I will be paying a tariff on our electricity bills to ensure the nationalised industry of China and France makes a profit.
The UK Government estimate the Hinkley tax will be £10 a year per bill-payer. The National Audit Office reckons £25 a year.
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"The UK Government has guaranteed the developers of Hinkley Point C - the state-owned industry of France and China - the minimum amount they will receive for the electricity it generates.
Currently, that minimum is twice the price of the wholesale market rate, which is falling.
So whether you like nuclear or not, you and I will be paying a tariff on our electricity bills to ensure the nationalised industry of China and France makes a profit.
The UK Government estimate the Hinkley tax will be £10 a year per bill-payer. The National Audit Office reckons £25 a year.
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Good point Sara! I'm assuming that you'd perhaps not like to encourage greater investment into UK nuclear power?
I'd prefer us to look for other sustainable energy supply options, including increasing the volume generated from wind and solar - as well as storage potential for that energy generated, rather than have increased nuclear plant builds, where the high volumes of waste troubles me immensely. But I realise that there are others who believe passionately in nuclear energy. The new Toshiba plant was forecast to generate up to 7% of our energy needs. |
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OP how do green energy tariffs work?
Surely when electricity is produced it's fed into the national grid. How can people choose to have green energy when everything produced is all going into the same pot? |
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"The UK Government has guaranteed the developers of Hinkley Point C - the state-owned industry of France and China - the minimum amount they will receive for the electricity it generates.
Currently, that minimum is twice the price of the wholesale market rate, which is falling.
So whether you like nuclear or not, you and I will be paying a tariff on our electricity bills to ensure the nationalised industry of China and France makes a profit.
The UK Government estimate the Hinkley tax will be £10 a year per bill-payer. The National Audit Office reckons £25 a year.
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Hinckley is a farce. Behind schedule even before the first digger was on site and undoubtedly massively over budget by the time it's finished. When will people realise that nuclear fission is not the answer?
We move away from fossil fuels because of the impact they have on us now only to rely on nuclear sources that will impact us for centuries, if not millenia. It makes no sense. |
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"Not absolutely sure I got the right supplier... but I'm pretty sure SSE will be the first supplier to use only wind/solar to power their customers soon."
Check out Ovo Energy, green electricity from only a renewable source. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Now just starting to convert all our lighting to 12v LED. Using a 50w solar panel, battery etc and the old disconnected storage radiator distribution box to provide lighting in the house. Early days but gradually weaning ourselves off the grid. Trying to be green but do worry about battery technology, the use and disposal, materials used in manufacturing. However in our neck of the woods a reliable electricity supply is not to be relied on. Keep getting these micro power cuts where it trips out for a second or so. Enough to shut down the computer or TV if you still have one of those |
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