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Green energy - Green explained
The term
"Green Energy" is often used but rarely understood as
there are many shades of green, meaning different things to different
people. Many consider that if their electricity supply is
Climate Change Levy (CCL) exempt
then it is green energy whereas it may merely be CCL exempt electricity.
Stating the obvious, there is a significant difference between wind
turbines and waste incineration.
The sources of CCL
exempt electricity are wind turbines, landfill gas generation, bio-mass
generation, wave power generation, some combined heat & power
(CHP) schemes, waste incineration etc.
Many would agree that
the greenest of green electricity is produced by those generators
that receive Renewable Obligation Certificates
(ROC's) in addition to CCL Levy Exempt
Certificates (LEC's) and these include wind turbine, bio-mass
generation and wave power etc.
Whether you
are a renewable generator or a customer, then contact
Guardian Energy for advice on this complex area.
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