A beach hut overlooking the North Sea has been snapped up for £65,000 within hours of going on sale. The hut, which measures 7ft 10in x 7ft and comes with its own electricity supply, sold for a record price in the area at around £20,000 more than others sold in Felixstowe, Suffolk. The boom in … Read more
A beach hut overlooking the North Sea has been snapped up for £65,000 within hours of going on sale. The hut, which measures 7ft 10in x 7ft and comes with its own electricity supply, sold for a record price in the area at around £20,000 more than others sold in Felixstowe, Suffolk. The boom in … Read more
Jersey’s foreign affairs minister has hit back at ‘disproportionate’ threats from France to cut off electricity to the island in a row over post-Brexit fishing rites Ian Gorst, external relations minister for the Channel Island, said ‘it is not the first threat that France has made’ over fisheries as he blamed ‘confusion’ around the post-Brexit … Read more
France has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to Jersey in retaliation at ‘revolting’ post Brexit rules restricting access to British waters. Paris and London have clashed over fishing in recent weeks, as French fishermen say they are being prevented from operating in British waters because of difficulties in obtaining licences. Last Friday The British government authorised 41 … Read more
Powerful computers ‘mining’ for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin are driving global warming as data shows they use vastly more electricity than all the internet tech giants combined. Bitcoin passed the $60,000 mark for the first time on Saturday, but its rocketing value again raises questions over the vast energy resources required to run machines that mine … Read more
Bitcoin passed the $60,000 mark for the first time on Saturday, again raising questions over the vast energy resources required to mine the cryptocurrency. On March 2, Bitcoin’s estimated energy consumption also reached its highest ever rate, hitting a staggering 130.90 terawatt hours (TWh) annualised. The following week on March 9, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates … Read more
Three giraffes are fatally electrocuted by low-hanging electricity cables at Kenyan wildlife park WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Two giraffes died on Friday and another on Sunday after walking into live wires The incidents happened at the Soysambu Conservancy in Nakuru County The power company has said it will move the lines, which have reportedly caused the … Read more
A solar-powered prototype house built in Wales produces 30 per cent more electricity than it consumes over the course of a year, scientists have revealed. Over 12 months the house pulls 1,112 kWh of energy from the grid but generates a total of 1,458 kWh itself, creating a 31 per cent surplus which is all made … Read more
Renewables overtook fossil fuels to become the biggest source of electricity in the UK for the first time in 2020, a new analysis shows. Combined, wind, solar, bioenergy and hydropower – all renewable energy sources – generated a record 42 per cent of the UK’s power last year. Meanwhile, fossil fuels – mostly gas – produced 41 … Read more
MPs have been charging the taxpayer for extra gas and electricity while working from home during lockdown. Members of Parliament claimed £9.1 million in expenses despite working largely remotely during the first 2020 lockdown, compared to £8.2million in 2019. Between the stay at home order announced on March 16 and pubs reopening on July 4, … Read more