Energy Security - Why Renewables Are The Answer

Energy security why renewables are the answer At Good Energy, we use the amazing 100% renewable power of sun, wind and water to match over the course of a year, the electricity you use in leaner sources of power in Britain, to your home. We're so building new create a more secure energy future for generations to come. The problem The solution UK energy mix is made up of too much dirty, imported fuel. Only 35% It's time for a new generation of cleaner, greener electricity to make up our energy of the fuel we use to generate electricity comes from the UK itself. mix. 10% 25% Invest in renewables from from renewables fossil fuels wind water sun biogeneration it's better for us and better for the planet. UK renewable electricity has shown tremendous growth since 2012 with generation up 28% of the fuel it used to generate electricity in 61.2% 2012 was imported. in 2013 15% Renewables made up almost of the electricity the UK generated in 2013 – enough to power up by 12% from 2011. Just 3 Russia 12.5 million Countries homes. Colombia 2. INorway Empower people to generate their own supply over a quarter of the fuel we use to generate electricity in the UK. communities farms schools businesses households But in total Good Energy has seen over a 40 Supply us with the fuel we need. 28%, growth in its network of home and- Countries commercial generators in the past 12 months. ver for the UK 50% Growth of small UK electricity is supplied from generators under the Feed-in Tariff, now number of the fuel 430,000 outside of Europe installations with a total capacity of 12GW. Fossil fuels can be very expensive. The price is hard to predict. And because we buy so much fuel from outside of the UK, When we use wind farms, it's impossible to control. hydro-generators and solar panels to generate our electricity, it's like pouring fresh water into the dirty pond of energy This isn't good news for our economy, and it isn't good news for our energy bills we all use. The more people use either. That's before we even consider the renewables, the cleaner the pond will become, and the cleaner and cost to the environment. more secure the future will look. OGood Energy How we worked it out: www.goodenergy.co.uk/energy-security-data Switch for Good