{"id":6139,"date":"2018-03-30T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2018-03-29T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T11:04:10","slug":"how-large-businesses-can-benefit-from-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/how-large-businesses-can-benefit-from-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"How large businesses can benefit from renewable energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>According to Apple, the large green spaces, wellness centre and 805,000 square-feet of solar panels at its second campus makes it the best office in the world. Here, Jonathan Wilkins explains how large businesses can benefit from renewable energy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple Campus Two, also known as the Spaceship, generates all of the energy required to power the 175-acre campus with renewable sources.<\/p>\n<p>The company is one of many that wants to invest in renewable energy technologies to operate more cleanly and become self-sufficient in energy generation.<\/p>\n<p>Over one hundred companies, including Ikea, AstraZeneca and Google, have signed up to RE100 \u2013 an initiative where businesses commit to self-generating 100 per cent of their electricity from <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/transforming-power-quality-for-the-renewable-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewable sources<\/a><\/span>. But, how can they achieve this?<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Microgeneration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Larger businesses can choose to part from the National Grid \u2014 the network that distributes power across the UK \u2014 and generate the electricity needed for their facility themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Building a micro grid can help businesses reduce fossil fuel usage and utility bills because of the increased control of the grid.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the equipment needed to power a micro grid are also reducing rapidly, improving the availability of these technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Government also designed a scheme to encourage more businesses to reduce the use of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone that installs and generates a certain rate of renewable energy is given a payment or Feed-in tariffs (FITs).<\/p>\n<p>Other countries are also incentivising the uptake of renewable energy. In France, the tax credit for energy transition provides 30% credit on infrastructure bought to improve energy efficiency in a facility.<\/p>\n<p>The US tax code offers taxpayers a production tax credit or a 30%t investment tax credit if they install renewable energy technologies.<\/p>\n<p>In Singapore, they are both encouraging renewable technology and discouraging the use of fossil fuels. In its 2017 budget, the Government of Singapore set out its plan to introduce a carbon tax to reduce emissions, targeting larger power stations and emitters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Problems with renewable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many incentives to invest in renewable energy technologies but there are some misconceptions about the reliability of these energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>While some sources depend on certain weather conditions to generate the highest return on investment in energy, it is unlikely that solar panels or wind turbines will cause blackouts if it\u2019s not sunny or windy at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The more sun or wind there is, the more solar or wind power is generated, but this energy is also stored so it can be used when needed.<\/p>\n<p>Changing or extreme weather can cause fluctuations that disrupt electricity flow in larger facilities. In particular, windy weather can cause surges that the grid cannot handle.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, still days may not provide the required amount of energy to power a facility.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to control these fluctuations is to distribute the generation of power.<\/p>\n<p>By distributing the renewable energy to a large space in smaller units rather than one large unit, any fluctuation will remain in one small unit, minimising the impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the capabilities of renewable energy technologies grow, more businesses and homeowners are seeing the benefits of self-generation.<\/p>\n<p>Before choosing to generate their own renewable energy, businesses need to be aware of any problems with installation as well as generation quality.<\/p>\n<p>Large businesses may have the resources to build the infrastructure needed for microgeneration but need to consider how best to introduce renewable energy to the facility.<br \/>\nCost, availability, urban planning and power quality are some of the many factors that will determine the success of self-generation.<\/p>\n<p>Moving to self-generation might not build a work space as innovative as Apple\u2019s doughnut-shaped spaceship campus.<\/p>\n<p>However, changing from fossil fuels to renewable energy can help businesses to reduce carbon emissions, reduce utility bills and support the growing renewable energy industry.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Wilkins is, marketing director of obsolete industrial equipment supplier, <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euautomation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU Automation<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Apple, the large green spaces, wellness centre and 805,000 square-feet of solar panels at its second campus makes it the best office in the world. 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