Vote for your favourite energy source
We give our customers the power to choose where we get our energy from. Each year, we'll let our customers
vote for either wind, solar, hydro or biomass. We'll then make agreements to source our energy
according to each share of the votes. You can read more about where we sourced our energy from last year
on
Our energy sources
page.
If you're a customer then you can vote below!
Wind
The UK is one of the best locations for wind power in the world and could power itself several times over using just wind power. We're the world's sixth largest producer of wind power behind China, USA, Germany, India and Spain.
Solar
Solar cells, also known as Photovoltaic (PV cells), convert sunlight directly into electricity. Sunlight hits the surface of the cell and causes the electrons to move. This creates a current in each cell, which is combined to produce useful amounts of electricity. In 2016 the UK generated 3.4% of its total electricity using solar power.
Hydro
The majority of hydroelectric power comes from dams where they release water from height, and this drives a water turbine and generator. There are also hydroelectric power stations on rivers, which often have no reservoir capacity, so only water coming from upstream can be used for generating electricity, and any oversupply goes unused.
Biomass
Biomass is organic material that comes from plants and animals, often in the form of wood pellets, waste wood or animal manure. Biomass ultimately contains stored energy from the sun and when burned, the chemical energy in biomass is released as heat. This heat is then used to produce steam or gas to drive a turbine and generate electricity.
Tidal
Tidal power is a form of hydropower that converts the energy produced by the surge of ocean waters during the rise and fall of tides into electricity. Although tidal energy has been around for a while, it is only due to recent advancements in technology that costs have been brought down and tidal has become a viable competitor to solar and wind.
Vote For Your Favourite Energy Source
We give our customers the power to choose where we get our energy from. Each year, we'll let our customers vote for either wind, solar, hydro or biomass. We'll then make agreements to source our energy according to each share of the votes. You can read more about where we sourced our energy from last year on Our energy sources page.
If you're a customer then you can vote below!
Wind
The UK is one of the best locations for wind power in the world and could power itself several times over using just wind power. We're the world's sixth largest producer of wind power behind China, USA, Germany, India and Spain.
Solar
Solar cells, also known as Photovoltaic (PV cells), convert sunlight directly into electricity. Sunlight hits the surface of the cell and causes the electrons to move. This creates a current in each cell, which is combined to produce useful amounts of electricity. In 2016 the UK generated 3.4% of its total electricity using solar power.
Hydro
The majority of hydroelectric power comes from dams where they release water from height, and this drives a water turbine and generator. There are also hydroelectric power stations on rivers, which often have no reservoir capacity, so only water coming from upstream can be used for generating electricity, and any oversupply goes unused.
Biomass
Biomass is organic material that comes from plants and animals, often in the form of wood pellets, waste wood or animal manure. Biomass ultimately contains stored energy from the sun and when burned, the chemical energy in biomass is released as heat. This heat is then used to produce steam or gas to drive a turbine and generate electricity.
Tidal
Tidal power is a form of hydropower that converts the energy produced by the surge of ocean waters during the rise and fall of tides into electricity. Although tidal energy has been around for a while, it is only due to recent advancements in technology that costs have been brought down and tidal has become a viable competitor to solar and wind.
Don't mind where it comes from?
If you don't have a preference on where your electricity is sourced from (as long as it's green, of course), that's ok too, just vote for 'any green will do'.
Last year's fuel source mix
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