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Car Club Report for 2011
The car club has just completed its 2nd year. We had 11 households in the club this year. The two cars did 19,000 miles and saved 6.3 tonnes of carbon which (interestingly) is 3.5 times the carbon saved by the … Continue reading
Penmaes School Visit
As part of the educational work Talybont Energy conducts Alison, Peter, Hilary and myself were asked to pay a visit to Penmaes School in Brecon recently. The school specialises in providing teaching and facilities for children with learning difficulties and … Continue reading
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Tagged Educational Project, Electric Car, Penmaes school, Talybont-on-Usk Energy
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Paris launches ‘Boris Bikes’ scheme for electric cars
The Bolloré Bluecar vehicles can be hired by the half hour in a system similar to the French capital’s Velib bicycle hire service, or the similar ‘Boris Bikes’ in London. Unlike with car sharing systems already in existence, such as … Continue reading
Community car club achieves 10 tonnes goal
After 18 months, the Talybont Energy car club has just passed its original goal of saving 10 tonnes of carbon by replacing miles driven in petrol or diesel cars with miles driven in either Mr Chips (who runs on recycled … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 tonnes, biodiesel car, community car club, Electric Car
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June 2011 Car Club Report
Mr Chips (the biodiesel car) is continuing to see regular use – mostly for long work journeys across the UK. He’s done over 1000 miles in June averaging 82 miles over 13 trips and saving 292kg CO2 (includes lift sharing). … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiesel car, community car scheme, Electric Car
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April Car Club Report
Another fairly busy month for Bluebell and Mr Chips – 1537 miles and 498 kg carbon saved thanks to some lift sharing on those journeys. We have now reached 8.6 tonnes carbon saved – ever nearer to our original 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC countryfile, biodiesel car, community car club, Electric Car
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Car Club Report – March 2011
We are delighted to have Bluebell back in action with a brand new battery set installed. We are, however, out of guarantee now so any further battery deterioration or damage will be a cost to us. We are keen that … Continue reading
Talybont Car Project is 1 year old!
The experimental Talybont Energy car project started in February 2010 and has now completed its first year saving 7 tonnes of carbon by replacing and sharing car journeys in private petrol or diesel cars. The two cars (electric Bluebell and … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiesel car, carbon savings, Electric Car, Talybont energy car club
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October Car Project Report
The two cars (Mr Chips and Bluebell) have done 2106 replacement miles between them in October – saving 617kg CO2. The project has now saved 6.2 tonnes towards our goal of 10 tonnes by the end of February 2011. After … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiesel car, community car share, Electric Car
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Talybont Energy at the Green Fair
The recent Brecon Beacons Green Fair showcased a range of innovative renewable energy and green products alongside the Brecon Food Festival held on the same day, Saturday the 2nd of October. Talybont Energy took Bluebell the electric car and the … Continue reading