Nuclear Power is NOT the answer to Climate Change !

Switch to a non-nuclear tariff

Many people are against the UK Government’s plans for new nuclear power stations and there are a number of actions that can be taken to oppose new nuclear.

Most of us are supplied with electricity which includes a proportion of nuclear power. Even some ‘green’ tariffs include nuclear power in their fuel mix, and others which are nominally 100% renewable are really just juggling the supplier’s fuel mix to give their green customers more of their renewable electricity, meaning that other customers are given an even higher proportion of nuclear and fossil fuels.

And all of the big six suppliers (or their parent companies) are believed to be in the running to build new nuclear power stations in the UK. (More >>)

We believe that the best electricity tariffs are those from suppliers who don't purchase any nuclear power in order to supply any of their customers.

We have only been able to identify three suppliers who do not include any nuclear power in their overall fuel mix: Good Energy, Green Energy UK and LoCO2 Energy.

 

Supplier Tariffs Tariff details Company fuel mix
Good Energy 100% Renewable 100% of the electricity comes from renewable energy sources; generated entirely from wind, small-scale hydro, wave and solar power. company fuel mix 100% renewables
Green Energy UK Deep Green 100% of the electricity supply coming from renewables including wind, solar, combined heat and power (CHP), small-scale hydro-electric, energy from biomass (miscanthus grass and woodchip) and organic waste material (pig waste). company fuel mix 45% renewables, 54% natural gas, 1% other
  Pale Green Supplies 10% renewables above the Government-set renewables obligation (7.9% for 2007/08 rising to 15.4% by 2015/16), with the rest coming from good quality gas-fired Combined Heat and Power (CHP) projects. company fuel mix 45% renewables, 54% natural gas, 1% other
LoCO2 Energy Planet With the Planet tariff 100% of the electricity supplied is matched with electricity obtained from renewable energy sources: hydro, wind and solar power. company fuel mix 47% renewables, 53% natural gas
  Pocket+ 100% of the electricity supplied under the tariff is matched with electricity obtained from renewable energy sources from a wider range of renewable sources than the company’s Planet tariff, including hydro, wind, solar and technologies using agricultural wastes and vegetable oil. company fuel mix 47% renewables, 53% natural gas
  Pocket /
Pocket Fixed 		This is LoCO2 Energy's economy tariff designed for cost conscious customers who still want to act on CO2. Electricity is sourced from renewable technologies (20%) and natural gas (80%) from good-quality CHP. company fuel mix 47% renewables, 53% natural gas
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You can sign up for any of these tariffs at Green Electricity Marketplace.

For other actions to oppose nuclear power, and information on why it isn’t the answer to climate change, visit No 2 Nuclear Power.