Ecotricity

Ecotricity was one of the earliest green energy suppliers. So who are Ecotricity and what exactly do they provide?

Ecotricity supply electricity and are an electricity company with a difference. Since 1995, Ecotricity has been building wind turbines and supplying electricity across the country, with customers including The Body Shop and WWF.

Ecotricity is harnessed from natural sources, like the wind, the sun and water, that don't pollute and don't contribute to climate change.

Ecotricity call these Deep Green, because they're the ultimate in clean electricity generation. They don't involve any burning and offer a pollution-free, endless source of electricity.

Creating new Deep Green sources is crucial in the fight against climate change. And that's where Ecotricity come in. They're building 500MW of new Deep Green energy by 2010. This is a significant boost to green electricity capacity in the UK and will have a major positive impact on the environment; reducing Carbon Dioxide, other gas emissions and pollution.

Every unit of green electricity that Ecotrocity make directly replaces electricity normally generated from conventional polluting sources.

There are other sources of green electricity. Ecotricity call these Pale Green, because in most cases they involve some form of burning and there is some associated environmental impact. Examples of Pale Green sources include sewage, landfill gas and biomass.

The first two provide a non-intermittent and comparatively cheap source of power and in most cases enable significant greenhouse gas savings compared to conventional sources. Pale Green sources helped Ecotricity to kick start the UK 's green electricity market place.

Today Ecotricity's focus is on building new Deep Green capacity: the most important factor in reducing the threat of climate change.

If you would like to see how Ecotricity domestic electricity compares in price with other renewable electricity suppliers and where it is placed on The Friends of the Earth Green Energy league table, please feel free to use our Green Energy Search.

Is it easy to transfer my electricity supply to Ecotricity

Using the Energylinx Green Energy Comparison, it is extremely simple to compare Ecotricity with all other green energy suppliers. If you find that Ecotricity has the ideal electricity tariff for you, you can transfer your supply online, quickly and completely securely.

Energylinx will write to your electricity supplier to place them on notice, monitor the actual transfer process for you, help set up and cancel existing direct debits you may have to pay for your electricity.

It takes a few seconds to compare electricity from Ecotricity with all other green energy suppliers using the Energylinx Green Energy Comparison. You can then arrange the transfer swiftly and securely online.

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