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UK youth enthusiastic about renewable energy, through games and education

Older children and teenagers learn about renewable energy and climate change in the new video game Fate of the World, a global strategy game …..94% said that offshore wind was the ‘fairest’ energy technology and 81% identified onshore wind. Ninety four percent supported solar energy

Growing up Solar – Solar Novus Today, by Nancy Lamontagne,19 Dec 10, Today’s children are growing up with solar power and other renewable sources of energy as part of their every day lives, but does this mean they view it as important ?

Older children and teenagers learn about renewable energy and climate change in the new video game Fate of the World, a global strategy game that lets players decide how the world will respond to rising temperatures, growing populations, dwindling resources, and crumbling ecosystems. The game includes real prediction models from University of Oxford climate change expert Dr. Myles Allen. The game has a renewables-focused pathway is aimed a maximizing solar, hydro and wind energy generation in all regions. It also includes some of the challenges of renewable energy such intermittency. A beta version of the game is currently available, and the full launch is expected in early 2011.

Although not all children will be exposed to renewable energy through their play, most will have some type exposure to it in school. A new report shows that this exposure is paying off.

A report from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change‘s Youth Advisory Panel to energy and climate change minister Charles Hendry found that of those that participated in a questionnaire, 94% said that offshore wind was the ‘fairest’ energy technology and 81% identified onshore wind. Ninety four percent supported solar energy while only 2.2% supported coal energy this exposure is already paying off. The report was based on DECC’s 2050 Pathways project and looks at the UK’s energy policies from the perspective of those people who will have to live with those decisions for their entire adult lives.

The report, ENERGY, HOW FAIR IS IT ANYWAY?, was drafted by young people aged between 16 and 25 who visited power stations, nuclear plants and projects promoting renewable energy sources to investigate the issues at first hand and met with experts, industry, pressure groups and innovators, to look at how we keep the lights on in 2050 while reducing carbon emissions.

Growing up Solar – Solar Novus Today

December 27, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, UK