The deluge came from a burst giant metal pipe supposed to channel water from a reservoir higher up to an electricity-generation station in the village.
Polluting coal- and gas-fired power stations will give way to cleaner alternatives such as solar and wind; fuels derived from plants and waste will supplant petrol and diesel; and small, local forms of electricity generation will replace mammoth power stations feeding far-flung grids.
What's more, the UK is on track to comfortably exceed its targets, albeit largely because of the "dash for gas" encouraged by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister, which led to the replacement of most of the UK's coal-fired electricity generation with gas-fired power stations during the 1990s.
The quake and tsunami forced it to shut 15 of its 17 nuclear power plants, and resort to thermal power stations for electricity generation, increasing its fuel costs.
In the UK, during 2012, electricity generation from coal-fired power stations actually increased to almost 40% of total production, as the price of gas soared, and gas-fired electricity generation was reduced.
There were two scenarios; one with BAU electricity generation and one assuming only solar charging station for the electric vehicles.
The relative contribution of the hydropower stations to the total electricity generation (megawatt per hour) is greater than that of the thermal power stations.
He said that if it was possible to harness the power of waves hitting the entire length of the Western Isles' Atlantic coastline on Monday, they would equate to 120 nuclear power stations on maximum electricity generation output.
AES Electrical applied to the Department of Trade and Industry for permission to build the station, which would have been twice as efficient as the coal-fired Stella stations and the first major electricity generation site built in Tyne and Wear in over 40 years.
Precisely because there will be a shortfall in electricity generation as a result of existing nuclear power stations going offline.
The landfill gas collected is used as a renewable energy source for electricity generation, thereby reducing CO2 emissions from conventional power stations fired by fossil fuels.
