CO2 reduction in practice
Energy
Also by "buying" clean energy consumers can contribute to the
conservation of nature.
The Dutch energy distribution companies offer their customers a
choice between traditional electricity, generated by means of fossil
fuels, and "green electricity" generated by, for instance, wind or
solar energy. Green electricity is also offered by English and German
energy companies.
Green Electricity is slightly more expensive but the additional
proceeds are invested in new, clean energy projects. This is
supervised by the WWF that also checks if no more "green electricity"
is sold than has been generated.
Meanwhile tens of thousands of private persons in the Netherlands and
in Germany and the United Kingdom are already buying green
electricity. More and more large companies and government
institutions already have also made this choice for nature.