Deserted beach at Praia Grande, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Cooling towers at the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Coal fired power station viewed from residential area, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Nuclear power station of Saint Laurent-des-Eaux, Pays de Loire, Loire Valley, France, Europe

Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ferrybridge Power Station, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Turf cut by machine laid out to dry at Mountrivers peat bog, County Clare, West of Ireland

Truck on road shows great height of a wind turbine in the landscape near Vix in the Loire Valley, France

Solar panels in Northern Spain

Wind turbines at Airtricity, Richfield Wind Farm at Kilmore, County Wexford, Southern Ireland

Turf cut by machine laid out to dry at Mountrivers peat bog, County Clare, West of Ireland

Electricity pylons cross the landscape in Valle de Tena the Pyrenees mountain range in Aragon, Northern Spain

Wind turbine at Airtricity, Richfield Wind Farm at Kilmore, County Wexford, Southern Ireland

Turf cut by machine laid out to dry at Mountrivers peat bog, County Clare, West of Ireland

Solar panels in Northern Spain

Turf laid out to dry at Mountrivers peat bog, County Clare, West of Ireland

Wind turbine at Airtricity, Richfield Wind Farm at Kilmore, County Wexford, Ireland

Geothermal electrical power station at Wairakei, New Zealand.

Rugeley Power Station, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Miscanthus, elephant grass, alternative energy crop grown for fuel, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Miscanthus, elephant grass, alternative energy crop grown for fuel, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Geothermal electrical power station at Wairakei, New Zealand.

Miscanthus, elephant grass, alternative energy crop grown for fuel, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Charging station for electric cars, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Ferrybridge Power Station, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sirius clouds and power cable poles, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Solar panels at Murlo in Tuscany, Italy

Three wind turbines at Airtricity, Richfield Wind Farm at Kilmore, County Wexford, Ireland

Wind turbines for wind power in meadow in rural Normandy, France

Nuclear power station of Saint Laurent-des-Eaux, Pays de Loire, Loire Valley, France, Europe

Winter Fenland scene, Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial view of river and countryside near the nuclear power station of Saint Laurent-des-Eaux, Pays de Loire, France, Europe

Wind turbines for wind power in meadow in rural Normandy, France

Solar panels at old restored farmhouse at Murlo in Tuscany, Italy

Climate change heaven and hell, emissions from a Tata steel works in Ijmuiden, with a wind turbine, Netherlands, Europe

Climate change heaven and hell, emissions from a Tata steel works in Ijmuiden, with a wind turbine, Netherlands, Europe

A machine used for turning plastic into oil, to generate electricity is demonstrated to crowds in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Electric cars recharging, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hideous air pollution from the Syncrude upgrader plant, Alberta, Canada, North America

Piping for the ground source heat pump at the Hyning in Grayrigg, an old farmhouse and barns being converted into eight holiday letting properties, near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Insulation blocks going into the building conversion at the Hyning in Grayrigg, an old farmhouse and barns being converted into eight holiday letting properties, near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Insulation in the stud walls of one of the bathrooms at the Hyning in Grayrigg, an old farmhouse and barns being converted into eight holiday letting properties, near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A protest camp against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning permission for commercial fracking fro shale gas, by Cuadrilla.

A protest banner against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning permission for commercial fracking fro shale gas, by Cuadrilla.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Hematology Analyzer for analyzing blood in one of the labs in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Varian nuclear proton therapy machine in the specialist cancer hospital.

A machine used for turning plastic into oil, to generate electricity is demonstrated to crowds in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) in field below power lines, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Uganda the haven resort near jinja. solar electric cells

Fly tipping in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) in field near electricity pylons, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

One of the triple glazed windows at the Hyning in Grayrigg, an old farmhouse and barns being converted into eight holiday letting properties, near Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) in field near electricity pylons, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) in field below power lines, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Solar panels used to power a lighthouse above Myrina on Lemnos, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

A green car show at the Eden Project, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ratcliffe on Soar, a massive coal powered power station in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Capturing methane from an old land fill rubbish dump on Walney Island near Barrow in Furness to convert to green electricity, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An HEP dam at Loch Lagan in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A flare off of gas at a petrochemical works on Teeside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Guthega Dam supplying the water to power Guthega power station as part of the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Guthega power station, part of the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Guthega Dam supplying the water to power Guthega power station as part of the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Heavy industry on Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A lone wind turbine stands defiant pointing to a more sustainable future, in Newcastle, the world's largest coal port, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

An HEP dam at Loch Lagan in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Hellisheidi geothermal power station in Hengill, Iceland, Polar Regions

Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland, Polar Regions

Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland, Polar Regions

One of the steam turbines in the turbine hall of Krafla geothermal power station, Iceland, Polar Regions

Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland, Polar Regions

Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland, Polar Regions

A poster in the St. Just Coop highlighting the fact that all of the Coop's supermarkets are powered by electricity generated from renewable energy, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An offshore wind farm off Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The jack up barge that hammers the monopiles into the sea bed fits a transition piece onto the top of the monopile, Walney Offshore Wind Farm, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The jack up barge that hammers the monopiles into the sea bed fits a transition piece onto the top of the monopile, Walney Offshore Wind Farm, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Offshore support and cable laying vessels, The Walney Offshore Windfarm, 15km off Barrow in Furness in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A photo voltaic solar power station in Ecija, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

A workman measures the depth of the borehole at a geothermal energy project by Newcastle University, funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ratcliffe on Soar, a massive coal powered power station in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Krafla geothermal power station near Myvatn, Iceland, Polar Regions

Energy saving lightbulbs

Heavy industry on Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The newly built Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth between Cumbria and Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Two sources of renewable energy on Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Andasol solar power station near Guadix with a wind farm in the background, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Guthega Dam supplying the water to power Guthega power station as part of the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

The jack up barge that hammers the monopiles into the sea bed fits a transition piece onto the top of the monopile, Walney Offshore Wind Farm, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A flare off of gas at a petrochemical works on Teeside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A truck laden with plastic heading for a recycling plant near Xian city, Northern China, Asia

Oil exploration, Cuyabeno, Ecuador.

Oil exploration, Cuyabeno, Ecuador.

Oil exploration, Cuyabeno, Ecuador.

Oil exploration, Cuyabeno, Ecuador.

Oil exploration, Cuyabeno, Ecuador.

Oil exploration, Cuyabeno, Ecuador.

Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - out testing with the Scotrenewables machine off Kirwall - Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd is a renewable energy research and development business based in the Orkney Islands.

Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - Tidal Generation Limited - backed by Rolls Rpyce -TGL is are currently operating a 500kWe concept demonstrator unit at The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Tidal site in Orkney. This has been generating since September 2010 and provides power for up to 300 homes.

Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - out testing with the Scotrenewables machine off Kirwall - Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd is a renewable energy research and development business based in the Orkney Islands.

Orkney Islands Sept 2011 Wave and Tidal Power shoot - out testing with the Scotrenewables machine off Kirwall - Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd is a renewable energy research and development business based in the Orkney Islands.