{"id":7137,"date":"2016-09-09T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7137"},"modified":"2016-09-09T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:59:15","slug":"one-thing-learnt-week-moroccan-mosques-going-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7137","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week-Moroccan mosques are going green"},"content":{"rendered":"

"Tin<\/a>A large number of mosques are going green.\u00a0 Last week I was enthusing that some churches in the UK were switching<\/a> to green energy suppliers (see here<\/a>).\u00a0 This is a far more ambitious energy project. \u00a0 Some 15,000 Mosques across the country are planning to install solar PV, solar hot water as well as heat pumps and energy efficiency measures.\u00a0 They are hoping for a 40% energy reduction and that the kit is invisible to the ordinary worshipper.<\/p>\n

That Moroccan\u00a0mosques are going green has to be seen in a wider context.\u00a0 The Moroccan king has been taking his country in a green direction mimicking Germany.\u00a0 Except that for the most part the solar power is not PV but very large installations of concentrating solar power placed in the desert.\u00a0 These installations are set to use molten salt.\u00a0 By doing so they work even after dark providing pretty much 24\/7 solar power.\u00a0 Something that is only possible in hot countries of course.<\/p>\n

In these days of Islamic extremism and terrorism and with real doctrinal disagreement between our faiths its nice to have areas where we can cooperate and agree and this area of the environment is surely one of them.\u00a0 There are also lessons for historic churches, many Mosques are beautiful historic buildings.\u00a0 Come on Christians become a bit more ambitious!<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A large number of mosques are going green.\u00a0 Last week I was enthusing that some churches in the UK were switching to green energy suppliers (see here).\u00a0 This is a far more ambitious energy project. \u00a0 Some 15,000 Mosques across … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,37,7,17,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-energy","category-energy-conservation","category-faith","category-one-thing-we-have-learnt-this-week","category-renewables","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nOne thing we have learnt this week-Moroccan mosques are going green - The oil lamp - shining God's light on peak oil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7137\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7137\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7137\",\"name\":\"One thing we have learnt this week-Moroccan mosques are going green - 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