Ashley Cooper / 'Stop Methane Mining on Barton Moss' sign on Chat Moss peat bog, to protest planning permission for fracking and coal bed methane mining, Manchester, England, UK. November 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Methane, extracted from an old landfill site on Walney Island, to power a biogas generator producing green electricity, Cumbria, UK, with the Ormonde offshore wind farm in the background. February 201...

Ashley Cooper / Methane, extracted from an old landfill site on Walney Island, to power a biogas generator producing green electricity, Cumbria, UK, with the Ormonde offshore wind farm in the background. February 201...

Ashley Cooper / Methane, extracted from an old landfill site on Walney Island, to power a biogas generator producing green electricity, Cumbria, UK. February 2013.

Felis Images / Proton Arc - a rare red band of light in the aurora, with an oil pump. Alberta, Canada, March 2017.

Ashley Cooper / The Syncrude upgrader plant for processing tar sands to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers. Muni Seva Ashram, Goraj, near Vadodara, India, December 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Ashram's bio-gas plant, that is fed with food waste and manure and fuels the kitchens and the Ashram's vehicles. Muni Seva Ashram,Goraj, near Vadodara, India,

Ashley Cooper / Ashram's bio-gas plant, that is fed with food waste and manure and fuels the kitchens and the Ashram's vehicles. Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India. December 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Ashram's bio-gas plant, that is fed with food waste and manure and fuels the kitchens and the Ashram's vehicles. Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India. December 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Ashram's bio-gas plant, that is fed with food waste and manure and fuels the kitchens and the Ashram's vehicles. Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India. December 2013.

Ashley Cooper / AlgaeLink, an algae growing system used to produce ethanol and biodiesel oil from algae. This is more efficient than from growing traditional plant oil crops as it does not take as much space. Chamoni...

Ashley Cooper / Biodiesel production in Chamonix, French Alps, France, October 2007.

Ashley Cooper / AlgaeLink, an algae growing system used to produce ethanol and biodiesel oil from algae. This is more efficient than from growing traditional plant oil crops as it does not take as much space. Chamoni...

Ashley Cooper / AlgaeLink, an algae growing system used to produce ethanol and biodiesel oil from algae. This is more efficient than from growing traditional plant oil crops as it does not take as much space. Chamoni...

Ashley Cooper / E.ON's biofuel power station in Lockerbie, Scotland with Willow trees (Salix sp,) planted as a biofuel crop. The power station is fuelled 100 by wood sourced from local woodlands and generates enough...

Ashley Cooper / Willow trees (Salix sp) planted as a biofuel crop at E.ON biofuel power station, Lockerbie, Scotland. The power station is fuelled by wood sourced from local woodlands and generates enough electricit...

Ashley Cooper / Bio fuel petrol station in Ecija, Andalucia, Spain. May 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Bio fuel petrol station in Ecija, Andalucia, Spain. May 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Bio fuel petrol station in Ecija, Andalucia, Spain. May 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Biofuel boiler in the grounds of the Langdale Estate, Lake District. Since the installation of the biofuel boiler, which replaced an LPG gas boiler, the company has saved 30,000 a year in running cost...

Ashley Cooper / Woodchip hopper for a biofuel boiler in the grounds of the Langdale Estate, Lake District,Since the installation of the biofuel boiler, which replaced an LPG gas boiler, the company has saved 30,000 a...

Ashley Cooper / Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) grown for biofuel in Chapel Amble, Cornwall, England, UK. August.

Ashley Cooper / Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) grown for biofuel in Chapel Amble, Cornwall, England, UK. August.

Ashley Cooper / Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) grown for biofuel in Chapel Amble, Cornwall, England, UK. August.

Ashley Cooper / The new biofuel power plant at the Iggesund paper board manufacturer in Workington, Cumbria, UK with wind turbines behind. When commissioned the power station will fuel the plant as well as feeding po...

Ashley Cooper / Citronella eco logs made from recycled waste material.

Ashley Cooper / An AlgaeLink Algae growing system that is harvested to make ethanol and biodiesel Producing oil from algae in this way is much more efficient than from growing traditional plant oil crops like oil see...

Ashley Cooper / AlgaeLink, an algae growing system used to produce ethanol and biodiesel oil from algae. This is more efficient than from growing traditional plant oil crops as it does not take as much space. Chamoni...

Ashley Cooper / AlgaeLink, an algae growing system used to produce ethanol and biodiesel oil from algae. This is more efficient than from growing traditional plant oil crops as it does not take as much space. Chamoni...

Ashley Cooper / Traditional kitchen stove in a peasant farmers house in northern China. March 2009. The main fuel for the stove is dried maize stalks which is renewable and has a zero carbon footprint. The stove is a...

Ashley Cooper / Aerial view of mountains deforested for fuel and agricultural land, Malawi. March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / Aerial view of mountains deforested for fuel and agricultural land, Malawi. March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Coal on the dockside in Amsterdam, Netherlands. May 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Banners protesting at a site on Chat Moss in Manchester that has been given planning permission for fracking and coal bed methane mining, Manchester, England, UK. November.

Ashley Cooper / Banners protesting at a site on Chat Moss in Manchester that has been given planning permission for fracking and coal bed methane mining, Manchester, England, UK. November 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Test drilling site for shale gas near Banks on the outskirts of Southport, Lancashire, England, UK, September 2011.

Ashley Cooper / Protesters campaigning against fracking by Cuadrilla, as Cuadrilla appeals the local council decision not to allow fracking. Lancashire, England, UK, February 2016.

Ashley Cooper / Protesters campaigning against fracking by Cuadrilla, as Cuadrilla appeals the local council decision not to allow fracking. Lancashire, England, UK, February 2016.

Ashley Cooper / Bus in Delhi, India, December 2012. All of Delhi's buses run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), it is the worlds largest eco friendly bus fleet, and has helped to improve Delhi's air quality.

Pascal Tordeux / Spirulina (Arthrospira) cultivation in heated greenhouses, using waste hot water from a biogas production process, Spain, January, 2013.

Pascal Tordeux / Spirulina (Arthrospira) cultivation in heated greenhouses, using waste hot water from a biogas production process, Spain, January, 2013.

Pascal Tordeux / Three wind turbines in clouds, near Picardy, Ribemont, France, December 2011

Pat Tuson / Electric car recharging at an Elektrobay Electric Vehicle Recharging Site in a designated parking bay, Highbury Fields, London Borough of Islington, England UK

Pat Tuson / Electric car recharging at an Elektrobay Electric Vehicle Recharging Site in an urban street, London Borough of Islington, England UK

Pat Tuson / Electric car recharging at an Elektrobay Electric Vehicle Recharging Site in an urban street, London Borough of Islington, England UK

Pat Tuson / Ecotricity tent suggesting that people change to green electricity at London Green Fair (previously Camden Green Fair) London, England, UK, June 2011

Pat Tuson / Bunhill Energy Centre, uses heat created when producing electricity to provide heat to local homes, and providing combined heat and power (CHP). The enclosure is built from sustainably sourced green o...

Pat Tuson / Shipping container with Bio Fuel Made Here printed on the doors, Hackney City Farm, London UK

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Traditional firewood efficient oven, Bigodi, western Uganda

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Firewood efficient oven, Bigodi, western Uganda

Nigel Cattlin / Close up of Wheat (Triticumsp.) middlings, a by-product of flour milling that can be used for biofuel, green energy, animal livestock feed.

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...

Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines (fixed on sand...