COVID-19 has led to lock-downs. That, in turn, has led to less energy use, creating an opportunity for renewables to shine. They are becoming the lowest-cost energy source on sunny …
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Could Rising US-China Tensions Change Global Energy Markets?
The widening rift between the world’s two largest economies – the United States and China – has had analysts and market observers using the phrase ‘Cold War’ to describe how …
Read More »Why We Need to Declare a Global Climate Emergency Now
Our planet is no longer stable. Old certainties about the climate are evaporating as rising greenhouse gas emissions accelerate global warming. In June, a city in the Siberian Arctic recorded …
Read More »European Renewables Just Crushed Fossil Fuels
It’s official: in the first half of 2020, and for the first time, Europe generated more electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Not only that, but electricity is …
Read More »Europe Should Focus On Hydrogen For A Reliable And Flexible Energy Future
On June 25, ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel manufacturer, announced that it is investing in two routes to lower emissions by 30% by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2050. The company …
Read More »The UK Needs to Shore up its Strategic Mineral Supplies
As the age of the internal combustion engine draws to a close the starting gun has been fired on a new race — and China is already way out in …
Read More »Customizable Smart Window Technology Could Improve Energy Efficiency of Buildings
Windows play multiple crucial roles in our homes. They illuminate, insulate and ventilate our spaces while providing views of—and protection from—the outdoors. Smart windows, or windows that use solar cell …
Read More »Why Europe Must Lead A Global Green Recovery
As governments spend massively to revive economies, a huge battle has emerged around whether the economic recovery should also achieve other goals, particularly cutting the emissions that cause climate change. …
Read More »Hydrogen As A Sustainable Energy Resource
Today we live in an age of environmental emergency due to global warming, and not without reason. The consequences of this have become very palpable in the last 10 years, …
Read More »Study: Closing Coal Power Plants Won’t Budge the Needle on Climate Change
The speed of a global campaign to close coal power plants down is insufficient to make a major difference to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That was the conclusion of a …
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