All articles by JP Casey

1. Too expensive, too dangerous: the accusations tightening the noose around nuclear power

   Nuclear power has long been touted as a solution to the world’s energy supply crisis. At its best, nuclear is…
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   12 Aug
2. Bigger is not always better: how small scale wind turbines could save the sector

   Renewable energy is accounting for an increasing amount of the global energy mix, and wind power is leading the way….
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   5 Aug
3. Co-owning a wind farm: a look at Ripple Energy

   On paper, the future of renewable power in the UK looks bright, with clean energy responsible for a third of…
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   29 Jul
4. Politics not technology: what must change for the world to go 100% renewable by 2050

   That the world is facing a climate emergency is no longer in doubt. The 20 warmest years in recorded history…
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   15 Jul
5. Bright futures: efficiency versus cost in solar cell production

   On the one hand, the future of solar power is bright. Greater demand for solar cells has slashed installation prices…
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   1 Jul
6. What is the best energy sector to work in?

   Fuels The fuels sector employed 1,127,600 people in 2018, adding 52,000 jobs, an increase of 4.8%. The petroleum industry added…
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   26 Jun
7. Orbital solar power: beaming the sun’s rays back down to Earth

   In 2017, China invested $125.9bn into renewable energy sources, almost half of the global total, as the country looks to…
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   27 May
8. UK pledges £20m to nuclear fusion technologies in 2018 Budget

   The UK Government announced yesterday a financial commitment to nuclear fusion technologies as part of the 2018 Budget, which it…
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   30 Oct
9. Breakthrough materials could improve battery efficiency

   Researchers from ETH Zurich and Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratory for Materials Science Technology, have identified two new materials that…
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   1 May
10. Gallium oxide semiconductor could improve electronic efficiency

    Researchers from Ohio State University have demonstrated the wide-bandgap semiconductor gallium oxide (Ga2O3) can be engineered into nanometre-scale structures to…
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    24 Apr