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South West England’s grid goes 100% green over the weekend
The carbon intensity of electricity, the measure of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity consumed, dropped to 0g CO2/kWh…
Who’s fixing up human rights issues in renewables supply chains?
It’s well documented that consumers are increasingly in the spotlight for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices and stances…
Q&A: how the UK and Japan are partnering on nuclear robotics with LongOps
A new joint project from the UK and Japan, named ‘LongOps, will look to make decommissioning faster at the Tokyo…
The Power Environment: making wind turbines work for birds and bats
Public consultations for wind power projects often hear the same question: how will this affect wildlife? The issue has followed…
Clean batteries, smart batteries
Batteries are sometimes regarded as ‘black boxes,’ whose complex systems and internal workings are not readily understood, making monitoring is…
Generation 2050 Manifesto: hearing from young voices within energy
A survey of 1,000 young people, from London to Lagos and working in or soon to join the global energy…
Tides of change in New York
Tidal energy works by converting the movement of the tides, in areas with a significant tidal range, into electricity. Despite…