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November 2022

  • The CCC chair, Lord Deben

    UK government must improve energy-saving advice, say its climate advisers

  • A family during a power cut after high winds in Snowdonia National Park, Wales.

    ‘My parents thought hard times were long past’: readers’ power cut preparations

October 2022

  • A street sign for Energy Street near homes in Manchester

    UK homes can become virtual power plants to avoid outages

    Fintan Slye
    A National Grid director sets out plan to reward homes and businesses for using energy outside of peak hours

September 2022

  • LITTLE PLUMPTON, 10 September 2019 - Extinction Rebellion protesters blockading the entrance to Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site near Blackpool where the energy company is fracking for shale gas. Christopher Thomond for The Guardian.

    Fracking could shake the Conservative vote

  • Crabs in a tank

    Crab and lobster shells could be used to make renewable batteries

August 2022

  • Power lines connected to the Snowy Hydro electric scheme in Kosciuszko National Park. The Aemo report modelled a two-year delay of Snowy 2.0

    ‘Reliability gaps’ in Australia’s electricity supply loom without investment in new technologies, report states

  • The new LNG terminal under construction in Wilhelmshaven

    ‘We got too comfortable’: the race to build an LNG terminal in north Germany

July 2022

  • Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm

    Breaking from China’s clean energy dominance ‘imperative’, US and Australia say after new climate tech deal

    New agreement to fast-track climate solutions signed as countries underscore need for diversified supply chains

June 2022

  • Orbital O2 Orkney arrival, 2021.

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Heat wave: how Orkney is leading a tidal power revolution

    Strong tides make conditions in the Scottish islands ideal, but can the UK grasp the opportunity to become a leader in the sector?

April 2022

  • Man watching TV, remote control in hand

    Impact of energy-draining ‘vampire devices’ overstated, says tech expert

  • The Woodside-operated Karratha gas plant on Burrup Peninsula near Dampier, Western Australia

    Full Story
    The Labor and Coalition plans for Australia’s energy future

March 2022

  • Construction at Hinkley Point

    PM to chair roundtable on boosting UK’s nuclear power output

    Meeting comes as Boris Johnson prepares to publish his energy security strategy amid soaring prices and Ukraine war

February 2022

  • Sustainable high energy particles flow through a tokamak or doughnut-shaped device.

    Time to face up to the fusion illusion?

    Brief letters: No such thing as time | Cushioning the blow | Out for the count | Reclaiming San Serriffe | Marine disaster

January 2022

  • Highview Power’s CryoBattery illustration

    Here’s how to solve the UK energy crisis for the long term – store more power

    Four storage solutions to help Britain keep the lights on deep into the future

November 2021

  • An employee secures battery pack cable on a Volkswagen e-Golf electric automobile at the Volkswagen AG factory in Dresden, Germany.

    Battery life
    Battery power: five innovations for cleaner, greener electric vehicles

  • Aberdeen harbour at sunset

    The road to net zero: Aberdeen looks to a future without oil

August 2021

  • Submitting gas and electric meter reading to energy company using an app on a smart phone

    Consumer champions
    Why are all the electricity suppliers saying ‘no’ to installing a meter?

    I bought a new home in north Norfolk but I can’t get it officially connected
  • The world’s first floating wind farm 15 miles offshore of Aberdeenshire, in Scotland. The 30 megawatt wind can power approximately 20,000 households

    Green light
    Floating wind turbines could open up vast ocean tracts for renewable power

    This relatively new technology has potential to help power a clean energy transition, if it can overcome some big hurdles
  • Carol and John Deed

    At home with a heat pump: ‘It makes hot water when it’s freezing outside’

    Four householders with recently installed air source heat pumps discuss the ups and downs of ownership

July 2021

  • Wind turbines in Wyoming

    Green light
    Why is a big oil company investing huge amounts of money in Wyoming wind?

    Anschutz Corporation, which made billions drilling oil, is building a 732 power line to carry renewable energy to cities including Los Angeles and Pheonix
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