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Upskilling for a greener economy
‘Transition to a green economy calls for a workforce with varied skills’ The impetus to tackle climate change and...
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How coronavirus has impacted the world energy industry
‘We can humanise energy and we must do so urgently’ The brutal shock of coronavirus has had a deeply...
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Is using natural gas as a transition fuel the best choice?
Natural gas is an easy-to-deploy hydrocarbon producing 50 per cent less emissions than coal, but is transitioning to...
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3 sustainable uses for carbon dioxide
Typically perceived as the bogeyman of climate change, CO2 is now being reconsidered by scientists as the raw...
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How AI can alleviate energy poverty
Living in homes without power, with no money to heat or cook, sounds like a Victorian-era or third-world...
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Generating power with ‘miniature suns’
For decades, fusion power has remained a distant dream. Now, though, miniature suns are starting to fire up It’s...
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Mike Berners-Lee on the UK’s sustainable energy future
Climate expert, author and brother of the World Wide Web inventor, Professor Mike Berners-Lee shares his vision of...
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Making the polluters pay
With carbon pricing alone no longer seen as enough to meet the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement,...
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Five ways to drive energy efficiency
Looking to the future, here are five emerging innovations that will drive energy efficiency
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What is the future of offshore wind?
With the price of offshore electricity plummeting as the industry scales up, wind farms are now a major part of the UK’s total energy mix
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Moving towards a decentralised grid
There are many practical barriers standing in the way of decentralising the UK's energy network, but the economics of small-scale, localised power have vastly improved
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Is wave energy the most reliable renewable?
Energy from tides and waves could satisfy the world’s power needs, yet harnessing it on a commercial scale remains a dilemma for many of the tech startups in the space