Despite Boris Johnson’s newfound enthusiasm for offshore wind farms, the UK risks going backwards on wind power capacity.
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Molina, who died on Oct. 8, ‘thought climate change was the biggest problem in the world long before most people did.’ His research on man-made depletion of the ozone layer won the 1995 Nobel Prize.
The government’s latest energy plans are a failure of logic, and will lock in fossil fuel use for decades.
More than 80% of the world’s offshore wind blows further from land than conventional wind farms can reach.
Some coal workers have the right skills and work in the right location to get a job in renewables. But many, such as semi-skilled machine operators, cannot.
The US is gradually shifting to lower-carbon energy sources, but the COVID-19 pandemic, an oil price crash and a likely recession are big speed bumps.
Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.
Living sustainably has its challenges, but none greater than in the climate and geography of Antarctica.
Australia’s renewables revolution proves that there’s cause for hope in our emissions reduction goals. But we cannot rest on our laurels.
We have all the technologies needed to make the electric grid run on renewables and lower pollution. What are they and what are the barriers to adopting them widely?
When it comes to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from transport, the future is already here on small islands.
Even before the British billionaire invested US$1 billion in making the region ‘climate-smart,’ Jamaica, Barbados and Dominica were pioneering a renewable energy boom in the Caribbean.
Energy storage could prove an inexpensive way for power companies to handle heat waves and other times when consumers use more electricity than usual.
Research has found that wind turbines decrease property values in Ontario, but only when the community is opposed to their presence.
Robins are a much loved Christmas icon, but wind turbines installed in their habitat are affecting their song, with worrying consequences.
Replacing wind turbines could significantly increase Britain’s power output.
In order to address a warming planet over the medium and long-term, climate policy must be designed to be adaptable and indeed attractive to those across the political spectrum.
But many new governors and members of Congress intend to take action on climate change.
There are some good explanations for the mismatch between regional support for climate action and the areas where renewable energy is making the biggest inroads.
Australia could be getting half of its electricity from renewable energy by 2025, even without government subsidies for new wind and solar projects, according to a new analysis of energy industry trends.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst
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Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Professor of Industrial Engineering Applied to Energy Policy, UMass Amherst
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Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Energy Engineering, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Associate, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
