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Households generate a large share of national greenhouse gas emissions and can take steps to reduce them.
The next 20 years of Britain’s electricity policy must look very different from the previous 20.
Zimbabwe’s energy policy needs to be reconsidered if the country’s electricity shortage is to be resolved.
There has been no progress in expanding national electricity grids in most African countries since 2016.
Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.
Due to inefficiencies in global energy systems, energy falls short of even making it to the consumer, often lost in the form of waste heat.
From wage growth to renewable energy to religion, projections are being treated as predictions. We’d be better off insisting on genuine forecasts.
Customers, cities and investors are all eager for a piece of PG&E, but it isn’t the only US utility that may have new owners soon.
Solar cells make electricity directly from sunlight, but how do they do it?
Long before Apple vs. Microsoft or Facebook vs. Google, there was Edison vs. Westinghouse.
Unpacking what South Africa’s new energy plan says about nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy generates 75% of France’s electricity, and ongoing troubles at the new Flamanville EPR reactor have raised crucial questions about its future in the country’s electricity mix.
Don’t expect the new technology to become solar’s dark twin just yet, but it could play an important role in energy demands of the future.
Light bulbs can turn electricity into light (and a bit of heat) – an expert explains how they do it.
Wild things thrive in transmission pathways that crisscross states.
Resettlement plans for large infrastructure projects don’t always go according to plan.
The state of Australia’s energy and climate change policy is reason to despair. But there may be a nuclear solution that keeps both sides happy.
Ghana’s experience is a cautionary tale for countries that find themselves in a situation of having too much electricity at any given point.
South Africa’s policymakers see a greater role for liquefied natural gas in the country’s energy mix, reduce the country’s over-reliance on coal and drive re-industrialisation.
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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