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Ramping up fossil power sources is no longer a good option in an energy-supply crisis. Bring in the weather forecasters.
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The latest estimates of electricity generation costs in Australia find renewables will soon be the cheapest even with grid integration expenses.
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Ever wanted to own your own wind farm? Well now you can.
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Despite Boris Johnson’s newfound enthusiasm for offshore wind farms, the UK risks going backwards on wind power capacity.
Molina speaking about climate change at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico, Nov. 2018.
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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.
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The government’s latest energy plans are a failure of logic, and will lock in fossil fuel use for decades.
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More than 80% of the world’s offshore wind blows further from land than conventional wind farms can reach.
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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.
Shutdown in Seattle to slow the spread of coronavirus empties the streets, March 26, 2020. Less economic activity means less revenue for utilities.
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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.
Few people would have predicted in 2010 that by the end of the decade, electricity generation from renewables would outpace nuclear.
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Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station.
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Living sustainably has its challenges, but none greater than in the climate and geography of Antarctica.
Renewable energy being installed at a community in the Northern Territory. Researchers have predicted Australia’s emissions are set to fall, but warn the renewables deployment rate must continue.
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Australia’s renewables revolution proves that there’s cause for hope in our emissions reduction goals. But we cannot rest on our laurels.
An all-renewable grid will mean more electricity and more transmission lines.
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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?
Electric cars charging on Hainan Island, China.
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When it comes to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from transport, the future is already here on small islands.
Turbines in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, the English-speaking Caribbean’s first wind farm.
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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.
This is what a 5-megawatt, lithium-ion energy storage system looks like.
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Energy storage could prove an inexpensive way for power companies to handle heat waves and other times when consumers use more electricity than usual.
Areas with greater opposition to wind energy development may be more likely to experience negative impacts on property values.
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Research has found that wind turbines decrease property values in Ontario, but only when the community is opposed to their presence.
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Robins are a much loved Christmas icon, but wind turbines installed in their habitat are affecting their song, with worrying consequences.
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Replacing wind turbines could significantly increase Britain’s power output.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks at an anti-carbon-tax rally in Calgary, in October 2018.
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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.