Batteries may be a good way to store energy in the home.
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Batteries aren’t the only type of storage, and all types of storage have their role to play in the future grid.
The Inga dams in the DRC generate about 1000 MW of electricity for the country.
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Small-scale renewable energy projects have tremendous potential to power rural areas in the DRC. Rural areas in the country have very little access to electricity.
Renewable energy poses a number of challenges for the grid.
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Whatever our electricity grid looks like in the future, it will need to be reliable.
Australia’s National Electricity Market brings power to millions of people.
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Australia’s electricity and climate agendas aren’t on the same page.
BP’s Etap platform, 100 miles east of Aberdeen.
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The case for dismantling and recycling oil rigs is far from clear cut.
South Africa’s new energy plan shows a greater reliance on gas, solar and especially wind power.
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South Africa has a new energy plan. Renewable energy in the form of wind, gas and solar feature high on its agenda.
Photosynthesis can teach scientists a lot about solar technologies.
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Individual light-harvesting protein complexes have a remarkable ability. Light, which is normally effectively harvested, is also used to finely control how much of it should be harvested.
Virginia coalminers in the industry’s 1970s heyday.
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America’s coal heartland is delighted with Donald Trump’s election win. But like King Canute, he can’t turn back the tide of the global market push away from coal and towards renewables.
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The recently updated Integrated Resource Plan calls for significant investment in South Africa’s power supply. But can the country afford it?
As the US withdraws, it’s time for China to shine.
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All is not lost for the climate with the election of Donald Trump.
Eskom power lines. South Africa’s power utility may be in a much weaker financial position than generally appreciated.
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A closer look into the latest financial numbers of South Africa’s state power utility, Eskom, suggest that it may be in a more vulnerable position than appreciated.
South African consumers are paying far too much for petrochemicals products.
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Raging debates about the state of South Africa’s energy industry have missed one critical area, the role of transport fuels and base chemicals.
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The government in Delhi must be more ambitious. Current plans for more renewable energy plants are just a tenth of what is needed.
Trump’s energy plan will be fossil fuels on steroids combined with efforts to roll back limits on greenhouse gases.
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President-elect Trump’s objective on energy and climate is clear: Undo Obama’s legacy of environmental regulations and massively expand fossil fuel production.
Warm and cosy and screwing up the atmosphere.
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Priority number one for the world’s leading nations in Marrakech ought to be taking carbon out of heat.
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Wind and solar farms are great. But we need to reduce energy demand and start taking carbon out of the atmosphere.
Do you see the future the same way as Leonardo?
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s new climate documentary is an urgent call for the promised green tech revolution. But it shows too much faith in politicians and corporations to change their ways.
Koeberg power station, in Cape Town, is the only nuclear power station on the African continent. South Africa is considering a proposal to build more such power stations.
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The argument put forward by Eskom that it can handle South Africa’s controversial nuclear build programme is fundamentally flawed.
Magma is molten rock below the Earth’s surface. Once erupted, it becomes lava (pictured).
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In Iceland, an audacious project to tap into magma deep below the surface may usher in a new era of geothermal power.
The U.S. is poised to sunset more coal plants under the current direction.
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What are the crucial energy and climate policy questions facing the next president? Our academics weigh in.