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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.
The United Nations is calling on world governments to step up action against climate change. Can China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, fulfill its pledges?
Natural gas supplies are growing, but so are other markets for it besides power generation.
Solar photovoltaics and wind power are on track to supplant fossil-fuel-based electricity generation by the 2030s. The only thing holding back the renewable revolution is politics.
You may already have a smart meter at home, which monitors your electricity use at 30-minute intervals. But until you can access that data yourself, you could be missing out on the best power deals.
US military bases usually get their electricity from the civilian grid, which is vulnerable to attack and to disaster. Solar-powered microgrids could protect national security, and would save money.
Victoria’s plan to legislate its own renewable energy target of 40% by 2025 shows how states are increasingly taking the energy policy reins away from the federal government.
The centralised regulation of electric power in Nigeria is stalling progress in the sector. To achieve stable power supply, the country must obey its constitution and decentralise regulation.
Solar PV and wind energy have overtaken coal as the leading sources of new electricity generation worldwide, with falling prices and new storage technologies making clean energy ever more attainable.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, Energy Systems and Data Group, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Energy Systems and Data Group, University of Birmingham
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy and Director, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Professor of Energy Transition, Heriot-Watt University
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Researcher in Renewable Energy, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Energy/Electricity Law, University of Lagos
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Affiliate, Electricity Markets & Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
