Opponents say document contradicts company’s claim it will principally supply industries closer to homeThe coal extracted from the planned Cumbrian mine may go further overseas, rather than be used in Britain and the EU as the company has claimed, the …
Europe’s coal legacy – in pictures
Coal power has been the foundation for much of what Europe is today. But what has been the cost? Since 2016, half of the continent’s coal plants have closed, or are scheduled to close, as markets shift and the race to save the climate gathers speed. NG…
Gone with the wind: why UK firms could miss out on the offshore boom
British manufacturers and the GMB are urging the government to ensure the huge investment in the sector benefits Britain tooAt the foot of the disused Fawley power station on the Hampshire coast, giant wind turbine blades lie on the sand like the fins …
In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, report says
Longer blades, taller towers among the reasons wind power is growing in the US.
Floating wind turbines could open up vast ocean tracts for renewable power
Technology could help power a clean energy transition if it can overcome hurdles of cost, design and opposition from fishingIn the stormy waters of the North Sea, 15 miles off the coast of Aberdeenshire, in Scotland, five floating offshore wind turbine…
Tesla wants to sell electricity in Texas
Elon Musk’s Tesla is looking beyond electric vehicles, solar panels and energy storage and wants to now supply electricity directly to customers, according to an application filed with Texas electricity regulators earlier this month. Energy Choice Matters first reported on the application. The application, filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas on August 16, […]
Nuclear energy is anything but clean | Letter
The nuclear power industry has successfully rebranded an appallingly toxic energy industry by never mentioning the terrible legacy of nuclear waste, writes Ann Denise LanesRe your report (Nuclear storage plans for north of England stir up local opposit…
How can Britain be committed to net zero when it’s about to drill for millions more barrels of oil? | Greg Muttitt
Hypocrisy rules as we prepare to host Cop26 and Boris Johnson prepares to approve a new oilfield off ShetlandJust months before hosting the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, the UK government will decide whether to approve a massive new oilfield 75 mile…
What is life?
Scientists Are Proposing a Radical New Framework to Redefine Life on Earth – “The union of two energetic and informatic processes that can encode and pass on adaptive information forward through time. Using this definition vastly increases what can be …
Carbon from UK’s blue hydrogen bid still to equal 1m petrol cars
Government’s plan to use ‘blue’ fossil-fuel hydrogen alongside green version raises concern, say campaignersOpting for hydrogen that is made using fossil fuels rather than renewable electricity could create up to 8m tonnes of carbon emissions every yea…