Stormont: Failed energy targets risk loss of economic opportunities
A Northern Ireland committee warns that failing to meet energy targets by 2030 risks losing economic opportunities, as policy uncertainty diverts investment to other regions.
California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid
California’s home batteries proved capable of powering millions during peak demand, demonstrating how distributed energy storage could reshape the electrical grid and benefit all ratepayers.
Soaring oil prices underscore the need to help poor countries adopt renewables
Rising oil prices from Middle East and Ukraine conflicts are widening economic gaps between wealthy and poor nations, with developing countries lacking resources for planned renewable energy transitions.
Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero
A Scottish retiree’s experience switching off his heat pump due to high electricity costs illustrates growing concerns that government prioritization of clean electricity may be raising energy prices and impeding broader decarbonization goals.
The clues that hint our planet might be heating faster than we realised
Scientists increasingly believe that declining sulphur pollution is accelerating global warming by removing a cooling effect that had partially counteracted greenhouse gas warming, with recent research suggesting the climate may be warming faster than previously understood.
‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfires, study finds
A study of 1,000 years of fire history in Victoria found that colonisation-driven land use changes created conditions for more intense bushfires in southeast Australia.