This US zero energy house can run for at least 24 hours on the electricity it generates. Image: US Dept of Energy (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Alex Kirby Feeling too hot? Then turn the thermostat down and cool your home − a good start [...]
End of a forest: Wood for sale in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Image: By CIF Action, via Climate Visuals This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford As climates change, forests may not absorb more carbon as expected. But a new carbon budget could appeal to the oceans. Two new studies could [...]
Hurricane Ike leaves its mark on Mandeville, Louisiana in 2008. Image: By Tobin, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford The poorer and more vulnerable you are, the greater your hurricane risk. Even a tiny heat rise can spell disaster. Any climate change at all will mean a [...]
Most oceanographic research vessels were recalled to their home ports in March. Image: By NOAA on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Alex Kirby Climate research is suffering permanent damage from some of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts, a UN report says. Whatever else the coronavirus onslaught is doing to humankind, some of the pandemic’s impacts [...]
By Stewart Dalby My colleague Julian Singer wrote about AFC Energy, the hydrogen fuel cell manufacturers in late November last year. He said: “The company has clearly impressed the market recently with its share price climbing steadily from 5 pence in early November to above 25p in late November (20 November 2020). It had not [...]
End of the road at Sellafield: Demolition overtakes part of the nuclear plant. Image: By Reading Tom, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.com By Paul Brown Plutonium used to be called the world’s most valuable substance. It’s now recognised as a highly dangerous liability. After 70 years of producing plutonium in [...]
Another British offshore wind farm: turbine size has continued to grow. Image: By David Dixon, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Paul Brown The costs of producing renewable electricity in the United Kingdom from wind and sun have dropped dramatically in the last four years and will continue to fall [...]
New life for old batteries: Orange peel holds the key. Image: By Bannon Morrissy on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork website By Tim Radford You could reclaim a lithium a lithium-ion battery with help from orange peel and juice – or make fuel directly from sunlight and air. Singapore scientists have found a way to recover [...]
Firefighting prisoners clear a fire line in California in 2017. Image: By USAF Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Kieran Cooke Californian hopes of cooler future rise as the world’s biggest battery storage system comes on stream. Recent reports of record-breaking heat in the [...]
By Stewart Dalby When we wrote about Drax Group earlier this year (26 March 2020), we focused on the final results for 2019. These results, we said, showed the LSE Main Board-listed company was betting on green energy. Its plan was to transform its massive coal powered plant in North Yorkshire from a fossil fuels [...]