Germany’s green energy quest stalls e All Munich’s transport, buildings and energy supplies should be carbon neutral by 2035. Image: By Danny Feng on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Kieran Cook Despite its ambitious goals and promising start, Germany’s green energy quest is faltering, and it has missed a key target. The city of [...]
Under construction: The United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power station. Image: By Wikiemirati, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown Far from tackling climate change, nuclear power is an expensive distraction whose safety is threatened by wildfires and floods, experts say. Nuclear power is in terminal decline worldwide [...]
by Alex Kirby View through the haze from Sydney Harbour Bridge, 6 December, 2019. Image: By Sardaka, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Alex Kirby The Australian inferno has yet to reach its worst, but already minds are seeking ways to reduce the bushfire horrors. Could batteries help next time? [...]
By Stewart Dalby After a more protracted Christmas break than we originally anticipated Greenbarrel has resumed publishing in the 2020 New Year – a year which we hope will be more propitious for the companies we write about than has hitherto been the case. When we started Greenbarrel.Com some two and a half years ago [...]
An opencast coalmine in Australia, one of the world’s biggest coal exporters. Image: By CSIRO, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.websiite By Kieran Cooke Empires were once built on it, but coal is now too hot for many former backrs as more insurers withdraw. It’s rapidly running out of friends in [...]
Exterior of the Dinorwig pumped storage scheme, Electric Mountain. Image: By Takver, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown New ways to generate renewable electricity will offer cheap stored power and a solution to balancing supply and demand. Finding effective ways to store energy until it’s needed is a [...]
Extinction Rebellion makes its point, for the climate and the planet. Image: By Lewis Parsons on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown Britain's general election campaign is squarely focused on the UK leaving the EU. But persuasive voices say the climate “is the election priority”. The real issue facing the United Kingdom in [...]
Waste plastic overwhelms a Portuguese harbour. Image: By Martijn Baudoin on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford Here’s what to do with all that waste plastic, the scrap, waste and flotsam: turn it back into brand-new plastic and use it again, and again. Swedish scientists say they have found a way to [...]
Iceland’s Hellisheidi power plant, equipped to capture carbon. Image: By Arnia Saeberg, via Wikimedia CommonsOctober 31st, 2019, by Paul Brown This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown Carbon capture and storage is now proved to work and is essential to prevent global average temperatures exceeding 1.5°C, Norwegian scientists say. If the world [...]
For some years now we have been monitoring the progress of the AIM-listed Good Energy company which has wanted to be a predominately power supply company using 100 per cent renewable energy; thereby aiding the fight against climate change. Julia Davenport OBE, who founded the company in 1999 and remains the CEO to this day, [...]