Brazil’s Itaipu dam produces five times more power than the two Angra reactors. Image: By muzikantcz, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.Net website by Jan Rocha The prospect of more atomic energy for Brazil, envisaged under President Bolsonaro’s nuclear plan, fails to impress many of his compatriots. SÃO PAULO, [...]
Best chances for restoring forests lie in the tropical lowlands. Image: By K8 on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Tim Radford Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet, by planting more trees on unused land. Swiss scientists have identified an area roughly the size [...]
Impression of Dubai’s solar park with salt tower on the right. Image: Courtesy of helioscsp This article first appeared on the WWW.Climate News Network.Net website By Paul Brown Progress in China, the US and elsewhere shows an increasingly positive solar future as fuel from the sun grows cheaper and more abundant. The world’s solar future continues to [...]
Today we welcome a new writer and an old friend to Greenbarrel. Richard worked for a sister company to Oilbarrel.com which was Greenbarrel’s predecessor company that was involved in writing and publishing energy stories. Since those days (some ten years ago) Richard has carved out a distinguished career with a portfolio of projects and consultancies. [...]
Freetown in Sierra Leone: Already hot and humid. Image: By David Hond, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.net website By Tim Radford Up to a third of urban dwellers could soon face extreme African city heat and humidity. Risks could at worst multiply 50-fold. An entire continent faces [...]
What humans do decides the extent of global warming. Image: By Hanny Naibaho on Unsplash This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.Net website by Tim Radford Fresh studies have again confirmed a vital fact about global warming: human activity is its cause. Science questions its own findings, which is why we should trust it. British scientists have [...]
Is there any resonance to the catchphrase? “It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.” There certainly is if you look at the path of Green & Smart Holdings, the AIM-listed renewable energy group that produces biogas from waste in Malaysia. The company had a dismal time of it in the few months leading [...]
Flamanville: Welding problems mean more delay and greater cost. Image: By schoella, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.net website By Paul Brown With its new reactors needing modifications and its older ones awaiting costly updates, France’s nuclear industry is in trouble. EDF, France’s nuclear industry leader and the last European [...]
A recent International Energy Authority (IEA) report warned that investment in renewables in 2018 was faltering while investment in, and expenditure on, hydrocarbons was rising. Specifically the figure for coal mining in 2018, at US$80 billion, rose by 2.6 per cent by comparison with 2017, while the figure for oil and gas capital expenditure increased [...]
Fitting a solar panel in Xingu National Park. Image: By Leticia Leite/ISA (Instituto Socioambiental) This article first appeared on the Climate News Network. Net By Jan Rocha Brazilian Customs imagine that parts for a do-it-yourself solar power scheme in remote communities are luxury goods and tax them accordingly. SÃO PAULO,− Cheap and simple do-it-yourself solar power [...]