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 [...]
We last wrote about Eden Research in January this year. We said that after a long, difficult period of little revenue and continued losses, the company seemed to be moving closer to commerciality. The final results for the year to 31 December 2019, released on 2 April 2019, appear to confirm that is the case. [...]
Heathrow’s expansion is now in question. Image: By J Patrick Fischer, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.Net website By Paul Brown Major changes in the government’s policy on fossil fuels will be vital to tackling the UK climate emergency that Parliament has recognised. The United Kingdom has taken a potentially [...]
Turbine blades have grown ever longer to reach their 107-metre maximum today. Image: By Acroterion, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network. Net website by Paul Brown Rapid progress in the solar and wind industries mean they are outcompeting fossil fuels in key markets − a renewable revolution. There’s a renewable [...]
The Sizewell nuclear plant on England’s east coast: Marked for expansion? Image: By Barry Hughes, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.Net website By Paul Brown Plans for two new nuclear plants in Western Europe have met more setbacks Two new nuclear plants, one in Finland and the other in France, [...]
Drax Group is betting on renewable energy. But, as the Investors Chronicle put it in a recent article, “the shift from coal giant to a clean energy company has come at a price.” We last wrote about Drax last September 2018 when we reported that in the previous month (August 2018) the company announced that [...]
Fossil fuel burning is pushing CO2 levels ever higher. Image: By Tony Webster, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the Climate News Network.Net website by Tim Radford The modern world is about to pass a temperature peak dating back for millions of years – because CO2 levels have already passed an ancient record.. LONDON, [...]
In 2017 Hurricane Maria stripped the trees of their leaves. Image: By US Fish & Wildlife Service SE Region, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on Climate News Network.Net by Tim Radford More greenhouse gases mean worse tropical winds and fiercer storms. That could mean more forest damage . . . and more greenhouse gas [...]