Energy Technologies/Wikimedia Commons After several years of global energy storage expanding at breakneck pace, two new forecasts point to the trend continuing this year with a near tripling of capacity. “To help put [the [...]
By Barney Smith In September 2021 the Global Wind Energy Council produced a report on off-shore wind for 2020 which showed an increase of 6.1 GW, year on year. This was the second largest increase on record and constituted a 15 per cent increase on existing estimates. The cumulative total is now 35 GW. The [...]
President Xi Jinping addresses the United Nations General Assembley on China's plans on coal power stations This article first appeared on the climatenewsnet@theenergymix.com website Primary Author: Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer A single phrase in a recorded address to the United Nations General Assembly sent waves through the international climate policy community this week [...]
A rain flooding scenario ln Nicaragua : pic-pic https://theenergymix.com This article first appeared on the https://theenergymix.com website Primary Author:MitchellBeer@ Mitchell Beer With the opening of this year’s United Nations climate change conference, COP [...]
The Earth is catching fire. Who will help to put it out? Image: By Joanne Francis on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Alex Kirby Three months before hosting the UN conference, COP-26, the UK says a failure to act on the climate treaty can be justified. In a remarkable challenge to the global [...]
Increasingly, plastic waste is an inseparable part of life for most of us. Image: By Daniel Romero on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford Waste plastic deluge fouling the world’s beaches could be more than just an eyesore. It could be a toxic timebomb. European researchers have warned that the wave of [...]
Income and tax disparities do little to encourage sustainability − or to cool the planet. Image: By Žygimantas Dukauskas on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Tim Radford To cut poverty and energy use would cool the planet, build a more just society − but end dreams of economic growth.− Containing climate change is really quite [...]
The tough climate of the North Atlantic is an ideal proving ground for Orkney’s renewable energy boom. This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net By Paul Brown A surplus of electricity from renewable sources is a luxury that many communities in a world threatened by climate change might wish for. This is the happy situation [...]
The UK's upland peat moors should be re-wetted urgently, the CCC says, to stop them drying out and releasing their carbon. Image: By Richard Webb / Peat Law Burn, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Alex Kirby Britain, host of November’s UN talks, COP-b26, is pilloried by its own advisers for [...]
How do you wean the Dutch off fossil fuels? Well, you could always start by banning advertisements that promote them. This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork,net website By Alex Kirby Three days ago Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, “Venice of the North” (and destination of many travellers who appreciate a little something extra with [...]