The UK has significantly reduced its blackout risk by increasing renewable energy capacity and diversifying its energy sources. The closure of the UK’s last coal-fired power plant marks a major milestone in the country’s transition to clean energy. The government is actively encouraging energy conservation during peak times to […] Click here to view original […]
Minimum system load events have emerged as a new challenge as households across Australia take advantage of plunging prices for solar panels. When Victoria basks in mostly sunny spring weather this weekend, energy authorities will be monitoring how far electricity demand ebbs. If needed, they’ll turn off rooftop solar […] Click here to view original
Graphic from Quaise Energy. Such fractures are important because water passing through them can become supercritical, a steam-like phase that most people aren’t familiar with. (Familiar phases are liquid water, ice, and the vapor that makes clouds.) Supercritical water, in turn, “can penetrate fractures faster and more easily and […] Click here to view original
Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, […] Click here to view original
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When any single climate fix seems too good to be true, it probably is. By Mark Harris October 10, 2024 Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Sign up for our free newsletters I write about the climate and energy for a living and even I can’t quite […] Click here to view original
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Marco Bello/Reuters The Scene Renewable energy developers may be building solutions to the climate crisis, but as Hurricane Helene showed, they aren’t immune from its impacts. When the storm hammered North Carolina last month, Ben Catt’s first thoughts were of his staff. His company, the solar farm developer Pine […] Click here to view original
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