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100-year-old London flats seek to bust a big heat pump myth
The UK has some of the worst-insulated homes in Europe making them very expensive to heat. ADVERTISEMENT A 100-year-old estate…
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Inside the Oxford lab cooking up the next generation of solar cells
Rooftops and ‘flying wings’ could be fitted with these more powerful perovskite-on-silicon solar panels. ADVERTISEMENT Tucked away on the outskirts…
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China ‘does not agree or accept’ the EU’s EV tariffs, says negotiations are still ongoing
Aerial photograph shows electric cars for export stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s…
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Solar panels will be rolled onto Swiss railway tracks ‘like a carpet’
After long delays, the removable PV system will finally be tested on a western track next spring. ADVERTISEMENT Solar panels…
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EU needs long-term climate investment plan set with just transition
French Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, 34, has been a researcher in EU energy policy for the past ten years and joined the…
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UK becomes first G7 country to phase out coal: Where else has done it?
The country’s final coal-fired power station was desynced from the grid on 30 September, bringing an end to 142 years…
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Commission sees role for nuclear and CCS in ‘clean’ fuel production
Trains, automobiles and even planes could be run on nuclear power or even natural gas while being treated as ‘green’…
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NATO trains countries to respond to cyber attacks on renewables
Since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, energy companies providing alternatives to fossil fuels have increasingly come under attack. ADVERTISEMENT…
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Europe’s first lithium refinery opens in Germany
The refinery is expected to produce enough lithium hydroxide for 500,000 electric cars per year. ADVERTISEMENT AMG Lithium opened Europe’s…
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The world’s most powerful tidal turbine just got a major funding boost
Orbital Marine Power’s O2 turbine at the Orkney Islands, north of the Scottish mainland, in September 2021. Scotland has become…
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