‘Profound shifts’ underway in energy system, says IEA World Energy Outlook
The world’s CO2 emissions are set to continue rising for decades unless there is greater ambition on climate change, despite the “profound... Read More
Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions growth poised to slow sharply in 2019
Lauri Myllyvirta is an energy and air pollution analyst covering air pollution and fossil-fuel trends globally. Sunil Dahiya is an analyst with... Read More
Analysis: Renewables could match coal power within 5 years, IEA reveals
Renewable sources of electricity are set for rapid growth over the next five years, which could see them match the output of the world’s coal-fired... Read More
Analysis: UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for first time
In the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated more electricity than the combined output from... Read More
The Carbon Brief Profile: Canada
In the latest article in a series on how some of the world’s key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief considers Canada’s... Read More
Analysis: Record-low price for UK offshore wind cheaper than existing gas plants by 2023
The UK is to get its first subsidy-free offshore windfarms after the government awarded contracts today for nearly 6 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, at... Read More
Solar power could replace all US hydro dams using ‘just 13% of the space’
Banks of solar panels would be able to replace every electricity-producing dam in the US using just 13% of the space, according to a new study. ... Read More
Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds
Solar power has become cheaper than grid electricity across China, a development that could boost the prospects of industrial and commercial solar,... Read More
Guest post: Understanding the water-energy-food nexus in a warming climate
Prof Declan Conway is a professorial research fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of... Read More
Analysis: UK primary energy use in 2018 was the lowest in half a century
Falling energy use and surging offshore wind are among the trends revealed in the latest round of government figures on the energy flowing through the... Read More
Europe ‘could get 10 times’ its electricity needs from onshore wind, study says
An increased rollout of onshore wind turbines across Europe could technically provide the continent with more than 10 times its existing electricity... Read More
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