A blustery August saw gas generation more than halve compared with 2023.
- Associate Professor, Energy Systems and Data Group, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham
An important milestone set to be passed – if it remains windy.
And it’s because France had to shut many of its nuclear plants.
Calm and cloudy days led to a resurgence in fossil fuel use.
Electric vehicle sales are booming and coal power is dwindling, but structural obstacles to net zero remain.
Per capita electricity use was higher in the 1970s than today.
Three ways coronavirus is already impacting Britain’s energy systems.
Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.
But electric vehicles will pose a significant challenge over the next decade.
As coal continues to collapse, large new wind farms are coming online. Electricity generated in Britain is the cleanest it’s ever been.
The country’s electricity is now the cleanest it has been in 60 years.
Numerous milestones have been reached over the past year as the coal is ditched for lower-carbon alternatives.
A new method for creating a form of graphene with carbon dioxide sucked from the air has been announced with misleading claims.
Fancy new battery technology is great – but still far off the scale required to put a serious dent in carbon usage.
We’ve just been through an unusually mild winter for the UK. Despite the excessive rain and storms, the warmer temperatures meant we’ve needed less energy to heat our homes. This has reduced household…
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