AI may develop a huge carbon footprint, but it could also be a critical ally in the fight against climate change

AI needs careful monitoring and the right policies to ensure it can benefit the fight against climate change.

Alina Vaduva, Director of the Business Advice Centre for Post Graduate Students at UEL, Ambassador of the Centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise, University of East London • conversation
April 4, 2024 • ~6 min

Rooftop renewables risk making the rich richer, as latecomers will struggle to access the grid

Wealthier people are getting their solar panels connected first, leaving a more congested grid for everyone else.

Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy, University College Cork • conversation
Aug. 31, 2023 • ~8 min

How do superconductors work? A physicist explains what it means to have resistance-free electricity

Superconductors are materials that can transmit electricity without any resistance. Researchers are getting closer to creating superconducting materials that can function in everyday life.

Mishkat Bhattacharya, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
March 24, 2023 • ~6 min

Britain is a net electricity exporter for first time in 44 years

And it’s because France had to shut many of its nuclear plants.

Grant Wilson, Lecturer, Energy Informatics Group, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham • conversation
Jan. 13, 2023 • ~7 min

A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how

Every few centuries the sun blasts the Earth with a huge amount of high-energy particles. If it were to happen today, it would wreak havoc on technology.

David Wallace, Assistant Clinical Professor of Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University • conversation
March 18, 2022 • ~9 min

Why do different countries have different electric outlet plugs?

There are 15 different kinds of electrical outlets around the world. One standard would be more convenient, but no one wants to change theirs.

Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida • conversation
Dec. 21, 2020 • ~6 min

'Decarbonisation' may be the wrong goal for energy – here's why

Low-carbon energy sources aren't all equally well-suited to getting us to net-zero emissions.

Andrew Crossland, Associate Fellow, Durham Energy Institute, Durham University • conversation
Oct. 28, 2020 • ~6 min

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