An energy revolution is possible – but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Providing government subsidies for emerging clean technologies could unlock their transformative potential.

Michael Grubb, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, UCL • conversation
Jan. 19, 2022 ~5 min

Batteries get hyped, but pumped hydro provides the vast majority of long-term energy storage essential for renewable power – here’s how it works

A team of researchers found 35,000 pairs of existing reservoirs, lakes and old mines in the US that could be turned into long-term energy storage – and they don’t need dams on rivers.

Matthew Stocks, Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University • conversation
Jan. 19, 2022 ~8 min


Unusually calm and cloudy weather led to resurgence in fossil fuel use in 2021

Calm and cloudy days led to a resurgence in fossil fuel use.

Noah Godfrey, Energy Data Analyst - PhD in Modelling Flexibility in Future UK Energy Systems, University of Birmingham • conversation
Jan. 14, 2022 ~7 min

A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable energy is expanding at a record pace, but still not fast enough. Here are the key areas to watch for progress in bringing more wind and solar into the power grid in 2022.

Jeffrey Logan, Associate Director of Energy Policy and Analysis, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Jan. 12, 2022 ~10 min

Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change

The African continent stands to lose the most from climate change - here’s what local governments can do to protect it.

Margaret Kadiri, Lecturer in Physical Geography, King's College London • conversation
Jan. 11, 2022 ~6 min

New materials could lead to ultrathin, lightweight solar panels

"Imagine an autonomous drone that powers itself with a solar array atop its wing that is 15 times thinner than a piece of paper. That's the promise..."

Andrew Myers-Stanford • futurity
Jan. 3, 2022 ~7 min

Templating approach stabilises ‘ideal’ material for alternative solar cells

Researchers have developed a method to stabilise a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 23, 2021 ~6 min

Material from asteroid Ryugu starts to give up secrets of early Solar System

We may be on the brink of discovering whether water and organic material, which enabled life on Earth, came from asteroids.

Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 ~8 min


NASA: Spacecraft ‘Touches’ Sun

VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 18, 2021 ~3 min

Solar probe reveals clues to one of the sun’s greatest mysteries

Data from the Parker Solar Probe bolster theories about a long-running mystery: why the sun's outer atmosphere is hotter than its fiery surface.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 16, 2021 ~6 min

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