ENERGY
Twin Peaks: could demand for oil fall?
Nov 26, 2016
Written by
Marco Magrini
Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks back at ‘Peak Oil’
The reincarnation of Chernobyl
Nov 23, 2016
Written by
Sophie Hughes
Chinese firms plan to build a solar power plant in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl
Can the green transition withstand President Trump?
Nov 16, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
What will Donald Trump in the White House mean for the growing green economy?
COP22: Here comes the sun
Nov 07, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Last year, the UNFCCC Paris Agreement was hailed as ‘historic’ after its signing at COP21 in Paris. Today sees attendees to COP22 convening in Morocco, a country where transitioning to renewable energy has become a primary national objective
Let’s go fly a kite: new technology to capture wind energy
Oct 25, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Could a small-scale and portable new method of generating renewable power from the wind revolutionise the energy industry?
The windy isles
Aug 06, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
The Galápagos islands take steps towards a fossil fuel-free future, as San Cristóbal’s wind and solar capacity is significantly expanded
Global energy intensity levels on the decline
Jul 19, 2016
Written by
Felicity Challinor
Latest figures from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) show that worldwide energy intensity has decreased by nearly one-third between 1990 and 2015 with reductions seen in both developed and developing countries
Renewable energy storage creates ripples of hope
Jun 28, 2016
Written by
Marco Magrini
Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks at energy storage
How to break the oil addiction
Jun 01, 2016
Written by
Marco Magrini
Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks at our oil dependency
Lessons from China’s coal consumption
May 19, 2016
Written by
Ilmi Granoff
Did coal power China’s great escape from poverty, or not? Evidence suggests that there are many lessons which developing countries could learn from the detrimental side effects of China’s industrialisation
Can biogas revolutionise Africa’s energy?
Apr 06, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
A German energy firm has designed ‘Biogas backpacks’ in an effort to boost local energy businesses in Ethiopia
One in every two barrels of US oil comes from fracking
Apr 01, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Hydraulic fracturing – or ‘fracking’ – now accounts for more than half of all US crude oil output
Australia’s cheap coal dilemma
Mar 29, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
New figures show that one third of all coal mines in Queensland, Australia are running at a loss
Britain is being powered by storms
Mar 08, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Torrential weather is boosting British renewable energy
21CC: How to provide energy access for all?
Feb 25, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Is it possible to provide affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for the world’s entire population? Speakers from the RGS–IBG’s latest 21st Century Challenges discussion offer their thoughts
Gatwick’s liquid gold: How the ‘Dallas of Sussex’ might be the future of UK oil
Feb 18, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
In the latest test at the Horse Hill site in Surrey, United Kingdom Oil and Gas has found that oil flows freely to the surface. Geographical investigates the future of the Weald Basin
Floating power
Jan 08, 2016
Written by
Laura Cole
Plans for the world’s largest floating wind farm are given the green-light as part of growing interest in Scottish offshore wind energy
Threatened heritage
Dec 12, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A third of all natural World Heritage Sites around the world are found to be ‘under threat’ from extractive mining
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