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Ageing large dams pose threats to people downstream
"We are already experiencing a “mass ageing” of water storage infrastructure," the UN warns.
Solar panels could soon be transparent enough to be windows
Currently, many new panel designs are opaque, which prevents them from being integrated into everyday objects.
Belgium plans to increase its power emissions
The “Energiewende” of Germany has been going on and doing rather badly for two decades now. They wanted to decrease emissions but started the project by deciding to close most of their low carbon energy production, namely their fleet of
Shuttering fossil fuel plants in the US should be done judiciously
Shutting down fossil fuel plants in five years would eliminate only 15% of capacity-years left in fossil fuel-powered plants.
The competition is on for Eastern Europe’s nuclear power market
The renewed interest in nuclear energy projects in Central-Eastern Europe has hardly gone unnoticed around the planet.
COVID and climate: We commute less but use more power
When it comes to residential power usage patterns, the "days of the week cease to have meaning," says economist Steve Cicala.