Category: Research
Power From Here: Most Of Humanity Already Lives Where Solar & Wind Are Strongest
By Prof Ray Wills (The University of Western Australia) and Prof Peter Newman (Curtin University) Most of the world is already rich in the two energy sources we need to decarbonise fast: sun and wind. Read together, the following four graphics show why the global shift to renewables is not … [continued]
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Cement’s Future Is Less Portland, Not One Magic Cement
Cement decarbonization attracts miracle stories. One company has a new binder. Another has a carbon-negative aggregate. Someone else has an electrochemical process, a hydrogen kiln, a low-carbon limestone route, a supplementary cementitious material, a recycled cement process or a carbon-capture retrofit. Some of these ideas are useful. Some will become … [continued]
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Climate-Tech Claims Need A Red-Flag Pass Before They Get Money
Climate-tech claims usually arrive with a promise and a request attached. The promise is that a new process, fuel, device, material, reactor, storage system or platform will solve a difficult part of decarbonization. The request is for public funding, private capital, procurement support, regulatory preference, a grant, a mandate, a … [continued]
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UK Sales of Electric Vehicles Just Overtook Petrol Cars for the First Time
For the first time in the UK, more new electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold over a 12-month period than petrol cars, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The news comes amid a battle over the future of the UK’s “zero-emissions vehicle” (ZEV) mandate, which the car industry and some unions … [continued]
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Solar & Wind Each Produced More Electricity Than Coal In USA In April
Solar and wind power plants continue to grow rapidly in the United States, and coal continues to decline — despite the current federal government so heavily putting its thumb on the side of coal. Solar and wind continue to get deployed rapidly due to their pure free-market competitiveness, while the … [continued]
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