Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare? As autumn blurs into winter, the news is once again filling up with a familiar
Things to know before installing solar panel batteries at home
If you’re considering installing solar panels at home, you’ve likely come across solar batteries, which are large lithium-ion packs that store excess power for when the sun isn’t shining. Using the same technology found in electric vehicles, these batteries
How Home Solar is Quietly Revolutionizing the Power Grid
Millions of rooftops are quietly doing what big power plants can’t Home solar marks a fundamental shift in how we produce and consume energy. The rooftop panels are quietly transforming what, for over a century, had been a centralized
The trick to making decent money from solar panels
Energy bills have remained stubbornly high in the years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted global gas markets, pushing up the price of electricity for millions of UK households. Yet even as bills rose, the cost of solar panels
Our hunter-gatherer future: Climate change, agriculture and uncivilization
Highlights The stable climate of the Holocene made agriculture and civilization possible. The unstable Pleistocene climate made it impossible before then. Human societies after agriculture were characterized by overshoot and collapse. Climate change frequently drove these collapses. Business-as-usual estimates
‘I had solar panels worth £1,000s installed for free and you may be eligible too – four things I learned’
The solar panels were installed through a government scheme usually for those on benefits, but wealthier households can qualify too When a letter landed on the doormat telling my girlfriend and I that we might be eligible for energy
I cut my monthly energy bill from £400 to £40 – here’s how I did it
A family from Bromley have managed to slash their electricity bills from more than £400 a month to around £40, thanks to a solar panel and battery systemWith two electric vehicles, a hot tub, and a home equipped with smart
UK rooftop solar installations hit record high
The number of certified rooftop solar panel installations to have taken place across the UK this year has now surpassed the previous annual record set in 2011. MCS, the certification body for smaller-scale clean energy installations, has confirmed that
Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran
Iran - especially its capital, Tehran - is facing an unprecedented drought this autumn, with rainfall at record lows and reservoirs nearly empty. Officials are pleading with citizens to conserve water as the crisis deepens. President Masoud Pezeshkian has
