Extreme weather is driving the energy storage boom
Energy storage installations for homes and businesses — involving battery technology — are on the rise in areas where extreme weather threatens the electric power grid, such as flood-prone Houston, wildfire-stricken California and hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. A sustained power outage
Next generation UK battery storage research receives US$68 million boost
A £55 million (US$67.8 million) fund has been earmarked for five projects in the UK looking at developing the next generation of battery storage technology. The government-led Faraday Institution has allocated the funding to five consortium-led projects with the aim
Financial crumbs: Chancellor slammed for meagre net zero funding
Chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid has been slammed by the green economy for adding just £30 million to the government’s net zero budget, a mere 0.1% of what is expected to be needed. Yesterday Javid, in his first official
History will be kind to Heathrow climate protesters who stop us flying
Activists plan to release drones near the airport. Their possible arrest is a small price to pay for fighting the climate crisis Obedience is dangerous: it has facilitated every form of institutional oppression and violence. Every advance in justice, peace
‘Collective failure’ of councils’ climate plans could spark legal challenges, warn lawyers
Implement “proper” climate change plans or risk facing legal challenge, environmental lawyers have warned 100 councils across England. The councils – all of which are currently developing a new local plan – have been put on notice by environmental law
E.ON is moving its customers to a 52% renewable, 48% greenwash tariff
E.ON made a bold announcement last week: all 3.3 million of their customers will be placed on a 100% renewable tariff as standard. No need to change their tariff or account. No extra charge. A good news story on the
Heat Waves and Heat-Related Illnesses: When the Heat Rises, So Do the Risk
Summertime, for many in the US, is the best part of the year. Weeklong trips to the beach. Weekends spent lounging and grilling by the pool. And in the middle of it all, on July 4, one of the
Underground line to heat up London homes during winter
Scheme to pipe ‘waste heat’ from tube into hundreds of Islington homes and businesses The sweltering temperatures on the tube’s Northern line will soon begin keeping homes in Islington, north London, cosy through the colder months, under a scheme to
Government clean energy policy inaction branded ‘unacceptable’ by select committee
The government must plug its policy shortfall or risk failing to hit binding net zero targets, the Science and Technology select committee has warned. Identifying ten areas where government policy is lacking, the committee issued a series of recommendations in