It is hard to imagine that something as mundane as a battery could make national headlines, but that is what happened last week in Australia. …
Category: Electricity
Drivers behind flattening CO2 emissions
The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently reported that carbon dioxide emissions from energy use remained flat in 2016, the third year in a row. This …
The cobalt rush?
It was interesting to see the FT report recently that there may be a cobalt crunch looming, with hedge funds actually stockpiling physical cobalt. The …
Materials in a transition
In thinking about the energy transition, it is easy to look at the status quo and compare it with a clean energy future of renewables, …
Baby steps through Marrakech
COP22 has come and gone and despite a surprise US election result in its early days which reverberated throughout the temporary site in Marrakech that …
100 Gigafactories
Last week National Geographic launched its climate change movie, Before the Flood, online globally for free viewing. The film offers the opportunity to join Leonardo …
Solar deployment rates
There is no doubt that solar PV is deploying rapidly, with 50+ gigawatts of capacity now being added each year to the global energy system. …
Infinite solar
An infographic published earlier this year asks the question “Could the world be 100% solar?”. The question is answered in the affirmative by demonstrating that so …
Do we focus too much on electricity?
A recent article posted on the GreenMoney e-jounal site argues that society is moving rapidly into a period of structural (and possibly abrupt) decline in …
The UK 5th Carbon Budget
In amongst the excitement created by the Brexit vote, on 30th June 2016 the UK Government met its statutory requirement and announced the details of the …
