Consumers around the world want their electricity to come from renewable sources, writes Paul Brown. Yet governments from the UK to Australia are defying the popular will as they push for fossil fuels and nuclear power. The good news? Renewable energy is surging ahead regardless.
While governments back fossil fuels and nuclear, popular renewables boom Paul Brown | 6th September 2014 News Energy Renewables UK Australia India Germany Solar Wind westmill-cut.jpg Consumers around …
Biofuels are controversial because they are often produced from food crops or grown on farmland, writes Paul Brown, creating extra pressure on land and forests. But a common algae found in abundance around coastlines and clogging up beaches may be the answer.
Seaweed problem could provide biofuel solution Paul Brown | 14th March 2015 Comment Oceans Renewables Biofuels Technology sugar-kelp-cut.jpg Biofuels are controversial because they are often produced …
The EU, nervous about disruption to gas supplies across an increasingly unstable Ukraine, is planning a European 'supergrid' linking all 28 member states to increase resilience, writes Paul Brown. The development will be a boon to renewable energy generation, and cut emissions from fossil fuels.
Supergrid will build EU resilience and boost renewables Paul Brown | 9th September 2014 News Energy EU Renewables power-lines-cut.jpg The EU, nervous about disruption to gas supplies across an …
Floating wind turbines offer huge falls in the cost of offshore wind power, writes Paul Brown, and could be generating power in UK waters at well under the cost of new nuclear by 2020, provided adequate support.
With floating platforms, offshore wind cost set to plunge Paul Brown | 11th November 2015 News Energy Renewables Wind UK Scotland Oceans Technology ofshore-floating-wind-cut.jpg Floating wind …
A report published ahead of tomorrow's UN Climate Summit shows that we can meet all our energy needs from renewables, writes Paul Brown - poor nations and prosperous, tiny islands and great cities, in any part of the globe. And some are doing it already ....
'Political will is only barrier to 100% renewables' Paul Brown | 22nd September 2014 News Energy Climate Change Renewables solar-tower-cut.jpg A report published ahead of tomorrow's UN Climate Summit …
The nuclear industry faces an uncertain future as the reactor building boom is struck by unexpected costs, serious technical problems, and long, expensive delays, writes Paul Brown. Meanwhile renewables like wind and solar are offering investors an enviable combination of falling cost, low risk, fast build times, predictable returns and minimal long term liabilities.
Time and money run out for nuclear revival Paul Brown | 17th January 2017 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Finance olkiluoto-cut.jpg The nuclear industry faces an uncertain future as the reactor …
Just one degree of global warming could cut wheat yields by 42 million tonnes worldwide, around 6% of the crop, writes Paul Brown - causing devastating shortages of this staple food.
… Paul Brown | 19th January 2015 News Food Farming Climate Change …
China has now overtaken the European Union as the largest new market for solar power, writes Paul Brown - as solar PV becomes one of the world's fastest growing industries - and one that's sure to keep on getting cheaper!
Asia powers into the forefront of solar revolution Paul Brown Oliver Tickell | 4th February 2015 News Renewables Economics Solar Wind EU Africa China Asia solar_leo_house_bipv-cut.jpg China has now …
The ever-falling cost of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out of pocket as demand for fossil fuels falls away, writes Paul Brown. In the wake of the Paris Agreement and shrinking markets in major importing countries, the smart money is moving into renewables.
Fossil fuels a bad bet due to market changes, investors warned Paul Brown | 16th February 2016 News Fossil Fuels Renewables Oil Gas Coal Solar Wind Energy 6401946349_0f1471ca20_o.jpg The ever-falling …
Increasingly mild winters have caused an abundance of acorns and beech nuts in Europe's woodlands, writes Paul Brown, triggering a wild boar population explosion - just one of the effects of warming climate on wildlife populations.
Warmer winters boost Europe's wild boar Paul Brown | 23rd August 2015 News Climate Change EU Germany Mammals Science wild-boar-cut.jpg Increasingly mild winters have caused an abundance of acorns and …
Governments are still spending billions on nuclear research, writes Paul Brown - but 2015 looks like being an unhappy year for the industry as it continues to shrink while renewables grow, amid massive delays and cost over-runs.
2015 will see nuclear dream fade as wind and solar soar Paul Brown | 30th December 2014 News Nuclear Energy Renewables gemasolar-spain-cut.jpg Governments are still spending billions on nuclear …