This year’s Christmas could be Britain’s greenest yet, energy operator says System operator Neso predicts lowest carbon intensity ever on Christmas Day after new wind and solar power come online The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2025
China's power paradox: clean energy surge conflicts with coal safety net Ten years on from the Paris climate agreement, China sits at the heart of the global energy transition – as both the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide and its biggest driver of renewable power. Radio France Internationale · Dec 18, 2025
‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in North America, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025
Search goes on for suspect in fatal shooting of MIT professor who was fatally shot at his home Police intensified their search for a suspect in the fatally shooting of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in his home in a Boston suburb The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025
MIT Fusion Leader Nuno Loureiro Shot Dead: Who Was the Physics Genius Behind Clean Energy Breakthroughs? Nuno Loureiro, a leading MIT fusion scientist, was fatally shot at his home on Monday night amid ongoing concerns over gun violence and recent college shootings in the US. International Business Times UK · Dec 17, 2025
MIT Professor Shot Dead at Home in Brookline: Nuno Loureiro Found With Multiple Gunshot Wounds MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, 47, award-winning fusion scientist, was shot at his Brookline home and died in hospital after multiple gunshot wounds on Monday night. International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025
Electricity generation costs would be a third lower with 82% renewable grid, CSIRO says Modelling suggests main electricity market could run almost entirely on renewables without increase in generation cost by 2050 The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2025
Could This New Silicone Anode Battery Tech Actually End EV Range Anxiety? Porsche-backed Group14 and Sionic Energy claim to have cracked the code when it comes to ultra-fast charging, high-density battery packs. RideApart · Dec 16, 2025
France’s Flamanville nuclear reactor reaches full power for first time The Flamanville EPR reactor in north-western France has reached full nuclear power for the first time, state utility EDF announced on Sunday, describing it as “a major milestone” for the long-delayed and over-budget project. Radio France Internationale · Dec 14, 2025
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2025
'Hard to see the glass as half full': the verdict on Paris climate deal at 10 As the Paris climate deal turns 10 on Friday, its promise of holding global warming to between 1.5C and 2C is slipping further out of reach. Adelle Thomas, a geographer from the Bahamas and one of 600 scientists from the UN’s climate panel drafting the next global assessment, told RFI… Radio France Internationale · Dec 12, 2025
Health and safety rules holding UK infrastructure back, says writer of government report Exclusive: John Fingleton says regulators need to change their attitude to risk to end the country’s economic stagnation The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025
Will net zero really cost UK households £500 a year? An official report lays out different scenarios for the cost of transitioning away from fossil fuels to net zero by 2050 The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
Previously unknown early medieval settlement unearthed during work on wind farm The discovery is one of several made during archaeological excavations The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Southeast Asia embraces offshore wind power, as Trump bashes renewable energy Southeast Asia is embracing the embattled offshore wind industry as it reels from U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of renewable energy
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025 Ofgem approves early investment in three UK electricity ‘superhighways’ Green light intended to limit amount consumers pay for windfarms to turn off during periods of high generation
AAP · Dec 9, 2025 Cheapest path to energy and climate goals locked in Solar and wind firmed by storage and backed by gas remains the cheapest pathway to meet Australia's growing demand for electricity while reaching climate goals
The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2025 Australia’s energy grid must triple capacity by 2050 with major increase to wind and solar, Aemo says Market operator says capital cost of infrastructure under optimal path would be $128bn in today’s dollars, but price of delay is even higher
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025 The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology Editorial: Sun-dimming risks putting the planet’s thermostat under Donald Trump’s control. Better to adopt the precautionary principle with high-stakes science
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025 ‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030
Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025 Scotland’s energy industry facing ‘existential threat’, Swinney warns PM The First Minister met with the Prime Minister ahead of a summit of the British-Irish Council in Wales.
Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025 Energy bills to go up by £108 a year to pay for 'more resilient' gas and electricity networks Gas bills will have to go up by an average of £48, while electricity bills will rise by £60 a year on average.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025 Budget uncertainty triggers plunge in UK construction activity; Trustpilot shares slump after short-seller claims – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025 UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share
The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2025 There are two big drivers of Australia’s economic growth – but shape matters as much as size Income from rooftop solar panels and investment in data centres are helping to power the economy, which leads us to the question: is all growth good?