How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathematics that show worrying limitations on our sustainable energy options ... and...

Africa’s Sahara desert is a prime location, some say, to build arrays of solar panels and wind turbines. But scientists are aware that building these structures can potentially have large-scale effects on the surrounding environment that...

In Poitou-Charentes, the Thouars’ Community of Towns is leading the way in renewable energy with solar parks, wind farms, and sustainable construction. This initiative demonstrates how bioclimatic buildings and community efforts can...

Despite being a clean, renewable source of energy, wind farms attract dissent. Discover the downside to the construction of wind farms and why some people are upset about their use. Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points....

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This video is answering the question of how big are wind farms.

This video is answering the question of do wind farms affect wildlife.

This video explores five fun facts about wind farms.

This panel was held by the British Embassy in Washington, DC on February 11, 2020 in partnership with the U.S. National Science Foundation and Axios.



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The Australian state of Victoria has announced that a massive 300-megawatt battery will be built in partnership with Tesla and French renewable energy company Neoen <br/>

Imagine a world in which electricity was free. Heating and powering homes for nothing would bring obvious benefits, but there would be downsides too.

Imagine if heating and powering homes became free in the next decade. What would that mean for the world?

A new Harvard study simulated the effects of switching the country's entire power grid to wind power to look at the effect turbines have on local temperature.

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Scientists say installing massive wind and solar farms across the Sahara Desert could affect the weather.

This is a lecture-style video that discusses the effectiveness of different types of environmental policies. The lecturer explains various government interventions such as indirect taxation, subsidies, regulation, tradable pollution...

In this interview we discuss the impact of Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction in economic thinking - and specifically in energy. Most crucially we debate the issues surrounding conservation and the use of new oil and gas...

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has said the Conservative Party would axe the carbon tax on electricity generation, claiming it would cut bills by £8 billion a year.



She said: “When Ed Miliband blames gas for...

As Taryn Grant reports, the proposal is now on a shortlist for possible help from Ottawa.

Thanks to all the clean, green hydro-electric power we have in Manitoba, there's widespread belief we won't have a problem meeting our future energy needs. But that perception is not reality as Manitoba Hydro is going to need more...

The United Arab Emirates and Egypt agreed to develop one of the world's largest wind farms in Egypt.

About 200,000 people across the United Kingdom are employed in so-called "green jobs".