September 15, 2024

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A gas blending station for testing gas and hydrogen mixtures in Germany. The energy transition in Germany became urgent after its supply of relatively inexpensive gas from Russia ended following the Ukraine war.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy / EXPLAINER

Jul 26, 2024

How Germany's hydrogen economy could transform energy use

By Vera Eckert

For some, Germany's bet on green hydrogen is a gamble, but for others, it is a world-leading example.

The Illuminate USA solar panel plant in Pataskala, Ohio, on Monday

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Jul 18, 2024

Many U.S. solar factories are lagging, except for those China owns

By Nichola Groom

Chinese companies will have at least 20 gigawatts' worth of annual solar panel production capacity on U.S. soil within the next year.

An air conditioning unit being installed in Kotor, Montenegro, on June 22. Life almost stopped in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica earlier this summer, with cars and buses getting stuck in gridlock as traffic lights went out, the internet crashed and security alarms blared in reaction to a sudden loss of power supply.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Jul 15, 2024

The world’s power grids are failing as the planet warms

By Eamon Farhat, Misha Savic, Fiona MacDonald and Mark Chediak

Hotter summers cause spikes in demand for cooling, but upgrades to power infrastructure haven’t kept pace with climate change.

The cooling towers of the Saint-Laurent-Des-Eaux nuclear power plant site near Orleans, France, in 2023. Long a nuclear-power holdout, Australia is now debating a switch that could see the country end its decadeslong resistance to the energy source.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Jul 11, 2024

One of the last holdouts, Australia weighs nuclear power pivot

By Ben Westcott

Australia's potential turn to nuclear power is in line with a global trend amid a rethink about energy security and efforts to reduce emissions across the world.

Coal piles at Jera's Hekinan thermal power station in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, in October 2021

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Jul 8, 2024

Japan should phase out coal power by 2035, climate group says

By Sing Yee Ong

The nation should adjust its national targets and slash emissions by two-thirds by the middle of the next decade, according to the Japan Climate Initiative.

A gyrotron, which is used to heat plasma for nuclear fusion reactions, developed by Kyoto Fusioneering

ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET

Jul 7, 2024

Kyoto Fusioneering looks toward a 'Made in Japan' approach for nuclear fusion

By Chris Russell

Although it recognizes that international collaboration is key, the startup sees the country playing an integral role in the fusion ecosystem.

New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the nation on Friday in London.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

Jul 5, 2024

U.K.’s election is a rare win against anti-climate campaigns

By Olivia Rudgard

Keir Starmer’s Labour has a manifesto that puts climate and clean energy front and center, unlike some parties in Europe and the U.S.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.

Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?

By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

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