Drax begins capturing carbon in ‘world first’ pilot
The Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering have estimated that Drax could capture 50 million tonnes of carbon per year by 2050 – about half the nation’s emissions target.
Climate crisis
The climate crisis demands action — and action is happening. This archive tracks real progress: policy wins, clean-energy milestones, community resilience, and scientific advances that show meaningful change is possible. Stories here come from every corner of the world.
Grid-scale solar power tripled in Australia in 2018 as renewables met 20% of energy output
“2018 will go down as the year that fossil fuels began an inexorable decline in Australia’s electricity supply.”
Plug-in electric car sales skyrocket in China
2018 PEV sales in China ended at over a million units. For some context, 2017 was the first year that plug-ins reached 1 million sales globally.
U.K. carbon emissions down 37% since 1990
A final report of the U.K.’s carbon emissions from 1990-2017 has found that CO2 levels have fallen again.
Florida Power & Light plans for 30 million solar panels by 2030
The “30 by 30” expansion will change the dynamics and make Florida a real leader of solar in the world.
Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants by 2038
Germany, one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal, will shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years to meet its international commitments in the fight against climate change, a government commission said.
Scientists invent new carbon capture technology that generates electricity by sucking up CO2
Researchers in South Korea and Georgia say they’ve devised a system that captures atmospheric carbon in water and uses the reaction to generate electricity and hydrogen.
Scientists found a new way to make fusion reactors more efficient
For a technology that stands to revolutionize how we generate clean energy, nuclear fusion is remarkably leaky, making the process much less efficient. But new research from the U.S. Department of Energy may have found a way to keep those particles where they belong.
India plans to add 500 GW of renewable energy capacity within 10 years
India will auction off 40 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind capacity every year until 2028, part of the country’s goal to produce 40 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
Renewables overtake coal as Germany’s main energy source
Green energy’s share of Germany’s power production has risen to over 40% from 38% percent in 2017 and just 19% percent in 2010.