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Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

Environment

Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

It is vital that we clean up our energy sources and shift away from fossil fuels, but rising interest rates mean green energy projects are becoming more expensive and risk being cancelled

Analysis

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Shutterstock (13625754c) ? The LINE ? exposition by NEOM in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 15, 2022. The Line Expo - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 15 Nov 2022

Environment

Does oil-rich Saudi Arabia really want to mend its ways and go green?

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Technology

Solar panels could be about to get much better at capturing sunlight

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Environment

US is on track to halve emissions by 2035, but this still isn't enough

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Environment

Record-setting heatwave bakes US South and Mexico

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An artist impression of the Euclid space telescope

Space

Euclid space telescope is about to launch to probe the dark cosmos

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Environment

UK’s first deep geothermal project for 36 years opens at Eden Project

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Environment

Pay-monthly option for heat pumps could help Europe cut emissions

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Can recreating black holes in the lab solve the puzzles of space-time?

Physics

Can recreating black holes in the lab solve the puzzles of space-time?

Features

A well for hydrogen production in Geneva, Nebraska

Earth

World's first drilling project to seek natural hydrogen hits a snag

A well in Nebraska is the first in the world to have been drilled in search of naturally occurring geologic hydrogen, but tests to determine how much of the gas it might supply are on hold because of a broken pump

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Environment

Vertical farm cuts energy use 75 per cent by using sunlight

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Technology

Start-up is developing world’s first ammonia-powered ships

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Environment

Europe survived its winter energy crisis, but what happens next year?

Analysis

Chemistry

Graphene with ripples could help make better hydrogen fuel cells

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