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High voltage power transformer substation

Environment

Poorer nations will be hit by rising energy costs from climate change

Some countries will spend less on power by 2100, but middle-income countries in the tropics and subtropics will spend more to keep buildings cool

News

Bitcoin mining USB devices

Technology

US becomes world's largest bitcoin miner after China crackdown

News

Energy watchdog says net zero can protect against future price shocks

Environment

Energy watchdog says net zero can protect against future price shocks

News

Offshore wind farm

Environment

UK National Grid in talks to build an energy island in the North Sea

News

London, UK - Electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Hornsey

Environment

UK could halve energy demand by 2050 without reducing quality of life

News

Norwegian hydrodam

Technology

Norwegian reservoirs power homes in Great Britain via 724km cable

News

Woman and child wearing colorful pair of woolly socks warming cold feet in front of heating radiator in winter time. Electric or gas heater at home. Part of body, selective focus.

Environment

Blame fossil fuels, not renewables, for the UK's winter energy crisis

Analysis

Fire at power facility

Environment

Are UK energy supplies in trouble after fire at French power link?

News

Ariel view of Whitehaven, England

Environment

Will plans for new UK coal mine scupper net-zero ambitions at COP26?

News

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan/AP/Shutterstock (10714089d) Cube of uranium is displayed, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, N.M. The

Physics

Investigation of Nazi uranium could help stop modern nuclear smuggling

Cubes of uranium salvaged from Nazi Germany's atomic bomb programme during the second world war are being analysed to confirm their origin, and the method could help law enforcement investigate illegal trafficking of nuclear material

News

Space

Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, claims report

News

Physics

Huge lasers make conditions at the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion

News

Environment

UK plan to boost hydrogen production relies on fossil fuels

News

Environment

How to understand world energy use – in 10 graphs

Features