The roadmap on established and emerging photovoltaics has been published. It involved more than 80 people from the UK photovoltaic community, including a presence from the PV community in Oxford.
Boosted by new investment powers, the royal asset manager wants to restore Britain’s pre-eminent position in offshore wind farms — but it faces a wave of challenges.
Researchers at Switzerland’s Paul Scherrer Institute have identified Canada as a potential epicentre of future hydrogen production.
Two Oxford academics argue that while new technology for removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is essential, cutting emissions should be the primary weapon for slowing global warming.
One huge question for the future of the global economy is how oil will be affected by the transition to net zero. Any energy economist will tell you that predicting oil prices is something of a fool’s errand, given all the uncertainties involved – but it would be even more foolish not to thin...
The new UK government has set out an ambitious target to accelerate the deployment and integration of renewables by 2030. To achieve this and move from fossil fuel-powered plants to renewables, which cannot be turned on or off as required, requires modernisation of the grid and new infrastructure...
Great Britain is currently highly dependent on fossil gas. This presents a major risk for households and national finances, leaving us exposed to expensive gas price spikes.
New research from the University of Oxford, published in the journal Carbon Management, makes the case for a novel ‘Carbon Removal Budget’ to help tackle climate change. It would sit alongside the Carbon Budget that governs how much CO2 can safely be emitted globally.
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