Renewable Energy
In Renewable Energy
The power to save Britain
- By Mark Lynas
- 06 March 2008
How our island could be supplying Europe with green electricity. Plus Peter Hain on getting real about renewables
Nuclear fallout
- By Caroline Lucas
- 11 January 2008
The government’s commitment to nuclear power will undermine national and environmental security for decades
Energy efficiency can begin at home
- By Lucy Knight
- 02 July 2007
Attaching a wind turbine to your house is no easy undertaking
The alternatives
- By Jonathan Pearson
- 02 July 2007
A brief survey of alternative energy sources that looks at their strengths, weaknesses and feasability
Round table: The future for energy
- 02 July 2007
Alistair Darling MP and other top energy experts discuss the most important issues surrounding energy and how best to solve them
A battery of options: the storage solution
- By Peter Hall
- 02 July 2007
Energy from renewable sources has to be stored as production is unpredictable. But, says Peter J Hall, many technologies are neither desirable nor viable
Gas: who controls the tap?
- By Paul Rodgers
- 02 July 2007
Most of us take energy provision for granted, but Russia's threat last year to cut off Western Europe's gas supply reminds us that nations can use natural resources as a political weapon, says Paul Rodgers. As production dwindles in Britain's North Sea gas fields, we must protect ourselves by having a diverse range of suppliers
Biofuels – Love them or loathe them
- By Graham Meeks
- 02 July 2007
The UK has assumed a leadership position in Europe which enjoys the active support of the biofuels industry
Fuelling a Carbon Crisis
- By Ed Matthews
- 02 July 2007
If we are to radically reduce transport emissions then the truth is that we have no choice but to do tackle our unquenchable thirst for fuel
Belching chimneys instead of solar panels
- By Mark Lynas
- 21 May 2007
The truth of Blair's environmental legacy
Also in Renewable Energy
Back to basics
- By Caspar Henderson
- 03 October 2005
New technologies are all very well, writes Caspar Henderson, but we have to start by using energy more intelligently
Nuclear power: a convert
- By Mark Lynas
- 30 May 2005
Mark Lynas was sure it would be a disaster - and then he looked at the alternatives
The nuclear charm offensive
- By Jonathan Leake
- 23 May 2005
We are all being taken in by a carefully planned public relations strategy. Its mission: to push nuclear power back on the political agenda, rebranded as the new "green" alternative
Blow, blow thou winter wind
- By Andrew Simms
- 28 June 2004
The planet can no longer sustain our oil addiction. Renewable energies, meanwhile, hold the key to ending poverty. Why are we so slow on the uptake?
