Clean energy

How Earth’s Heaviest Bird Is Inspiring Scientists To Build Better Wind Turbines

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

the majesty of nature. It’s an engineering template. getty Engineers are finding new ways to make wind turbines more efficient by stealing ...

Wind farms investigated after ‘overcharging customers by £100m’

Business
Robert Johnson

Ofgem has tackled some recent cases of overcharging. Last year it recovered £77m in fines, customer refunds, and compensation from power suppliers, ...

Britain’s biggest wind farm delayed by shortage of ships

Business
Robert Johnson

Dogger Bank is an area of sandbanks in the southern North Sea spanning UK, German, Danish and Dutch waters. Its relatively shallow ...

Beneath Britain’s streets, an energy revolution is quietly taking place

Business
Robert Johnson

Tamsin Lishman, Kensa’s chief executive, says the approach means households still have a “heating box in a cupboard”, similar to their gas ...

Nuclear waste should be used to heat homes, ministers advised

U.K.
William Turner

Nuclear waste should be used to heat homes as part of the drive for net zero, ministers have been told. The UK ...