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Virtual power plants could tame coming grid chaos

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Virtual power plants could tame coming grid chaos

National grids will struggle if power generation shifts from large generators to millions of renewable sources with variable output – but tying these together as a single entity could solve the problem

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Train can be worse for climate than plane

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Train can be worse for climate than plane

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Poor countries could be paid to go nuclear

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Poor countries could be paid to go nuclear

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Methanol challenges hydrogen to be fuel of the future

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Methanol challenges hydrogen to be fuel of the future

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Hot rock power scheme could brew trouble in Eden

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Rules of high seas could lead to Arctic 'pole of peace'

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Rules of high seas could lead to Arctic 'pole of peace'

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Alcohol makes autos more climate-friendly

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Alcohol makes autos more climate-friendly

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Power-hungry gadgets must learn to diet

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Growing biofuel without razing the rainforest

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Growing biofuel without razing the rainforest

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Breathing batteries could store 10 times the energy

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Breathing batteries could store 10 times the energy

Electric car performance is being held up by limits to the amount of power that can be stored on board, but a new battery that breathes air could provide a solution

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Existing gas power plants could pump out hydrogen

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Sea 'snake' generates electricity with every wave

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How to fuel a car on waste plastic

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Humanity's carbon budget set at one trillion tonnes

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