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Renewable energy

The Voltaire jack-up ship

Technology

Ship taller than Eiffel Tower will build biggest offshore wind farm

Including its 130-metre-long legs, the Voltaire wind turbine installation vessel is 336 metres high. It is on its way from China to the North Sea, where it will install huge new turbines at Dogger Bank

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CarbFix CO2 injection site

Technology

The green tech that could help Iceland become carbon neutral by 2040

Insight

US President Joe Biden celebrating the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act

Environment

US action on climate change will start to get serious in 2023

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Dark dunes surrounding Mars's northern polar cap

Space

Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles all year round

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WALTER TOSTO COMPANY REPORT https://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionforenergy/52231537313/ Final assembly of Europe's sector 4 of the ITER Vacuum Vessel, Walter Tosto, Italy, May 2022.

Physics

Unlimited energy from fusion became a more feasible prospect in 2022

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Protesters hold placards during a

Earth

2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

Leader

Part of the Guadiana river has dried up and gives way to dry land under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. - Temperatures in Spain have been very high this summer with several unusual heat waves. 51¶¯Âþs say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events including heatwaves and droughts more frequent and more intense. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Extreme drought in 2022 exposed fragility of Europe’s energy system

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National Ignition Facility

Physics

Nuclear fusion researchers have achieved historic energy milestone

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Sections of a timber wind turbine tower under construction

Environment

Should we build wind turbines from wood?

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plan

Technology

Ukraine's nuclear plants face uncertain future after Russian attacks

Attacks on Ukraine's power grid took all 15 of the nation's nuclear reactors offline for the first time ever. Russia also retains control of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear power station in Europe

Analysis

Society

Nord Stream gas pipe explosions were sabotage, say investigators

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Technology

Online adverts estimated to use as much energy as a small country

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Environment

Global fossil fuel emissions set to rise by 1 per cent in 2022

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Environment

Does the UK need new nuclear plants like Sizewell C to reach net zero?

Analysis

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