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Renewable energy

A pile of batteries

Technology

Paper batteries use electron-harvesting bacteria to make electricity

Many small devices require batteries, but they can be expensive and environmentally unfriendly. Paper batteries powered by bacteria may be the solution

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Fossil-free Dutch vehicles line up for a cool future

Technology

Fossil-free Dutch vehicles line up for a cool future

Culture

Weird 'wind drought' means Britain's turbines are at a standstill

Earth

Weird 'wind drought' means Britain's turbines are at a standstill

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Smart solar windows could power your home and also keep it cool

Technology

Smart solar windows could power your home and also keep it cool

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electric plane

Technology

Will we ever go on holiday in an electric-powered plane?

Comment

EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

Earth

EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

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Artist's impression of the Swansea tidal power project, showing a walkway around the periphery

Earth

Why tidal power won't solve the world's renewable energy needs

Comment

Solar & Wind Farm

Earth

A renewables revolution is afoot – but who will benefit?

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renewable energy

Earth

Finally we can power the planet on renewables alone – here's how

Features

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Earth

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat

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Earth

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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Earth

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

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Earth

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

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Earth

The real palm oil problem: it's not just in your food

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