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What Energy Really Costs in Land: Looking Beyond the Fence Line
Why land area only matters when you count all the land that energy really uses Arguments about land use in energy often begin with a photograph and end with a conclusion. A gas-fired power station occupies a compact industrial site. A nuclear station sits within a relatively small, well-defined boundary. A solar farm spreads across…
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“Put Solar on Roofs Instead” – Does the Maths Add Up?
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Building Climate-Resilient Village Communities
“The goal is not to create climate-proof villages. That is impossible. The goal is to create communities that can anticipate, withstand, adapt to and recover from climate-related challenges while continuing to thrive.” Climate change is no longer a future problem. Across East Yorkshire we are already experiencing more frequent extreme weather, heavier rainfall, hotter summers…
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What Happens to Fossil Fuel Extraction if We Stop Burning Fossil Fuels?
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Fossil Fuels, Renewables and Nuclear: Which Really Requires More Mining?
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Why Solar Farms Aren’t the Threat to Agriculture People Assume They Are
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From pilot to fleet – scaling Cornwall’s deep geothermal and the value of firm power
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Batteries, mining and cobalt; the real story
Like almost every other physical thing we use, the raw materials come from somewhere. Humans mine gigatonnes of materials from our planet every year, often with significant environmental impacts. In some cases there is a human cost too. In their fight against the inevitable transition to renewable energy there are those who criticise renewables for…
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Land Use: Golf Courses vs Renewable Energy Sources
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