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Four reasons why fully electric homes can be affordable and efficient
The EU’s new electrification plan aims to slash reliance on fossil fuels by doubling the number of heat pumps by 2030.
Electric boilers: a green alternative to heat pumps that no one is talking about
Electric boilers can be a green heating alternative, an expert says.
Renewables now generate more of Britain’s electricity than fossil fuels – but what happens next?
How this happened, why it matters, and why Britain still has lots more to do.
Electrifying offshore platforms targets a tiny fraction of the oil industry’s emissions
The use of fossil fuels carries a much heavier greenhouse gas penalty.
High fossil fuel prices mean UK cannot delay transition to low emissions steel
Steelmaking with green hydrogen is now a less expensive prospect relative to alternatives.
Germany’s plan for 100% electric cars may actually increase carbon emissions
The country’s ambitious plans for sustainable transport and renewable energy must work in sync.
In a rush to replace Russian gas, the EU has damaged its own climate change strategy
Electricity, not what the EU calls ‘renewable gases’, offer the fastest route to decarbonising heating.
Hydrogen cars won’t overtake electric vehicles because they’re hampered by the laws of science
Everyone loves the idea of H2 cars, but they come with a huge disadvantage.
Relying on renewables need not mean dealing with blackouts
For all the huge, hulking buildings of concrete and steel that house coal, gas or nuclear power stations, or towering 100-metre-tall wind turbines, generating electricity is in fact a very precise and…