Deep Dive
Record Renewables Growth Runs Into a Full Grid
The IEA expects the first annual fall in renewable additions in 21 years, the biggest six-year expansion on record, and a grid that is now the main thing standing in the way.
AI's Water Demand Could Double by 2030
A new report projects data centres' water footprint reaching 9.32 trillion litres by 2030, but the number is only meaningful once you know what it counts, and who is making the case.
The Decade of Fusion Energy Begins
As Wisconsin plans its first fusion power plant, America, Europe and China are racing at the same time to tame limitless energy.
Which Way Is the Wind Blowing?
When judging wind farms, rather than arguing from conviction, we need to look at the full life-cycle ecological balance and the impact on the natural environment.
When the Cooling Water and the Power Run Out
Low water on the Danube nearly shut down Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, and the Iberian blackout showed how fragile Europe's grid is.
Why Is the Hydrogen Powertrain Being Pushed to the Margins?
Behind the most loudly promised technology of the energy transition lie persistent cost gaps, missing infrastructure and documented oil industry interests.
What Is Hydrogen Good For? – Industry, Energy, Transport
For decades, hydrogen has quietly kept heavy industry alive – now, through e-fuels and fuel cells, it is entering transport too.
How Is Hydrogen Made?
Steam methane reforming and coal gasification, then electrolysis in three ways – production methods differ widely in efficiency, CO₂ footprint and price per kilogram.
The Age of Hydrogen – Why Now?
We have talked about the Earth's lightest element as a potential energy carrier for decades – for the first time, it looks as if the hope is coming true.
The New Age of the Electric Motor
The electric motor was not invented yesterday – but it has never been reinvented as radically as now: rethinking magnetic flux, the dual-rotor principle and the rare earth question are together rewriting the future of electric propulsion.