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Renewables

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21/6/2023 Feature / Dave Sweeney

How a digital twin is being used to optimise energy use in historic buildings

A live digital twin model is being used by Glasgow City Council to identify patterns of energy use in historic buildings located in its largest park. Dave Sweeney, Product Manager at IES, explains how the advanced visualisation concept works with a sensitive approach to optimising Grade A listed buildings and associated structures.

Solar

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10/5/2023 Feature / Saif Islam,Finn Bee

Joined up thinking – the benefits of sector coupling for Germany's energy transition

Energy is consumed in three sectors: transport, industry and to heat and cool buildings. Connecting these three sectors will be crucial for the energy transition and is termed ‘sector coupling’. Here Saif Islam, a Senior Consultant, and Finn Bee, Research Analyst, at EUPD Research, describe the key benefits of sector coupling for Germany’s energy transition.

Solar

16/3/2022 Comment / Kevin McCann

UK solar – a leading light, with more to come

Who doesn’t like a success story? And the UK’s solar energy industry is doing just fine, writes Solar Energy UK’s Kevin McCann AMEI, although it is also ready to step up to meet further growth targets.

Solar

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1/5/2024 Feature / Sarah Townes

Project Tiošpáye: on- and off-grid solar for Indigenous community development

Sarah Townes, CFO and Zero Emissions Network Director of the American Solar Energy Society, introduces a unique project to support innovative housing for the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.

Solar

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18/3/2026 Feature / Charlie Bush

Golden age: how solar became the world’s cheapest power source

Solar power has come a long way since 1839, when French physicist Alexandre Edmond Becquerel figured out that directing sunlight onto two electrodes, one covered with silver chloride and the other with silver bromide, generates an electric current. From this humble start, global solar capacity reached 2 TW in 2024, a doubling in just two years. Most of the progress has accelerated in the past few decades, with prices falling by 99.9% since 1975, making solar one of the cheapest forms of electricity generation worldwide, writes Charlie Bush.

Wind

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20/9/2023 Feature / Masum Billah

Bangladesh explores wind power

Bangladesh is exploring offshore wind power as a key solution for a country seeking energy diversification, but whose dense population restricts the land availability for renewable power. Masum Billah in Dhaka reports.

Grid management

Rows of electricity transmission lines and pylons, and some wind turbines, with corn field and trees in foreground, blue ski and white clouds above

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12/3/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Overcoming renewable energy variability for a stable grid

Integrating large amounts of solar and wind into electricity grids is a major challenge due to their intermittency. As the world installs more renewables, the peaks and troughs in power generation will extend beyond hourly or daily fluctuations into seasonal patterns. Managing these variations requires flexible energy systems that can adjust output throughout the year to balance intermittency and maintain grid stability, reports Charlie Bush.

Access to energy

African woman sitting at table alongside two children writing out their homework in exercise books in dimly lit room

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11/10/2023 Feature / Nick Imudia

How to bring energy to underserved communities

A fundamental part of the energy transition should involve its justness: ensuring no one is left behind as the world shifts to renewable sources of energy. Nick Imudia, CEO at d.light, discusses how expanding energy access and decarbonisation are aligned, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Solar

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26/2/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Europe’s solar dilemma: Competing with China while securing energy independence

In the early 2000s, Europe was at the forefront of solar PV production. However, as governments scaled back subsidies and incentives, they failed to compete with China’s state-backed manufacturing surge. Since 2011, China has invested over $50bn in new PV supply capacity – 10 times more than Europe. Making a dent in China’s production monopoly will be immensely challenging. But the EU could maintain leadership in solar installation and technology by strategically directing funding and diversifying supply chains, for example in the bloc’s upcoming Clean Industrial Deal, writes Charlie Bush.

Renewables

Aerialview of African solar farm's solar panels surrounded by desert sand

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11/1/2023 Feature / Selwyn Parker

The sun may yet shine on Africa

Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa, is a region in dire need of alternative forms of energy as a heating planet wreaks havoc on its climate and people. But will salvation come from fossil fuels or renewables? asks Selwyn Parker.

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How a digital twin is being used to optimise energy use in historic buildings

Joined up thinking – the benefits of sector coupling for Germany's energy transition

UK solar – a leading light, with more to come

Project Tiošpáye: on- and off-grid solar for Indigenous community development

Golden age: how solar became the world’s cheapest power source

Bangladesh explores wind power

Overcoming renewable energy variability for a stable grid

How to bring energy to underserved communities

Europe’s solar dilemma: Competing with China while securing energy independence

The sun may yet shine on Africa