UK solar power hit a record high this summer
UK solar farms and rooftops generated a record 8.8 TWh this summer, up 23% on last year, during the country's hottest season on record.
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Energy
Renewables, fossil phase-out, grid and storage.
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The climate crisis is largely an energy problem: the great majority of global greenhouse gas emissions come from producing and using energy. This section tracks growth in renewable capacity, investment in storage and grids, fossil phase-out timelines, and the security-of-supply debate — checking capacity announcements against actual generation data.
Yara opens Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility
Yara's new Netherlands facility can capture 800,000 tonnes of CO2 a year from ammonia production, sending it by ship to permanent storage under the North Sea.
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As global oil demand peaks, the countries most dependent on it have no backup plan
A new E3G analysis warns the shift away from oil could destabilize the countries least prepared for it, with risks reaching well beyond their borders.
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China's factories are quietly weaning off coal, new analysis finds
New Ember analysis finds clean electricity met all of China's growth in power demand in 2025, and coal generation fell for the first time in a decade.
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Plug-in hybrids pollute six times more than their official ratings say: New EU data
New EU data shows plug-in hybrids emit six times what official lab tests claim, and the gap is widening year over year.
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China's carbon emissions signal a structural shift
A 1% drop driven by oil and steel could mark a new phase in the world's biggest emitter's climate fight.
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Renewable Energy Surplus in Brazil Sparks Unregulated Data Center Boom in Rural Areas
Companies seeking to harness energy wasted due to transmission constraints in wind and solar are building facilities on Quilombola lands in Bahia, causing environmental and noise problems.
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AI data centers drive 76% jump in US gas plant construction
Global Energy Monitor's July 2026 data shows artificial intelligence data centers have built up a 378 GW gas plant pipeline in the United States. Türkiye, with a target of 1 GW of data center capacity by 2030, is assembling a smaller-scale version of the same trade-off.
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Who Pays to Power the Data Center? Microsoft and Qcells Test a "Bring-Your-Own-Capacity" Model
Microsoft is partnering with solar panel manufacturer Qcells to power its data centers by renewable energy.
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