Bristol community secures funding to build tallest wind turbine in England Residents of Lawrence Weston, a deprived housing estate, achieve £4m target without government aid The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2022
Solar power is winning from the energy crisis. Wind is losing From the way the public conversation was going, you might think renewable energy was firmly on the back foot as a result of the energy crisis that’s roiled the world since late last year. Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022
Tech & Science Daily: First Light Fusion on Nuclear breakthrough A company trying to solve the problem of nuclear fusion has successfully demonstrated a cheap new way to generate power. Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2022
Turbines are an eyesore? Sounds like a wind-up Letters: If you think wind turbines are ugly, try living near a power station, writes Dr Michael Symonds, while Terry Leary wonders why tidal power is being overlooked The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022
Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls – this engineering advance is building toward reactors of the future Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus – or JET – experiment in England has been called “a breakthrough” by… The Conversation · Apr 4, 2022
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Future Industries may set hydrogen industry precedent with Esperance wind turbine leases Wind turbines have proven a windfall for farmers, who are paid fees by electricity generators to put the infrastructure on their land. But will the deals be as good for landowners embarking on lease agreements with those in the hydrogen industry? ABC News · Mar 26, 2022
Nuclear fusion might finally be within our grasp There’s a lot at stake. Nuclear fusion could provide a clean, abundant source of fuel by using readily available raw fuels in a more controlled reaction than nuclear fission. Inverse · Mar 5, 2022
Nuclear fusion: how excited should we be? There’s been tremendous excitement about recent results from the Joint European Torus (JET) facility in the UK, hinting that the dream of nuclear fusion power is inching closer to reality. We know that fusion works – it is the process that powers the Sun, providing heat and light to the… The Conversation · Feb 23, 2022
How many energy jobs are there in the US? In 2022, the US boasted an energy workforce of 8,122,318 people, indicating a sizeable contribution to the national employment landscape. USAFacts · Feb 8, 2022