Renewable energy
United States
California has got really good at building giant batteries
At peak times they provide 30% of the state’s electricity
United States
What happens if the Inflation Reduction Act goes away?
Evaluating the effects of scrapping green subsidies in Washington
Britain
Aberdeen shows why the UK’s clean-energy transition will be messy
The jobs in renewables can’t come fast enough to replace those related to oil and gas
Science & technology
The great Iberian power cut need not spell disaster for renewables
But there are lessons to be learned
Leaders
How AI could help the climate
The technology could help decarbonise the industries that have proved the hardest to clean up
Finance & economics
Cheap solar power is sending electrical grids into a death spiral
Pakistan and South Africa provide a warning for other countries
The Americas
Brazil’s ragged finances are holding back its green ambitions
The transformation of its largest private port has lessons for the country’s aspirations
Leaders
To make electricity cheaper and greener, connect the world’s grids
Less than 3% of the world’s power is internationally traded—a huge wasted opportunity
The Americas
The Caribbean struggles to break its dependence on fossil fuels
But moving to renewables is slow and expensive
By Invitation: Science & technology in 2025
Casey Handmer says solar power is changing the economics of energy
Large-scale production of synthetic fuel is now feasible, argues the founder of Terraform Industries