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The trades in general, and electrical work specifically, are overwhelmingly male, with women making up only 2% of electricians in the US (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

Why we need more female electricians

By Danielle Renwick

Rooftop solar has ballooned in Lebanon, offering a reliable electricity supply for those who can afford it (Credit: Patrick Gaillardin)
Future Planet

Lebanon's unexpected solar boom

By Laure Delacloche
Shuman's invention was tested in Egypt in 1913, showing how water could be pumped from the Nile without burning fossil fuels (Credit: Alamy)
Design

The world's first solar power station

By Stephen Dowling
Clean energy sources will be crucial for businesses as they reduce their carbon emissions, but so will improvements in energy efficiency (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

What it really takes to get to net zero

By Isabelle Gerretsen
The search is on to find effective ways to decarbonise heat which can be rolled out at scale. Could communal heat pumps be the answer? (Credit: AerialPerspective/Getty Images)
Future Planet

The next frontier for heat pumps

By Evie Townend
Proteus' 180 panels meticulously track the Sun as it moves across the sky, to catch as many rays as possible (Credit: SolarisFloat)
Future Planet

The floating solar revolution

By Isabelle Gerretsen
Oil is a major source of revenue in Colombia, but the country's new president has promised 'a green, not a black future' (Credit: J Torres/ Getty Images)
Towards Net Zero

The country giving up oil extraction

By María Paula Rubiano A.
The cold can have short-term and long-term consequences for people's health (Credit: Wolfgang Schwan/Getty Images)
The Health Gap

How a cold home harms your health

By Chris Baraniuk
Major investments in clean energy are needed to keep global temperature rise below 1.5C (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

What if we had limitless clean energy?

By Adrienne Bernhard
Retrofitting homes with renewable energy is becoming more popular as gas prices rise. (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

How to save energy at home

By Chris Baraniuk
In a world of no mining, old wastes and tailings ponds could present an opportunity to access metals (Credit: M.Bernetti/Getty)
Future Planet

What would happen if we stopped mining?

By Laura Cole
As Europe seeks to decarbonise its energy supply in the long term, and move away from Russian gas in the short term, how much can biogas replace fossil gas? (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

The alternatives to Russia's gas

By Chris Baraniuk
A giant extractor at the Vattenfall lignite mines in Germany (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

The 'outrageous' green plan for coal

By Richard Fisher
The rise in demand for electric vehicles is causing lithium battery production to surge - but what happens to the old batteries? (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet

The big question for lithium batteries

By Allison Hirschlag
Oil has been a source of great wealth and pride in Russia (Credit: Getty Images)
Towards Net Zero

Will Russia ever leave oil behind?

By Angelina Davydova
Workers in the coal-dependent eastern Indian state of Jharkhand are among those who would need to retrain if the areas coal mines closed down (Credit: Getty Images)
Towards Net Zero

India's plan for life after coal

By Akshay Deshmane