Energy

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
Floating wind turbines on the surface of the ocean allow them to be positioned in deeper water than other offshore wind (Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
2045: Memories of the Future
The wind farms that float on the ocean
By Alasdair Lane
China has said it will end its involvement in overseas coal funding – what does that mean for the rest of the world? (Credit: Getty Images)
Towards Net Zero
How China shapes the world's coal
By Catherine Early
The Netherlands is closing its largest gas field, and seeking new methods to heat homes instead (Credit: Getty Images)
Towards Net Zero
How the Dutch are ditching natural gas
By Laura Cole
Electric lighting allows businesses to stay open later into the evening once it gets dark (Credit: Roberto Nencini/Alamy)
Bright Sparks Sustainability
The homes powered by pedestrians
By Isabelle Gerretsen
Mine water is a plentiful source of heat, warmed by geological processes below ground (Credit: Coal Authority)
Future Planet
The new use for abandoned coal mines
By Alasdair Lane
The postal office in Cheshire still serves its last remaining residents (Credit: Harmon Leon)
Pollution
The ghost town created by coal
By Harmon Leon
Boardwalks through restoring bogs could be important as a tourist attraction as the area finds new sources of income after peat (Credit: Tina Claffey Photography)
Future Planet
The end of a fuel worse than coal
By Nessa Tierney
Lake Kivu has the power to be disastrous for the region, or to be a clean supply of power (Credit: D Bouffard & A Wuest/AR Fluid Mechanics 2019/Knowable Magazine)
Future Planet
The African lake with explosive power
By John Wenz
It is relatively easy to produce a half-dozen of these turbines - but the fields of many hundreds needed is an engineering challenge (Credit: Oyvind Gravas)
Future Planet
Is wind power’s future in deep water?
By Paul Hockenos
Iceland's Hellisheiði geothermal power plant has been home to CarbFix operations since 2014 (Credit: Arni Saeberg)
Future Planet
How to ‘undo’ carbon emissions for good
By Lowana Veal
Cacti are a promising new source of biofuels in the Mexican desert (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet
How Mexico is drawing power from cacti
By Miguel Trancozo Trevino
Hospitals over Venezuela lost power during a five-day nationwide black out this year (Credit: Getty Images)
Worst Case Scenario
How to survive an apocalyptic power cut
By Richard Gray
The question of what to do with the world's oil tanker fleet will become more pressing as the world tries to wean itself off fossil fuels (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Now
What to do with ageing oil tankers
By Richard Gray
Orkney
Energy
The islands with the electric sea
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