ENERGY
Algeria faces the frackers
Jul 15, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Algeria’s plans to develop fracking are meeting with local resistance
Off the grid
Jul 05, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
The world’s longest underwater electricity cable will enable sharing of renewable energy between the UK and Norway
The battery revolution begins
Jun 04, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
New technologies have the potential to reinvent batteries, solving problems of renewable energy storage and mineral resource depletion in the process
Humanity's ‘enormous opportunity’
Jun 03, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Rapid global urbanisation and technological progress gives us the chance to ‘fundamentally transform’ our energy systems and urban infrastructure
Canadian oil sands investment slides
May 27, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
After a liberal democrat candidate won a surprise victory in Canada’s oil province, oil shares suffered. However, US fracking might also be to blame for the drop
Fossil fuel subsidies inexplicably huge
May 19, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Global fossil fuel subsidies will hit $5.3trillion (£3.4trillion) this year. Ending them could cut CO2 emissions by 20 per cent and save 1.6 million lives
Central Asia’s energy potential
Apr 16, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Countries from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan, from Ukraine to Uzbekistan have the potential for rapid development, if they can adopt long-term energy policies
Africa’s new oil
Mar 24, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Chad, Uganda and Kenya are trying to find new ways to manage oil boons, with mixed results
China’s inconvenient truth [VIDEO]
Mar 12, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A film uncovering and deploring the extent of air pollution and environmental degradation in China has started a national conversation
UK approves world’s biggest offshore wind-farm
Feb 27, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
Plans for up to 400 turbines located 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast have been given consent by the UK government in what would be the country’s biggest source of renewable energy
Controversial oil pipeline vetoed by Obama
Feb 26, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
In what has been seen as a key victory for environmentalists, President Obama has vetoed a controversial Canada-to-USA oil pipeline, citing issues related to ‘security, safety and [the] environment’
The geography of cheap oil
Jan 16, 2015
Written by
Oksan Bayulgen
Norway and Russia, both oil-exporting countries, are likely to experience two very different outcomes from the slump in oil prices
How to smuggle oil
Jan 06, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
At its high point, ISIL was estimated to be making $2million per day smuggling oil. Geographical looks at how to smuggle a vital resource
Africa’s uranium legacy
Dec 17, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Africa produces around 18 per cent of the world’s uranium, and there are plans to open new mines across the continent. But the industry has a chequered record with old mines
Geo Briefing: Global energy
Nov 24, 2014
Written by
Katy Marriott
The international allocation of $9.3billion to the the Green Climate Fund highlights the scale of the problem being caused globally by energy production and consumption
Frackers move in on London
Nov 12, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
London could be the new Dallas, if an energy company’s plans to frack in the capital go ahead
A heated debate
Oct 01, 2014
Written by
Daniel Allen
Iceland has long been famous for its spectacular volcanism, but recent developments in the country’s geothermal power industry have generated a new mid-Atlantic rift
Getting brown and dirty
Sep 01, 2014
Written by
Nikolia Apostolou
Lignite, or brown coal, has powered the Greek economy for more than 60 years but also led to health and environmental problems. Nikolia Apostolou assesses the impact of plans to privatise the country’s mining industry
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