Heat and smoke are smothering most of the US, putting lives at risk
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Controversy over lack of renewable in plans to rebuild electrical grid in Puerto Rico
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A giant wind farm is taking root off Massachusetts
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What the hell happened to the California of the ’50s and ’60s?
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Harnessing Iceland's geothermal energy for agriculture | Focus on Europe
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Finland is on the verge of becoming the first nation to bury spent nuclear fuel rods deep underground for the long term
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The Huussi toilet in Finland's pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale disposes of waste without any water
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Finland's vast network of tunnels 400m underground will soon begin operating as the world's first spent nuclear fuel disposal facility
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Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
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Plant Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear reactor reaches initial criticality
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Project to store carbon dioxide 1,800 metres beneath the North Sea – Denmark is the first country in the world to bury CO2 imported from abroad
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Every few months, when the wind's blowing in the right direction, a bottle of air is taken from Kennaook / Cape Grim, at the northern tip of Tasmania, and saved for science. Here's how and why.
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Mystery divers rescued near Polish energy sites in the middle of the night offer dubious explanation, and vanish
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Arizona city cuts off a neighborhood’s water supply amid drought
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Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals has been found in Sweden – may not reach market before 10-15 years' time due to environmental risk evaluations
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Sweden and France could be set to join forces to build new nuclear power stations in the Nordic nation
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Finland gets first floating liquefied natural gas terminal – will ensure future availability of gas, replacing supplies earlier imported from Russia
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How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
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Helsinki is tapping an unexpected source of energy to heat its homes – cold water extracted from deep in the Baltic Sea
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Sweden finds explosive traces at Nord Stream blast sites, confirms sabotage
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California approves large, controversial desalination plant for Monterey Peninsula
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Corpus Christi sold its water to Exxon, gambling on desalination. So far, it is losing the bet.
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A new way of storing renewable energy is providing clean heat – the Vatajankoski power plant is home to the world's first commercial-scale sand battery
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Baltic Pipe pipeline between Norway and Poland received its first direct deliveries of Norwegian gas – Danish terminal started operations following delays
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Finland hopes new nuclear reactor eases energy crunch – Olkiluoto 3 will be able to produce about one-fifth of the electricity the country consumes
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Operator of Nord Stream 2 confirmed that a leak in the pipeline has been detected southeast of the Danish island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea
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Why did we wait so long for wind power? Part II
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This 100% solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage
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Russia's war in Ukraine has forever changed Europe's energy landscape – Norway finds itself at the forefront of an energy crisis
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Norway-Poland gas pipeline opens in key move to cut dependency on Russia – could be at full capacity a month early due to good progress on work in Denmark
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On the shores of an island off Norway's North Sea coast, engineers are building a burial ground for unwanted greenhouse gas
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Lebanon’s forced conversion to solar
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The race to build an LNG terminal in north Germany
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UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste – repeated attempts to find a suitable location have been stymied by political intransigence and environmentalists
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Why the US Army electrifies this water
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Finland is building the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste, with no shortage of people wanting to be its neighbours
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Solar power is bailing Texas out this summer
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Climate change: 'Sand battery' could solve green energy's big problem
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Swedish power utility Vattenfall considering building at least two new small nuclear reactors to deal with a projected rise in electricity consumption over the coming decades
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It’s Warren Buffett versus Google, Facebook in latest US wind-farm debate
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The Orange Pill - Your city will be changed forever
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EDF rules out extension of nuclear plant to secure UK winter supplies
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Why the Texas power grid is vulnerable to blackouts during winter storms and heat waves
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Danish farmers turn their backs on mink after Covid mutation cull – just a handful of mink breeders express an interest in re-entering fur industry
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Californian critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms
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Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open
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Germany and Norway are considering building a hydrogen pipeline linking the two nations to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy supplies
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Denmark has authorised the construction of a new pipeline between Norway and Poland to reduce Warsaw's dependence on Russian gas
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Sweden approves plans for Forsmark nuclear waste storage site – will bury nuclear waste in the bedrock, and seal the facilities once they are full
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The Texas electrical grid failure was a warmup
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