That’s the suggestion from Professor Phil Hart, Director of Energy and Power at Cranfield University. who spoke to Energy Live News about the global pandemic
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Iran announces raft of new power and water projects amid coronavirus crisis
They will make up a proportion of 38 new projects, worth £342m, to be developed across 15 provinces in the next three months
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Opus Energy unleashes new 100% renewable electricity tariff for SMEs
The new tariff will provide 100% renewable energy sourced from more than 2,300 UK renewable generators
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EIB backs Polish wind farm with €60m loan
The new wind park is expected to supply approximately 75,000 households with clean energy
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Toshiba unveils ‘world’s largest hydrogen plant’
The new facility can produce as much as 1,200m3 of hydrogen per hour which will be used to stabilise the electricity grid and boost the use of renewables
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More than 72% of Gen Z ‘don’t know nuclear is low carbon’
Women are only half as likely as men to favour nuclear power, with 29% supporting it compared with 56% of men, according to a new poll
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Global coal demand & CO2 emissions ‘lowest in decades’
As coal generation dropped in 2019, wind and solar generation rose by 15%, generating 8% of the world’s electricity
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The world’s smelliest fruit ‘could be a super power bank’
Scientists claim to have converted the fruits’ waste portions into super-capacitors that can be used to store electricity efficiently
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Suppliers pledge to motivate 200m customers to choose greener energy
Personalised advice and transparent information about the costs, benefits and payback of available technologies are among the measures to encourage more consumers to make sustainable decisions
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UK’s carbon emissions ‘now at 1888 levels’
That’s according to a new analysis from Carbon Brief, which notes the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions have fallen by 29% over the last decade
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