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Drilling at United Downs Deep Geothermal Project.

Environment

Can geothermal energy supply all of the UK's heating?

A committee of MPs has urged the government to exploit the vast amount of underground heat beneath the UK, but realising that potential isn't straightforward

Analysis

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Technology

Despite decades of hype, there is now real hope of progress in fusion

Leader

Artists concept view of the interior of the ITER reaction vessel. Nuclear fusion involves creating a plasma of superheated gas to temperatures of more than 200 million degrees C, conditions hot enough to force deuterium and tritium atoms to fuse together and release energy. Fusion takes place inside a 'Tokamak' torus within a giant magnetic field, the only way to contain the heat generated. The ITER reactor is designed to produce 500 MW, 10 times more energy than it consumes. Nuclear fusion is the joining (fusing) of light elements to form heavier elements, which releases large amounts of energy. It is hoped that fusion will be a clean, renewable energy source for the future. Nuclear fusion is the joining (fusing) of light elements to form heavier elements, which releases large amounts of energy. It is hoped that fusion will be a clean, renewable energy source for the future.

Physics

Can a slew of nuclear fusion start-ups deliver unlimited clean energy?

Features

Berlin monument

Environment

Can Europe cut its electricity consumption enough to avoid blackouts?

Insight

Car buried under rubble

Environment

Extreme weather threat to energy security is as serious as Ukraine war

News

Carlo Rovelli at Cornilia Parker exhibition

Physics

Carlo Rovelli on the bizarre world of relational quantum mechanics

Features

Family sits around a table by candlelight

Environment

Can Britain avoid winter blackouts amid the European energy crisis?

Analysis

Oliver Stone interviews Dr. Ashley Finan, Director of the National Reactor Innovation Center, at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, USA.

Environment

Nuclear Now review: Oliver Stone's paean to a nuclear future

Culture

A grid of houses

Technology

AI can tell which buildings are energy efficient from the outside

News

Gas power plant

Environment

How will Germany navigate its gas shortage nightmare this winter?

Germany normally relies heavily on Russian gas for domestic heating, but with supplies cut off and energy usage already above average for the time of year, the government may be forced to introduce rationing

Analysis

Space

The cosmos doesn't work to my research schedule – but that's OK

Comment

Environment

Could Labour's Great British Energy firm spark a green revolution?

Analysis

Space

Earth’s surface may be teeming with trillions of dark matter particles

News

Humans

Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines to Europe suffer mysterious leaks

News