Glass Wings Blog: Power

100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power
3,800-km Cable Offers Glimpse of a Global Power Grid
A California lake has enough lithium to power 375 million EVs
A major blackout left 500,000 Victorian homes without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient
A new era: Coal usage and emissions in the global power sector to peak in 2023
A Power Grid Long Enough to Reach the Sun Is Key to the Climate Fight
A successful energy transition depends on managing when people use power. So how do we make demand more flexible?
Aemo warns coal-fired power plants could drop off before replacements are ready
Affordable nuclear? Dutton’s plan would add nearly $1,000 a year to the power bill of a family of four
Affordable Solar Power is Increasing Electricity Access for Malawi’s Households
As Australia’s net zero transition threatens to stall, rooftop solar could help provide the power we need
Australia can no longer afford to ignore Russia’s expanding naval power in the Pacific
Australians blame wind, solar for high power bills as media campaigns take hold
Australia’s female First Nations rappers turn pain into power
Australia’s power and gas companies want Coalition to retain Labor’s 2030 climate target
Austria, Denmark, Lithuania: Which EU countries have committed to decarbonise power by 2035?
Base Load Solar Power Beamed WIRELESSLY From SPACE?! 🤯
Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps
Big batteries to shore up power in 20 Victorian tourist towns
Brazil set to widen lead as cleanest major power sector
Bright Green Futures Ep 18: The Power of Hope
California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels
The charity shop fashion tastemaker on preloved’s stylish power
China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
China rights activist goes on trial for ‘inciting subversion of state power’
The ‘Civic Soft Power’ of Public Places
Clean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants ‘could have saved 720,000 lives’
Climate change will affect solar power and grid stability across Australia – here’s how
Coal use at U.S. power plants continues downward spiral; full impact on mines to be felt in 2024
The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster?
Companies turn obsolete satellite antennas in Swiss Alps into highly efficient power sources: 'Ideal as solar energy systems'
Could a Landfill Power Your Home?
Couple hand building hemp house in Victoria in pursuit of tranquillity and cheaper power bills
Court Rulings Give States New Power to Protect Groundwater
‘The day it goes wrong? We won’t know about it … ’: life next door to a nuclear power station
"The Dispossessed" at 50: Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘anarchist utopia’ was an anguished response to war. Its political power endures
Do artists have a duty to speak truth to power? Jordan Prosser’s "Big Time" believes the future is ours to make
Does the Coalition’s case for nuclear power stack up? We factcheck seven key claims
Driving a greener future: how your electric car could help power your neighbourhood
Dutton wants a ‘mature debate’ about nuclear power. By the time we’ve had one, new plants will be too late to replace coal
Dutton’s dumping of climate target would be a disaster for power prices, families and business
EcoFlow’s Power Hat is a floppy, phone-charging solar panel for your noggin
Eraring deal signals death of baseload power in Australia, and Dutton’s nuclear fantasy
Exercise bike inspired by Ukraine war provides backup power during emergencies
Four ways AI is making the power grid faster and more resilient
Germany may take another 50 years to find final repository for waste from shuttered nuclear power
Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants
Global corporate power is ‘out of control’, but reports of democracy’s death are greatly exaggerated
Global status report highlights parlous state of nuclear power sector
Great News for Clean Power and Storage
Green power: young environmentalists look to shake up Panama’s politics
Half of the world is past a peak in fossil power
Here’s what happens to workers when coal-fired power plants close. It isn’t good
Hurricane forecast points to a dangerous 2024 Atlantic season, with La Niña and a persistently warm ocean teaming up to power fierce storms
Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power
In a first, a solar microgrid will directly power an industrial plant
In Kyrgyzstan, creeping authoritarianism rubs up against proud tradition of people power
'Indoor solar power' could replace disposable batteries and charger cables with photovoltaic strips
It’s time to give Australian courts the power to break up big firms that behave badly
Japan succeeds in soft landing on the moon, but its lander has a power problem
‘Kamala IS brat’: how the power of pop music has influenced 60 years of US elections
Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes
Landlords should reveal homes’ energy efficiency to help Australia’s renters cut power bills, advocates say
Malaria vaccine rollout shines light on value of renewable power
Megawatt charging stations able to re-power electric trucks within regulatory rest breaks
The new car batteries that could power the electric vehicle revolution
No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar
Nuclear power in Australia is a really bad idea. The ban ensures that is all it is
Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action
Nuclear power plan puts thousands of farms in “radiation alert zone”
NZ’s big chill was an early winter warning: power should be subsidised for struggling households
Our beef with ‘Big Meat’: the power perpetuating Australia’s live export trade is at play elsewhere
People power: seven grassroots conservationists who are ‘saving the world’
Peter Dutton says nuclear power plants “burn energy.” No they don’t
Physicist MV Ramana on the problem with nuclear power
Planes, trains and monster diggers: The vehicles pushing the limits of electric power
Political power in Australia is still overwhelmingly male. But beneath the despair, there’s reason for hope
Pollution from coal power plants contributes to far more deaths than scientists realized, study shows
Power from flower: Albanian farm plants suck EV battery metal from soil
The Power of Cozy Management Simulation Games
The Power of Sharing Patients’ Life Stories With Caregivers
Power-hungry AI is driving a surge in tech giant carbon emissions. Nobody knows what to do about it
Pristine rainforest, 'dirty' power: The diesel vs solar energy debate raging inside the Daintree
Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 77,000 still without power in Victoria
Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle
Queensland woman uses electric car to run her son’s dialysis machine during power cut
Replacing Australia’s retiring coal power stations with small nuclear reactors could cost $387bn, analysis suggests
The rise of African prophets: the unchecked power of the leaders of Pentecostal churches
Rural Kenyans power West’s AI revolution. Now they want more
Russia’s next election is likely to put Putin in power for longer than anyone since Peter the Great
Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power
Solar above, batteries below: here’s how warehouses and shopping centres could produce 25% of Australia’s power
Solar bus shelters deliver clean power for electric transport
Solar doesn’t need a toxic “friendship” with nuclear power
Solar energy could power all health facilities in poorer countries and save lives, experts say
Solar power and a composting toilet: what it takes to live off the grid in regional Australia
Solar power five times more popular than fossil fuels: survey
Solar power is booming in Brazil. Can it be a boom for all?
Solar power poised for even greater breakthroughs
Solar power: Printed flexible solar achieves efficiency record
Solar Power’s Giants Are Providing More Energy Than Big Oil
Solar-leader Chile got 63% of its power from renewables in 2023
Stripping Russia’s veto power on the Security Council is all but impossible. Perhaps we should expect less from the UN instead
Supermarkets, airlines and power companies are charging ‘exploitative’ prices despite reaping record profits
Tambacounda: The power interconnection project that is transforming an entire region
‘This too shall pass.’ World-first study proves the power of mental health recovery stories
Tilling the Floodplain: How Farmers Embrace the Power of Floods
Too good to be missed: An entire school electric bus fleet is sending power the grid
UK Labour to double onshore wind, triple solar power, and quadruple offshore wind by 2030
Ukraine receives nearly 6,000 solar panels to power hospitals
Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done
Vertical, all-black solar system seeks to power through the winter snow
“We’re making history:” Ørsted shuts last coal-fired heat and power plant
What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure
What happens after a nuclear power station is closed?
What lies beneath: the growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet
When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade
Will We Ever Get Fusion Power?
Wind and solar power half the cost of coal and gas, one-third the cost of nuclear, says Lazard
Wind power awards and wildlife photography: Positive environmental stories from 2024
With a million home batteries, we could build far fewer power lines. We just need the right incentives
World First! THIS Is How You Power Electric Flight!
World record: Wind turbine generates enough energy in a day to power 170,000 homes
‘You have power, or you don’t:’ Ukraine’s energy crisis drives power decentralization
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