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Renewable

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Bar chart showing renewables percentage of total energy consumption. 1990: 15.1 percent. 2022: 17.9 percent.
Measurement

How much renewable energy do we use?

Probably less than you think.
03 Feb 2026 3 min read
Large white battery-electric rail locomotive, mounted on a large road trailer with dozens of wheels
Electricity

No One Said It Would Be Easy

An Australian mining company's first attempt to build an entirely gravity-powered ore train doesn't quite work (yet), but we shouldn't be discouraged.
09 Dec 2025 4 min read
A fat tabby cat looks onto a field filled with solar panels and wind turbines.
Hope

Just ... maybe

Global renewable energy capacity continues to rise quickly.
02 Mar 2025 3 min read
Solar panels form a background to a coal power plant, contained in a drop of water.
Hope

EU greenhouse gas emissions continue to drop

The EU met its 2020 emissions goals at least 10 years early, and had remarkable success in its 2023 reductions.
14 Feb 2025 2 min read
A tired-looking dinosaur carries a red jerry can past a large bank of solar panels.
Hope

In Europe, fossil fuels lose out

Fossil fuels decline. Renewables — particularly solar — are on the increase.
01 Feb 2025 2 min read
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