10 Best Articles on Energy Transition
The most useful articles on energy transition from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Energy Transition Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on energy transition by Refind users in 2023 so far.
- This shockingly simple battery could store energy forever
- How heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future
- The dirty road to clean energy: how China’s electric vehicle boom is ravaging the environment
- Hyping the Energy Transition
- Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on energy transition—all under 10 minutes.
How heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future
Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices — and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities
We were promised smaller nuclear reactors. Where are they?
Small modular reactors could be quicker and cheaper to build. Now, they’ve reached a major milestone.
There is no "breakthrough": NIF fusion power still consumes 150 times more energy than it creates
NIF fusion power still consumes 150 times more energy than it creates. We are decades away from commercial fusion power plants.
Hyping the Energy Transition
Consumption of fossil fuels is growing faster than ever.
«Last year, according to data from the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, in both the US, and the world as a whole, the growth in hydrocarbons—oil, natural gas, and coal—far exceeded the growth of wind and solar by huge margins.»
Cheap, sustainable hydrogen through solar power
https://youtu.be/uNQLOU8aATc Study: Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of >9% in photocatalytic water splitting (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05399-1) A new kind of solar panel, developed at the University of…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on energy transition.
This shockingly simple battery could store energy forever
Capacitors, acid batteries, and other methods of storing electric charges all lose energy over time. These gravity-fed batteries won't.
‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coal mine that ate an Indian village
The long read: In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?
10 years ago we were turning nuclear bombs into nuclear energy. We can do it again.
How we turned 20,000 Soviet nukes into zero-carbon energy — and how we can do the same with some of our own.
Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
The long read: Nothing is produced at Sellafield anymore. But making safe what is left behind is an almost unimaginably expensive and complex task that requires us to think not on a human timescale,…
The dirty road to clean energy: how China’s electric vehicle boom is ravaging the environment
In neighboring Indonesia, nickel extraction is causing environmental and social devastation.
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Energy Transition, including:
Visual Capitalist
Data-driven visual content focused on global trends, investing, technology, and the economy.
Singularity Hub
Chronicling technological progress in AI, robotics, health, & exponential tech. By @singularityu.
World Economic Forum
The international organization for public private cooperation.
Rest of World
We're a nonprofit publication covering global technology outside the West. Sign up: http://restofworld.org/newsletter/
City Journal
Incisive commentary on urban policy, politics, and culture. Published by @ManhattanInst and edited by @BrianACity.
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