10+ Best Articles on Energy Transition
The most useful articles on energy transition from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
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 2024 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
- Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
- Does The Ocean Floor Hold The Key To The Green Energy Transition?
Videos
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The world is experiencing not one energy transition, but hundreds
From ensuring access to energy for global citizens to building low-carbon industry, business must act now on renewables, not wait for policy to set out new f...
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on energy transition—all under 10 minutes.
Does The Ocean Floor Hold The Key To The Green Energy Transition?
Abundant minerals at the bottom of the ocean could be vital for renewable energy infrastructure. But what harm will be caused by mining them?
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.
The First Small-Scale Nuclear Plant in the US Died Before It Could Live
Six nuclear reactors just 9 feet across planned for Idaho were supposed to prove out the dream of cheap, small-scale nuclear energy. Now the project has been canceled.
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.
The Fantasy of Energy Independence
50 years ago, America was shocked by gas lines during the Arab oil embargo. The memory still haunts bad energy policy today.
‘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?
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.
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