May 23, 2016

Weekly Energy Newsletter

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The quest to achieve sustainable nuclear fusion

A startup in California has raised $500 million to chase the elusive dream of fusion power. Is this crazy, or is the company on to something?

 
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America is on the brink of losing a huge source of clean energy

As many as 20 nuclear plants could close over the next decade, adding to greenhouse gas emissions.

 
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Floating wind turbines could provide huge amounts of clean power—if they can ever compete on cost

There are much stronger winds the further offshore you go, but capturing them and turning them into electricity has proved uneconomical.

 
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Update on a 2015 feature: the lake that could light up Central Africa

First-of-its-kind project to extract gas—and avert catastrophe—comes online on Central Africa’s Lake Kivu.

 
 

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Why Big Oil will never be the same again

A new report details how profound shifts in the global energy market have left the oil majors far behind.

 
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