Joe Goodman

Feb 18, 2025 | interactive.carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss |Joe Goodman

Germany has a long history as an industrial powerhouse and it remains a centre of European manufacturing. As of 2023, it had the 12th highest emissions in the world. The nation was an early leader in developing wind and solar power. Its “Energiewende” policies have driven a surge in these technologies over the past two decades, at the same time as winding down its sizable nuclear power sector. However, Germany still uses more coal than any other country in Europe.

Nov 7, 2024 | carbonbrief.org | Joe Goodman

In FocusThe Carbon Brief Quiz 2024 Around 500 scientists, civil servants, journalists and climate experts took part in the 10th annual Carbon Brief quiz on Wednesday 6 November 2024. This year’s quiz was hosted by Octopus Energy at its headquarters in central London. In total, 55 teams participated – 30 teams in person and 25 teams joining via Zoom. Competing teams reflected a wide range of climate change and energy professionals.

Oct 4, 2024 | carbonbrief.org | Joe Goodman

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. 142 YEARS: The UK’s “142-year history of coal-fired electricity” ended on Monday as the UK’s last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, turned off its turbines for the final time, reported the Guardian. The UK is now the first major economy and the first country in the G7 to successfully phase out coal power, reported the Times.

Sep 26, 2024 | cb-interactive-pages.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com | Molly Lempriere |Simon Evans |Verner Viisainen |Joe Goodman

The UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, will close this month, ending a 142-year era of burning coal to generate electricity. The UK’s coal-power phaseout is internationally significant. It is the first major economy – and first G7 member – to achieve this milestone. It also opened the world’s first coal-fired power station in 1882, on London’s Holborn Viaduct.

Jul 31, 2024 | interactive.carbonbrief.org | Aruna Chandrasekhar |Yanine Quiroz |Giuliana Viglione |Joe Goodman

The deep sea has emerged as a new mining frontier in the global race towards energy security, with countries vying to explore and exploit its reserves of metals, such as nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese. These minerals – critical to the energy transition – are held in the deep ocean’s nodules, hydrothermal vents and crusts, but the impacts of mining these deposits are still far from being fully understood.