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Renewable energy includes energy derived from natural processes that do not involve the consumption of exhaustible resources such as fossil fuels and uranium

Porto Santo - A small island’s renewable energy journey

17th June 2026
How is the Middle East conflict affecting UK livings standards? (Apr 2026)

20th April 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – Has wind power cut UK energy bills? (Nov 2025)

3rd November 2025
Micro & Macro Effects of UK Subsidies for Renewable Energy | A-Level Economics Revision

31st May 2025
The Rise of Octopus Energy: From Challenger Brand to Market Leader!

30th March 2025
Zonal Pricing and the AI Gold Rush: Who Wins, Who Loses?

13th February 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Gross Inclusive Income - a better measure of national economic progress than GDP? (Nov 2024)

25th November 2024
Renewable and non-renewable resources

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Farewell to Coal: Britain's Energy Revolution Reaches a Major Milestone

1st October 2024
Powering Progress: How Scotland’s Renewable Energy Links Boost Economic Growth and Energy Security

16th August 2024
Australia's Green Hydrogen Dream: A Path to Global Comparative Advantage?

12th August 2024
Riding the Renewable Wave: The Economics of Solar and Wind Power

4th August 2024
Green Economics - China leads the global race in solar energy capacity

19th July 2024
Government Intervention - Price paid for UK offshore power to rise by 66%

16th November 2023
Consumer Subsidies - Heat pump grant boosted by 50%

24th October 2023
Micro and Macro Aspects of High Fuel Prices | Synoptic Paper 3

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Should the Drax Power Station subsidy be cut

24th February 2023
Business Objectives - Octopus Energy Ditches Profit to support Customers

3rd February 2023
Which economic policies can encourage investment in green energy?

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Renewables - Could floating solar farms survive out at sea?

11th January 2023
Energy Regulation - Ofgem tells energy firms to invest without increasing bills

30th November 2022
Economic Development - South Africa Turns to Solar to stop Power Cuts

29th November 2022
Tidal Power - Costs Ebb and Reliability Flows

24th November 2022
Industry Profile: UK Energy Price Crisis: Policy Responses

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Trade-Offs in Action - India's solar-powered future clashes with local life

14th October 2022
Will the UK government cap renewable industry revenues?

12th October 2022
The Race for Clean Energy - A Case of Derived Demand and Inelastic Supply

27th September 2022
Energy Economics - Hornsea 2 becomes fully operational

31st August 2022
Energy Price Cap Jumps Again - An Economic and Social Crisis Arrives

26th August 2022
Economic Efficiency - Massive Batteries and the Transition to Green Energy

21st August 2022
China and Green Development - How China Plans to Win the Future of Energy

21st March 2022
Renewable Energy - Why Wind Turbines Blades Are So Hard to Recycle

12th December 2021
Energy Economics - Bulb goes into special administration

23rd November 2021
COP26 - The race to phase out Europe’s biggest coal-fired power plant

27th October 2021
Environmental Economics - Tesla co-founder has plan to recycle EV batteries

15th September 2021
Renewable Energy Economics - first commercial offshore wind farm in the US

31st August 2021
Regional Economics - former coal town Blyth leads the race for clean energy

15th July 2021
Development economics - West Africa looks to create a regional electricity market

15th July 2021
Solutions to Development Challenges in Nature, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

24th May 2021
Experience Curves: Why expanding renewable energy output will lower the cost of supply

15th April 2021
Dynamic efficiency - the search for better batteries

9th April 2021
Community Solar and the Drive towards Decarbonisation

25th March 2021
Economics of renewable - China leads world's biggest increase in wind power capacity

11th March 2021
Wave Power Could Be Energy's Next Big Leap

5th March 2021
Sustainable Growth - The Cumbrian Coal Controversy

23rd January 2021
Resource Scarcity

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Economics of Deforestation

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Is the global fossil fuel industry on the brink of collapse?

4th June 2020
Greening the Economy - No Trade Off with Growth

23rd May 2020
Is there a 'right' price for oil? [Year 13 Enrichment Task}

29th April 2020
Where do wind turbine blades go to die?

11th February 2020
Tech giants power record surge in renewable energy sales

29th January 2020
Finland aims for carbon neutrality by 2035

24th January 2020
Renewables beat fossil fuels on 137 days in greenest year for UK energy |

7th January 2020
Google signs up to $2bn wind and solar investment

22nd September 2019
Energy economics: The long history of solar power

12th September 2019
Synoptic Economics: Renewable Energy in the Indian Economy

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Synoptic Economics Revision - Solar Energy Policy

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Energy Price Cap - Analysis and Evaluation Arguments

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Biggest offshore wind farm to start UK supply

12th February 2019
Scottish government launches prize to drive innovation in tidal power

10th February 2019
Solar power and economic opportunity in Ghana

9th February 2019
Solar Powers India's Future

22nd January 2019
Visible from Space: The World’s Largest Solar Power Plant

15th January 2019
Taking renewable energy to the next level (2018 update)

29th December 2018

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