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12 May 2023 | Open Access

Electricity supply quality and use among rural and peri-urban households and small firms in Nigeria
- Setu Pelz
- , Narges Chinichian
- & Philipp Blechinger
Scientific Data 10, 273
Research | 04 May 2023

Natural gas savings in Germany during the 2022 energy crisis

Curbed natural gas supply from Russia to Europe has exacerbated an energy crisis on the continent. Here the authors employ a multiple regression model to estimate the response of small consumers, industry and power stations to this crisis.
- Oliver Ruhnau
- , Clemens Stiewe
- & Lion Hirth
Nature Energy, 1-8
Research
17 April 2023 | Open Access

CarbonMonitor-Power near-real-time monitoring of global power generation on hourly to daily scales
- Biqing Zhu
- , Zhu Deng
- & Zhu Liu
Scientific Data 10, 217
Research
23 March 2023 | Open Access

U.S. West Coast droughts and heat waves exacerbate pollution inequality and can evade emission control policies

Heat waves and droughts increase air pollution from power plants in California, which disproportionately damages counties with a majority of people of color. Droughts cause chronic increases in pollution damages. Heat waves are responsible for the days with the highest damages.
- Amir Zeighami
- , Jordan Kern
- & August A. Bruno
Nature Communications 14, 1415
Research
03 March 2023 | Open Access

Replacing gas boilers with heat pumps is the fastest way to cut German gas consumption

Installing heat pumps instead of traditional gas boilers for heating purposes could lead to a drastic reduction in the consumption of natural gas in Germany, according to numerical simulations that combine gas and electricity markets
- Pietro P. Altermatt
- , Jens Clausen
- & Matthew Wright
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 56
Research
02 March 2023 | Open Access

A deep learning architecture for energy service demand estimation in transport sector for Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
- Siddharth Joshi
- , Brian Ó Gallachóir
- & James Glynn
Scientific Reports 13, 3522

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Comments & Opinion | 02 June 2023

Energy decarbonization threatens food security by reducing the availability of cheap sulfur

The overlooked link between fossil fuel-derived sulfur and the production of phosphate fertilizers may lower agricultural productivity and harm global food security unless action is taken.
- Simon Day
- , Peter Alexander
- & Mark Maslin
Nature Food, 1-3
Research Highlights | 21 April 2023

Forward stratigraphic modelling to understand sedimentary system evolution

Grisel Jiménez Soto discusses how forward stratigraphic models can simulate the various sedimentary processes that control the geometry and distribution of sedimentary layers.
- Grisel Jiménez Soto
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4, 292
News & Views | 10 November 2022

Academia–industry ties under scrutiny

Corporate funding for academia often causes unease about the independence and integrity of such research. Now, a study shows that academia partnerships with the energy sector are more favourably inclined towards fossil fuels than to renewables.
- Maria Sharmina
Nature Climate Change 12, 1086-1087
Research Highlights | 19 October 2022

The price of complexity
- Nicky Dean
Nature Energy 7, 905
News & Views | 15 September 2022

European fuel tax cuts increase Russian oil profits

European fuel tax cuts will lead to significant income transfers to Russia, thus undermining the Union’s sanction efforts against the country. EU politicians should instead consider alternative policies, such as direct income transfers to households, if they want to shield citizens from increased fuel prices without benefiting Russia.
- Johan Gars
- , Daniel Spiro
- & Henrik Wachtmeister
Nature Energy 7, 912-913
News & Views | 01 August 2022

Resource and geospatial diversity could mitigate climate-induced risks in Africa’s power systems

Hydropower will have an essential role in meeting the growing energy needs in Africa. Fully interconnecting the African power pools could reduce climate-induced changes in usable hydropower capacity and decrease variability in the electricity supply. Integrating renewables could further increase the adaptability of the power pools to climate change.

Nature Climate Change 12, 710-711

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Energy supply and demand articles from across Nature Portfolio

Latest Research and Reviews

Electricity supply quality and use among rural and peri-urban households and small firms in Nigeria

Natural gas savings in Germany during the 2022 energy crisis

CarbonMonitor-Power near-real-time monitoring of global power generation on hourly to daily scales

U.S. West Coast droughts and heat waves exacerbate pollution inequality and can evade emission control policies

Replacing gas boilers with heat pumps is the fastest way to cut German gas consumption

A deep learning architecture for energy service demand estimation in transport sector for Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

News and Comment

Energy decarbonization threatens food security by reducing the availability of cheap sulfur

Forward stratigraphic modelling to understand sedimentary system evolution

Academia–industry ties under scrutiny

The price of complexity

European fuel tax cuts increase Russian oil profits

Resource and geospatial diversity could mitigate climate-induced risks in Africa’s power systems

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