Big oil’s big recovery
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a recovery in crude oil prices. Six months on, we look at how this has changed the fossil fuel industry.
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Nick Ferris
Nick Ferris is a data journalist based in London. He has previously worked at Greenpeace Unearthed, The MailOnline and The Straits Times. He is a graduate of the MA in Investigative Journalism at City University.
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Weekly data: Africa’s diesel generation boom
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Why hydrogen is not the answer to petrostates’ woes
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What the closure of Germany’s only wind blade factory says about its energy transition
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex is due to close the country's last blade factory in June. How did we…
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Energy islands: Pie in the sky or key to net zero?
Artificial islands linked to vast wind arrays, battery storage and electrolysers hold a lot of promise for the energy…
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