green energy Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:52:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png green energy Archives - Positive News 32 32 A new study just debunked a heat pump myth https://www.positive.news/environment/heat-pumps-put-less-pressure-on-the-grid-than-expected/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:00:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=569475 Heat pumps can cut energy use by up to two-thirds while easing pressure on the grid, according to a UK study

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What went right this week: progress in tumultuous times, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-10-of-2026/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:16:49 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=569097 Health breakthroughs, a Ukrainian conservation success, and a win for river defenders in the Amazon, plus more

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How a police data centre is heating London’s homes https://www.positive.news/science/innovation/how-a-police-data-centre-is-heating-londons-homes/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:55:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=568232 A west London project will use waste heat to supply low-carbon heating to 4,000 homes and a new commercial district

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The British company taking many steps to produce power https://www.positive.news/environment/the-british-company-taking-many-steps-to-produce-power/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 06:00:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=567310 Pavegen’s technology captures the energy of footfall, offering a new approach to urban, off-grid power

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What went right this week: rewilding successes, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-40-of-2025/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:27:20 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=546684 Rewilding successes were celebrated, nations slashed fossil fuel funding, and fracking is to be sent packing in the UK, plus more

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What went right this week: ‘a landmark victory for the ocean’, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-39-of-2025/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:06:45 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=545735 There was 'a landmark victory for the ocean', scientists had a medical breakthrough, and Italy passed a pioneering AI law, plus more

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What went right this week: protecting childhood from smartphones, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-37-of-2025/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:16:47 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=542874 School phone bans ‘boost grades’, Australia got a new marine reserve, and global solar figures ‘defied gravity’, plus more

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What went right this week: Europe’s people-first city, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-35-of-2025/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:09:14 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=541197 Biodiversity was brought into focus, Helsinki went a year without a road death, and investment in renewables surged, plus more

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Keeping people toasty via renewable energy 
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What went right this week: closing the net on ocean plunderers, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-32-of-2025/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:37:29 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=539267 World’s marine reserves are ‘working’, renewables united rival superpowers, and music was shown to slow ageing, plus more

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