Evidence: infrastructure

25 articles. Distilled findings; bold = already cited in the docs.

Recycling renewable energy infrastructure (guide) — The first generation of solar panels, wind turbine blades, and lithium batteries is reaching end of life, raising the question of whether it will create environmental waste or be recycled into new…
G20 ecological footprint forecast 2050 (news) — A study led by Professor Lenny Koh of Sheffield's Energy Institute, published in Scientific Reports, forecasts the ecological footprint of all G20 nations through 2050 using time series models…
Australia-Pacific climate policy hypocrisy (news) — Pacific Island nations are increasingly criticizing Australia for a gap between its stated climate commitments and its policies, including continued fossil fuel exports and new fossil fuel…
Solar energy in Valencia cemeteries (news) — Valencia, Spain, is installing 6,658 solar panels across several public cemeteries, including Grau, Campanar, and Benimàmet, under a project called RIP (Requiem in Power). The installation is…
Agrivoltaics in Asia (news) — The article presents agrivoltaics, which combines solar energy generation with agricultural use of the same land, as a way to reduce conflicts between renewable energy and food production. It points…
Carbon capture and storage in Scotland (news) — Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is struggling to attract investment in Scotland despite the country's geological storage potential and North Sea infrastructure that could be repurposed for it.…
South Australia solar energy transition (news) — The article describes South Australia's shift to solar power as a route to economic resilience, stating that solar supplies over 20% of the state's electricity and that rooftop systems are on more…
Off-grid solar EV charging (news) — Beam Global is launching in Europe a prefabricated, portable PV-powered EV charging station with a canopy-style structure. The unit is designed for locations where extending the utility grid is too…
Hurricane-resistant agrivoltaic farming (news) — Miguel Berdiel, owner of the Hacienda Berdiel Torres coffee farm in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, has installed a hurricane-resistant agrivoltaic system that elevates solar panels on top-of-pole mounts…
Climate-driven agricultural productivity decline (news) (needs verification) — Researchers at the Institute for Economic Analysis (CSIC, Barcelona) developed CADI, a platform that projects on a roughly 9.3 by 9.3 km grid how climate change will reduce agricultural productivity…
2026 Environmental Performance Index rankings (news) (needs verification) — The 2026 Environmental Performance Index, produced by Yale and Columbia researchers, ranks Estonia first and finds European countries hold 19 of the top 20 positions. The assessment concludes that…
Italy-Germany gas storage dispute (news) (needs verification) — An Italian energy ministry official accused Germany of delaying gas stockbuilding to cut costs for companies ahead of their privatisation, blaming Berlin for European gas prices that touched €100/MWh…
Climate change causes and energy solutions (reference) — Crash Course Climate and Energy is a 12-episode video series that covers the science, causes, effects, and solutions related to climate change, with a focus on energy production and consumption. The…
Arctic sea ice decline monitoring (reference) (needs verification) — Sea Ice Today, a website produced by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) with NASA data, tracks how Arctic and Antarctic sea ice changes from year to year, focusing mainly on sea ice…
NASA sea level rise research (reference) (needs verification) — The NASA Sea Level Change site presents research and tools on global sea level rise. Its highlights report that the rate of sea level rise doubled over 30 years and that seas will keep rising even if…
BBNJ high seas biodiversity treaty (reference) (needs verification) — The BBNJ Agreement, the third implementing agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, was adopted on 19 June 2023 and entered into force on 17 January 2026. It sets rules for conserving…
DOE contrarian climate assessment (study) — A U.S. Department of Energy climate assessment, produced by five handpicked outside researchers with contrarian views, argues that warming is partly driven by natural cycles and solar variability,…
Global clean electricity transition reviews (study) (needs verification) — Ember's Latest Insights page lists featured research on the global clean energy transition. The Global Electricity Review 2026 reports that a solar surge halted the rise in fossil generation, with…
High-capture CCS in European power (study) — A capacity expansion model (EMPIRE) of the European power sector finds that combining wind and solar with both standard (~85–90% capture) and high-capture-rate CCS is the cheapest route to…
Arctic sea ice albedo feedback decomposition (study) — Siddiqui and Horvat decompose Arctic Ocean solar heating into sea ice area loss, sea ice surface albedo change, and cloud-driven shortwave changes, using CESM LENS1/LENS2 ensembles and AVHRR…
Multi-criteria ecosystem-based fisheries management (study) (needs verification) — Ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) seeks to optimise catches while preserving marine ecosystem structure and function, but budget cuts and institutional restructuring are making it harder to…
Energy consumption framework for ML services (study) (needs verification) — The paper develops a process-oriented framework, built on the CRISP-DM data mining process, for analyzing the energy consumption and environmental impact of machine learning services. Using design…
Climate tipping point early warnings (study) (needs verification) — Early warning signals are becoming a central tool for judging when complex climate systems may be nearing tipping points. Recent literature stresses conveying their uncertainty clearly to protect…
Standardized Canadian permafrost ground temperature dataset (study) (needs verification) — A standardized, quality-controlled collection of daily ground temperature (GT) and ground surface temperature (GST) records from across Canada has been built to serve as a benchmark for permafrost…
ONOX modular electric tractor prototype (tool) — ONOX, a German startup, unveiled an all-electric tractor prototype at Agritechnica 2023 that features modular, swappable battery packs, and it has since earned design awards and received road…