Jeremy Plester

William Armstrong was a Victorian inventor and engineer who in 1870 created the world’s first hydroelectric power scheme, at his family home of Cragside, near Rothbury, Northumberland. It was run by…

Scientists can struggle to get their message across about the climate crisis to the wider public, so now comedians have been brought in to help cut through the science jargon and get widespread…

The French solar power pioneer who was light years ahead Augustin Mouchot’s solar-powered engine caused a stir at the World Expo in 1878 but it came too soon Jeremy Plester Thu 27 Jul 2023 06.…

James Blyth invented a windmill in 1887 that generated electricity to light his Scottish holiday cottage

Across Great Plains, dust levels rising due to farming methods and climate emergency.