Generating, supplying and using renewable energy is becoming common practice and, the success of wind and solar farms, has meant that subsidies for such investments have all but stopped. Continuing their path to net zero, the UK government set clear their plans for further renewable technologies in their Energy white paper: Powering our net zero future and one of their strategies to help reach their target is to invest in hydrogen technologies and transition away from natural gas.
This is the 4th edition of our “Energy In” series, where we look at upcoming events, key dates and news within the environmental and energy landscape for the year ahead.
Over 500 North Korean fishing boats have been found washed up on the shores of Japan, often containing dead fisherman, over the last 5 years. These washed up vessels have been labelled “Ghost Boats”. The dead bodies aboard these ships were often decomposed beyond recognition, but it was expected that they died of starvation, hypothermia or dehydration. North Korean fishing vessels are relatively small. With a distance of 600 miles (965km) between North Korea and Japan, it raises the question of why these fishermen would risk travelling so far from their own shores.
