This solar plant in Fuentes de Andalucía, Spain, can supply uninterrupted power, and was the first commercial plant in the world able to provide a full day of uninterrupted power supply to the grid. Instead of sunlight, it uses solar heat (which is more easily stored) to generate electricity, and can remain operational for up to 15 hours without sunlight.
This project documents different technologies that offer possible routes of transition to a net-zero economy. The photographer visited innovative facilities across Europe, from Iceland to Italy, from 2020 to 2022.
Human-induced climate change is the largest, most pervasive threat to the natural environment and society that the world has ever experienced, according to the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR. This prompted the European Union to establish targets to cut greenhouse emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 and to reduce them to net-zero by 2050. European companies seeking ways to achieve these goals are exploring renewable energies, new technologies for food production, and the circular economy as potential ways forward.