The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has announced the financing of a new renewable energy plant in London that will create energy and agricultural compost and will...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed plans to stop subsidies through the renewables obligation (RO) scheme for large-scale solar farms. The plans...
Around 6.5 million people were employed by the renewable energy industry worldwide at the end of 2013, according to figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency...
Customers of the energy supplier Npower made more complaints than those of any other large energy company last year, according to new findings from Citizens Advice....
Electricity may usurp oil as the lifeblood of the global economy in the 21st century, but a massive decarbonisation effort is urgently required if the most...
Glyndebourne – the UK’s leading opera festival – celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. While timeless works by Tchaikovsky and Mozart continue to thrill the crowds,...
UK fracking firm IGas has agreed to take over its Australian rival Dart Energy in a £117m deal that will create Britain’s largest shale gas explorer. Announced...
Prominent financier and investor Guy Hands has argued that the crisis in Ukraine demonstrates the importance of the energy security provided by domestic renewable energy projects....
While community-led renewable energy projects can help meet climate targets, they need more resources and clear policy framework in order to truly thrive, new research has...
Ramsay Dunning of Co-operative Energy writes how crowdfunding could play an integral part in the UK’s energy future. The world needs to find $1 trillion (£590...
The Irish government has announced it will work with leading investment manager Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL) to launch a new €70m (£57.2m) fund for energy-saving initiatives....
Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its energy gas turbine and compressor business to Siemens for £785m, in a move to strengthen its position in the energy...
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has called for a global mindset strong enough to “make tough decisions because we know it is the right thing to...
A House of Lords report has supported the government’s commitment to “go all out for shale” and has urged fracking to be made a “national priority”,...
Electricity prices have risen 37% in the last three years, and are set to increase well above the rate of inflation for the foreseeable future. Looking...