An international co-operation initiative to build solar farms in north African deserts has suffered a major setback, after the Desertec Foundation announced its intention to leave...
Westmill Solar Co-operative – the Oxfordshire-based 5 megawatt (MW) solar farm that raised over £4m in a community share offer in 2012 – has been recognised...
As Glastonbury 2013 gets underway, Francesca Baker reflects on how festivals can inspire a generation of environmentally-aware individuals. Music playing, beer flowing, away from home, everyone...
After completing an energy technology degree in the early-90s, Howard Johns became an environmental activist, arranging protests against new roads and open cast mining. But in...
Europe lacks a clear strategy to become the first continent entirely committed to clean energy, but there are encouraging signs that something is changing, according to...
Nina Skorupska, a former RWE Npower director, has been unveiled as the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) new chief executive, replacing Gaynor Hartnell. The organisation raised the...
Conservative MP Tim Yeo, who recently led a campaign to include a decarbonisation target in the energy bill, has temporarily stood aside as chair of the...
Governments and investors must make clean energy their priority if they want to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, campaign group WWF has urged. Hopes to include...
Communities near to wind farms should receive electricity discounts of up to 20%, according to government proposals revealed by the Financial Times. Energy secretary Ed Davey...
Investment decisions in the UK’s low-carbon economy are “hanging in the balance” ahead of the crucial third reading of the energy bill in parliament, according to...
The government has called on the EU to set a 2030 emissions reduction target of 50%, but is looking like it will not push for a...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
Goldman Sachs is planning to invest 300 billion yen (£1.9 billion) in Japanese clean energy projects, in an effort to boost the renewables market post-Fukushima. The...
Plans to secure 20% of Europe’s energy needs from a huge network of solar farms across the north African desert appear to have been shelved. The...