Energy

The country, traditionally a strong supporter of coal and nuclear, could switch to natural gas and renewables

Favourable weather conditions during a spell one day last week helped the UK’s renewable energy sector set a new record for sustainable power production

In a shock vote, shareholders of ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, have voted to force the firm to be more open about the impact of climate change on its business

There are now more than 9.8m jobs in renewable energy in the world, and the number of posts in the sector could climb to 24m by 2030, finds a new report

Women often benefit most from internet access but millions of homes lack reliable power. We meet those leapfrogging into the digital age thanks to clean energy

Friday was set to become the UK’s first working day without coal power generation since the Industrial Revolution. Recent months have seen some notable green energy advances around the world. [...]

A Belgian TV station has added green energy updates to its regular weather reports in a bid to raise awareness about renewable power

The UK generated more electricity from wind than from coal in 2016, new analysis by fact-checking organisation Carbon Brief suggests

As fossil fuel diehards take over the White House, the evidence of a fast-moving global energy transition has never been clearer, says clean energy pioneer Jeremy Leggett

The global divestment campaign, urging people to move their money out of oil, coal and gas companies, has gained momentum. Here are some key figures

We revisit the divestment movement. What progress has been made?

Germany becomes latest country to take steps towards banning fracking due to environmental concerns

President Obama’s ban on oil and gas drilling on the Atlantic coast is part of a wider shift away from fossil fuels, signalling strong action on climate action, according to campaigners

Noor 1, the first section of the world’s largest solar power plant, has been switched on in Ouarzazate, Morocco

The International Solar Alliance, announced by India at the Paris climate conference, brings together 120 countries to support the expansion of solar technologies in the developing world

Rather than waiting around to see what happens at the Paris climate talks in December, a group of European creatives got together and came up with some low-tech solutions to the world's [...]

In the dry, rugged terrain of South Mount Hebron in Palestine, electricity is a rare commodity, but Israeli-Palestinian NGO Comet-Me is helping people make their own renewable power

For a long time the progress of renewable energy has been hampered by its transient nature: neither the sun nor wind is ‘on’ 24/7. But now Elon Musk’s new energy storage invention is set to [...]

Britain now has more than 650,000 solar installations across homes, businesses and public service buildings, according to recent figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change

The project is one of two by solar energy developer Conergy which will create enough electricity to power 3,200 UK homes