Solar sisters: how green energy is empowering women in remote communities
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
Renewable energy accounts for almost 90% of new power in Europe
Wind overtakes coal and Germany is responsible for 44 per cent of all the wind farms installed in Europe last year. But progress is in danger of stalling, say experts
UK wind generated more electricity in 2016 than coal
The UK generated more electricity from wind than from coal in 2016, new analysis by fact-checking organisation Carbon Brief suggests
Peru’s poorest to get power through government solar scheme
More than two million of Peru’s poorest residents will have access to electricity for the first time by 2016 thanks to new $200m solar power programme
Gravity lamp could light developing world
London-based designers dream up a gravity powered lamp, which could light the far corners of the developing world using a bag filled with rocks or sand
Scotland aims for 50% renewable power by 2015
Ambitious plans will create thousands of additional jobs
Give Us More Sunshine!
10:10, have launched Lighter Later ñ a campaign to shift the British clocks forward an hour a initiative would give everybody an extra hour of daylight to enjoy and at the same time, reduce pollution.
Salt is the Solution
A new approach is being explored by the solar power industries that could soon eliminate the problem of solar powers inability to generate electricity at night.
