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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

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

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

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

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

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

A new project, the first of its kind globally, will see rubbish otherwise bound for landfill turned into clean aviation fuel

A Sainsbury’s store in Cannock has become the first supermarket in the world to derive 100% of its power through its own food waste

A groundbreaking ruling allows towns opposed to fracking to ban heavy industry within municipal borders

The first of its kind the UK, the Community Energy Strategy aims to spark a ‘decentralised energy revolution’

Shale gas and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) have been hitting the headlines for months, surrounded by debate on controversial extraction methods. But if the future of fracking is uncertain, [...]

A French scientist has found a way to put slimy pond produce to good use

With the backing of big businesses and prominent charities, the Energy Bill Revolution is taking its fight all the way to the top

Locally-owned renewable energy projects offer more than just clean energy; they could be a practical route to empowering people and nurturing their wellbeing, believes Matt Mellen. He sits in on [...]

Cramped, windowless dwellings in impoverished parts of the world are being given a new lease of life thanks to a remarkably simple invention

Through collective ownership, together we can take back control of our resources, and in turn our lives and communities, argues Matt Mellen

A leisure centre in County Durham is keeping the environment – and its budget – in shape with a range of new energy-generating machines