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A solar park is now operating at Chernobyl. Could it give new life to the place whose name is synonymous with catastrophe?

California is set to become the first US state to require virtually all new homes to include solar panels from 2020

Community groups will be supported to take over solar farms by a new partnership between independent trust Power to Change and social investment company Big Society Capital

Plunging solar and wind prices have led to the brokering of new green power deals, from India to Mexico. Martin Wright gets energised about renewables

Is our fossil fuel fixation about to end? We dive into the data to take the temperature of renewable energy worldwide

A community microgrid is helping New Yorkers exchange renewable power

Solar energy is helping to save lives in Syria by providing a more reliable power supply

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

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

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

A Bhutanese refugee camp in Damak, Nepal is giving its displaced inhabitants a brighter future thanks to green investment

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

Set to launch in October, Solarbox aims to revive London's iconic red phone boxes with solar and mobile technology. Co-founder Kirsty Kenney discusses the inspiration behind the idea and the ups [...]

The solar-power industry in the US is creating jobs ten times faster than the economy as a whole, reports The Solar Foundation

Residents of Balcombe hope to heal the rifts caused by fracking plans with a solar co-operative

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

The festival has enlisted the help of researchers to pioneer a technology that could revolutionise the way outdoor events are powered

Projected electricity demands for 2050 could be met by solar energy derived from 1% of the world's land mass, according to a new report