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Solar-powered plane lands in New York to complete cross-country trip
Journey that began in California in May ends at JFK, but without a planned celebratory flight past the Statue of LibertyA solar-powered aircraft completed the final leg of a history-making...
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Letters: Long-term costs of fracking wells
David Hookes (Letters, 2 July) argues that roughly 5% leakage would make methane leaking from fracking wells into a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide from coal burning. Is it possible to...
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Biofuels plant opens to become UK's biggest buyer of wheat
Vivergo plant near Hull will take 1.1m tonnes of wheat a year to turn into ethanol and animal feedA new biofuels plant that has opened today near Hull will be the UK's biggest buyer of wheat, and the...
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Future of UK offshore wind power in 'serious doubt'
The government has done too little to attract wind turbine manufacturers to set up in the UK, a thinktank study has foundThe future of offshore wind power generation in the UK is in serious doubt, as...
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Tidal power from Pentland firth 'could provide half of Scotland's electricity'
Tidal streams could bring large amounts of energy within a decade if government support is available, study saysThe world's best site for tidal power, the Pentland firth, could provide half of...
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Flying a kite for aerial wind power | Lou Del Bello
Kites that harness steady winds several hundred metres above the ground may be a viable alternative to wind turbinesThe kite sail rose from the grass and starts swinging slowly. It looked clumsy and...
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Dangerous global warming could be reversed, say scientists
A combination of burning trees for energy and capturing and storing carbon dioxide could offset and even reverse emissionsGlobal warming could be reversed using a combination of burning trees and crops...
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Biofuels from food crops to be capped following MEPs' vote
Influential Environment Committee backs cap on crop-based fuels and moves to include indirect emissions in EU directivesEU Parliamentarians have approved proposals to limit the contribution of...
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Renewable generators ask Ofgem to cut electricity transportation charges
Companies say fees based on distance travelled to consumers are unfair because windfarms often cannot be sited near townsRenewable energy companies have urged the industry watchdog Ofgem to cut the...
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Work on UK's biggest onshore windfarm to begin next year
Vattenfall's Pen y Cymoedd in Wales will have a 25-year life span and is expected to contribute £45m to the economyConstruction of one of Britain's biggest windfarms will begin next year, energy bosses...
View ArticleFukushima gets wind farm two years after nuclear disaster - video
A wind turbine is transported to the coast of Fukushima to become part of a floating wind farm
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The World Bank is bringing back big, bad dams
A renewed focus on mega-dams will make matters worse in Africa and benefit companies, not peopleThe big, bad dams of past decades are back in style.In the 1950s and '60s, huge hydropower projects such...
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Can Jim Yong Kim end World Bank backing for coal-fired power? | Michael Brune
The World Bank president has won his board's approval for a new energy strategy. It's a crucial moment for climate changeIn a closed meeting on Tuesday evening, the World Bank put before its executive...
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Hinkley Point C nuclear plant £128m windfall dismissed as 'social bribe'
Government proposals to compensate Somerset towns and villages near planned nuclear plant rejected by campaignersTowns and villages around a proposed new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point C in Somerset...
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Hydrogen-powered ferry service launches in Bristol
Developers of Hydrogenesis, billed as UK's first hydrogen-fuelled ferry, hope vessel will kickstart new chapter in green marine engineeringBut the developers of Hydrogenesis, billed as the UK's first...
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Economists forecast the end of growth | Nafeez Ahmed
Unlimited GDP growth is over as we enter a new age of resource scarcity - we must transition to a new economyThe last few weeks has seen bad news for the global economy, with the US and Europe facing...
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Sweet hydrogen: how sugar could help satisfy the world's energy needs | Lou...
In the last of her series on clean energy, Lou Del Bello discovers the revolutionary potential of turning sugar into hydrogenHydrogen makes an extraordinarily efficient and clean fuel. Three times as...
View ArticleOyster 800 wave energy machine in massive storm off Orkney – video
Footage of the Oyster 800 in waves over eight metres high at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney
View ArticleThe right's anti-wind campaign is pure scaremongering | John Quiggin
John Quiggin: Climate change is a debacle for the Australian right. Their tribal hatred of environmentalists has driven them to denounce any technology favoured by their enemiesJohn Quiggin
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Five of 'big six' energy companies drop green tariffs
Campaigners fear the move to scrap tariffs for new customers could undermine national drive to tackle climate changeFive of the "big six" energy companies have dropped their policies of offering green...
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