Rising demand for solar panels is pushing up the price of silver around the world.
That’s the verdict from a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Kent, which warns this...
SOLARWATT has equipped a tram railyard in Dresden, Germany, with 1,000 solar panels.
The clean energy infrastructure is being installed on the roof of public transport operator Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe’s (DVB) new Trachenberge railyard...
Microsoft has signed a new five-year agreement to buy hydropower for its campuses in Washington.
The deal has been inked with the Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) for its Puget Sound campuses...
Chickens at a farm in Scotland are now generating their own heat and power.
More than 128,000 hens at the Glenhead of Aldouran Farm in Stranraer are not only producing thousands of eggs...
The City of Sydney, on Australia’s east coast, announced last week that it intends to further cut its greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning to 100% renewable energy to meet all its electricity...
The City of Copenhagen has set itself ambitious goals for the city’s social, economic and environmental development.
Copenhagen is to be carbon neutral by 2025 as the first capital in the world. The...
Saudi Arabia has signed a deal for a 2.6GW solar farm to be built in the Makkah Region.
The facility, which will be located near the holy city of Mecca, will supply electricity...
A new €400 million (£347m) investment programme for district heating networks aimed at providing “fossil free” heating and hot water in Amsterdam has been announced.
It is a provisional joint investment between Swedish...
The first ever offshore wind farm built in the UK is to be decommissioned starting next month.
Developer E.ON says the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm, which has two 2MW turbines, has generated enough...
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called on the government to set up a body to help energy workers in the north of England make the most of the renewable...
Thailand has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farm.
Bloomberg reports the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is looking to build floating solar farms with a combined capacity...
The European Commission has given the green light for the French Government’s plans to support four demonstration floating offshore wind farms.
They will consist of three to four turbines – installed in the...
Ingka Group, a company which owns most of the IKEA stores, has bought a 25% stake in an offshore wind farm in Germany.
It has paid more than €200 million (£174m) for the...
The giant Drax power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire, has become the first in Europe to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from wood-burning.
Drax burns seven million tonnes of wood chips each year...
Offshore wind could provide a cost-effective and low carbon route to providing at least half of the UK’s future electricity demand.
That’s the verdict made in a new report commissioned by the Offshore...
Solar panels installed on every roof across Switzerland could produce 83% of the nation’s entire electricity demand.
That’s the calculation made by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, which worked out potential generation...
