Solar energy

Decarbonising cities could be the key to tackling climate change.

Could decarbonising our cities be the answer to climate change?

Solar Sound System playing in Paris

Solar-powered raves are on the rise in Europe as a green way to party

Sheep grazing near solar panels

The lawn-mowing sheep that work at a solar farm

World's first high-altitude floating solar farm

The high-altitude solar farm floating to success

Airplane flying over a solar farm

Airports could power 100,000 homes if we covered them in solar panels

The UK is building four new all-electric prisons

Are 'electric prisons' the latest form of greenwashing?

Solar power plant on the Lac des Toules, Switzerland

Extraordinary views: This is the world's first mountainous solar farm

Community garden next to the platform at Brondesbury Park Overground train station in north west London.

London's commuters are growing food in railway station garden

02/05/2021

Film director Julia Barnes investigates solar panels

Dirty secrets of renewable energy revealed as ‘Bright Green Lies’

22/04/2021

Locals buiding their solar power grid in Brixton, UK

Meet the local communities starting a renewable energy revolution

16/04/2021

The Nevada desert is home to some of the world's most expansive solar projects

These are the 11 most beautiful solar farms in the world

15/04/2021

Environmental activists in Bosnia are warning that tons of garbage floating down the Balkan country's rivers are endangering the local ecosystem and people's health.

Is hydropower really the solution to Europe’s clean energy problem?

15/04/2021

Henry Glogau showing his design to locals in Chile

This amazing invention offers hope to millions without clean water

09/04/2021

Powerpod

Is this the ‘safest, most powerful wind turbine in the world’?

06/04/2021

Wind turbines are seen near the open-cast mining and the coal-fired power station Neurath of German energy giant RWE in Garzweiler, western Germany.

A tenth of the world’s electricity now comes from wind and solar power

29/03/2021

One of NASA's super pressure balloons used in the 2020 New Zealand Campaign. The Harvard University backed project will likely be similar to this balloon.

Can a huge balloon dropping chalk from sky help slow climate change?

23/03/2021

Renewable energy deserts in the UK

Where are the UK’s renewable energy 'deserts'?

23/03/2021

After running out of room on land, Singapore has taken its solar farms to the sea.

Singapore is turning to floating solar panels to meet its green target

14/03/2021

Wind and solar power helped push the EU past the milestone.

Most of Europe's electricity came from renewable sources in 2020

30/01/2021

Currently the longevity of solar panels is one of the major drawbacks of the technology.

Self-healing solar panels may be the future of reliable clean energy

29/01/2021

The first solar-powered car made from trash in Sierra Leone

First solar-powered car made out of trash invented in Sierra Leone

29/01/2021

Solar power is a popular and sustainable source of energy.

Scientists have created invisible solar panels which look like windows

06/01/2021

Geothermal energy is heat derived within the sub-surface of the earth.

Fire and ice: Geothermal energy's world-saving potential

28/11/2020

The first sustainable dancefloor

The power of energy: How dancing and walking can light up a city

21/11/2020

TU Graz researcher Stefan Spirk has found a way to replace liquid electrolytes in redox flow batteries with vanillin.

This eco-friendly battery is powered by the smell of vanilla

02/10/2020

SolarStratos, first jump from a solar-powered plane

Watch Swiss skydiver make first ever jump from solar-powered plane

26/08/2020

Wind and solar generated 10% of the world's energy in the first half of 2020.

Europe now gets 21% of its electricity from solar and wind

14/08/2020

Inside the living room

Solar panels and underfloor heating: Inside a very British eco home

03/08/2020

Scientists in the US and Australia have found a way to 'upconvert' infrared light into energy.

Invisible light can now be harnessed for solar power

21/07/2020

The London Underground could soon be powered by 100 per cent renewable energy.

The London Underground could soon run on 100% renewable energy

17/07/2020