Solar energy

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

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

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

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

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

Shrimp shells are being used to make batteries

Why shrimps are being turned into batteries to store renewable energy

06/07/2020

The City of Sydney district is now entirely powered by clean energy.

City of Sydney now runs on 100% renewable energy

01/07/2020

Double sided solar panels that follow the sun are cheaper and more efficient.

Double sided solar panels have arrived and they’re 35% more effective

05/06/2020

Noor Abu Dhabi, the current world’s largest single-site solar power plant

World's largest solar project to provide record-low energy tariffs

05/05/2020

High speed train powered by solar energy

UK announces ‘ambitious’ plan to become hub for green transport

30/03/2020