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Meet clean energy’s unlikely secret weapon: Scented candles

Batteries derived from organic materials are clean energy’s fresh focus.

Ecotech

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

Scientists have discovered that solarising airport roofs could be the next step towards a clean energy transition.

Earth News

Are 'electric prisons' the latest form of greenwashing?

Prison reform campaigners have labelled the UK's plan for green prisons as a 'spin' by government.

Ecotech

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

This high-altitude solar power plant sits in a stunning location, floating on a lake in between the Swiss Alps.

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Conscious Travel

Alphonse Island: The world's most sustainable tropical paradise?

Entirely solar powered and fuelled by plant-based foods - how a Seychelles island became a sustainable paradise.

Earth News

London's commuters are growing food in railway station garden

Railway stations are home to flowers, bees and hedgehogs across London.

Climate

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

Bright Green Lies shows the shocking cost of ‘environmental’ solutions this Earth Day.

Ecotech

Meet the local communities starting a renewable energy revolution

Patagonia has released a documentary called 'We the power' about the community-owned energy revolution in Europe.

Nature

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

New hydropower dams have become a source of concern for some environmentalists.

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The world's biggest single-site solar park and what it can do

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It’s the world’s largest single-site solar park, equipped with millions of photovoltaic panels capable of converting the sun’s rays to about 1000 MegaWatts hourly. Check out the Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai.

Ecotech

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

Powerpods are portable wind turbines which claim to be cheaper and more efficient than solar panels.

Earth News

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

EU countries are leading the way on renewables but more needs to be done to reach Paris Agreement targets.

Ecotech

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

Scientists at Harvard University say the chalk would reflect sunlight and, in turn, slow down global warming.

Ecotech

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

An eye-opening report into small-scale renewables shows vast swathes of the British isles are in the dark.

World

Northern Italian town leading the way to eliminate use of fossil fuels

A town in Northern Italy is leading the way to reducing its reliance on fossil fuels, starting with a school powered by renewable energy.

Earth News

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

Solar and wind power are helping green energy to grow in the EU.

Ecotech

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

A 24-year-old man has come up with a solution to the increasing problem of pollution in Freetown.

Ecotech

Scientists have created invisible solar panels which look like windows

Could this be the future of renewable energy in domestic settings?

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“Solutions already exist”: Explorer Bertrand Piccard has big ambitions

In partnership with Accenture

Isabelle Kumar chats to Bertrand Piccard, the inventor, adventurer and eco-warrior about how he's helping to make the planet a greener place.

Earth News

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

A thermal revolution is taking place in a remote northern alliance in Canada.