The United States is closing 46 coal-fired generating units at 25 electricity plants across 16 states over the next few years, transitioning to natural gas or intentionally closing them, and a new...

South Australia set a new record for wind output on Tuesday, the Anzac Day public holiday, reaching 1,540MW just before midnight – a significant lift on its previous record of 1,400MW set...

A new study has disturbing news for India’s solar power industry. It claims that dust and particulate matter (often a by-product of diesel engines) can reduce solar panel efficiency by 17% to...

Saudi Arabia is set to offer more than 1 gigawatt of contracts to buy renewable electricity by the fourth quarter of this year, according to an official speaking this week. The plans...

On the heels of the successful allocation of 750 megawatts of solar power capacity at record-low rates, the Indian Railways is now looking to replicate this model to ensure a cheap and...

Gamesa has reported a massive jump in installation numbers in India as it continued to dominate the crowded wind energy market. According to media reports, the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer recently announced that...

The United Kingdom's grid operator just announced an incredible prediction—April 21 is probably going to be the country's first coal-free day since the Industrial Revolution. "Great Britain has never had a continuous 24...

New figures published by the American Wind Energy Association show that the US wind energy industry added jobs at more than 9 times faster than the overall US economy in 2016, reaching...

Enel Green Power has begun construction of the 300 megawatt Red Dirt wind farm in Oklahoma, US, which upon completion will sell its electricity under two long-term power purchase agreements — one...

The UK's energy system could suffer "serious consequences" unless action is taken now to prepare for the rapidly-growing number of clean technologies accessing the grid, according to a new report by think...

Starting in 2012, Stanford University began an ambitious program to bring solar power to its Silicon Valley campus. The University’s Department of Sustainability and Energy Management reviewed 20 proposals from solar energy...

About 20,000 schools in the province of Punjab in Pakistan will convert to solar power, according to government officials. Punjab chief minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif reviewed the progress of the "Khadim-e-Punjab Ujala Programme"...

India is set to overtake Japan as the world’s third-largest solar power market this year, a Taiwanese research firm has predicted. According to EnergyTrend, the global solar PV demand is expected to remain...

Slowly but surely, it is becoming fact that households and entire countries can run on clean, renewable energy. Costa Rica, for instance, ran on renewable energy sources for 285 days in 2015...

Investment company GreenWish Partners has doubled its planned capacity addition in Nigeria’s solar power market. GreenWish Partners now plans to set up 200 megawatts of solar power capacity in Nigeria after entering into...

A UK clean tech developer has launched a £3.5bn funding scheme to help local authorities and businesses install street lighting powered entirely by renewable energy. Solar Street Lighting announced yesterday it is offering...