More gigawatts of renewable energy were installed worldwide in 2016 than in any previous year, according to a new report. The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017 report shows the costs of...

A new report by Australia’s Clean Energy Council has revealed that renewable energy provided a record share of electricity in 2016 thanks in large part to record rainfalls in key hydro catchment...

US solar panel manufacturer SunPower has announced that it will provide a total of 194 megawatts worth of solar panels to small- and large-scale solar projects in France, which were successfully obtained...

A host of new technologies have been inspired by the natural world, as designers increasingly look to biomimicry when to creating new ideas for wind turbines, solar cells and hydropower. So could...

Media outlets are abuzz with the collapse in solar power tariff bids in India last week when 750 megawatts was allocated at the cheapest tariffs ever. The tariffs range between Rs 2.44/kWh...

More than 9.8 million people around the world were working in clean energy in 2016, according to the latest data from the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA). A combination of falling costs and...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced this week that it is committing $20 million in funding to boost the growth of solar PV research and development in an effort to make solar...

Swiss voters have approved a major new energy reform package, which will see the country phase out nuclear power and deliver a surge in renewables capacity. Final figures from Sunday's referendum on the...

A small Austrian town fights climate change with an innovative partnership of small, local entrepreneurs. The small town of Bruck an der Leitha 45 kilometers southeast of Vienna is at the forefront of...

The East Asian island plans to invest 684 billion New Taiwan dollars ($22.7bn) as part of the nation’s 8 year plan to boost wind generated electricity to 4,200 megawatts (MW) by 2025. Taiwan's...

Up to 20,000 Syrian refugees living in the Azraq refugee camp have been given access to free clean power thanks to the world's first solar farm to be deployed at a UN...

Australia has leaped up the rankings of the most attractive countries for renewable energy investment, thanks to the record sums of more than $7.5 billion committed to large-scale wind and solar, not...

The first commercial offshore wind farm to make use of the next generation of giant 8MW turbines will be officially inaugurated later today at a ceremony to mark the official opening of...

Tetra Pak has confirmed it now uses enough renewable power to meet a third of its total annual electricity consumption worldwide, as the company works towards its goal of sourcing all its...

Fund management specialist Octopus Investments Limited has successfully closed a new £300m fund dedicated to investing in operational renewable power projects in the UK. The company announced last week that backing from an...

Just days before he secured his overwhelming victory in France's presidential election, President-Elect Emmanuel Macron's plans to double France's wind and solar capacity by 2022 received a major boost. Late last week the...