The world is still building new wind and solar farms at breakneck speed despite a slowdown in investment coming into the sector, new figures published today by REN21 reveal. A record 161GW of...

Global emissions can be pushed down to "net zero" by 2060 to meet the climate goals of the Paris agreement, said the International Energy Agency (IEA). For the first time, the 29-member intergovernmental...

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...

Marubeni and JinkoSolar have initiated construction at the largest solar project in the Middle East. The 1.17 gigawatt solar power project will be located in Abu Dhabi and is one of the...

A group of German and Italian public transit companies are seeking tenders for the development of 63 hydrogen fuel cell buses as part of an EU-funded low emission transport project to help...

A joint venture between SoftBank, Foxconn Technologies and Bharti Enterprises has received a huge boost in its standing in the rapidly growing Indian solar power market. SB Cleantech secured 400 megawatts of solar...

Our cities may soon be greener, cleaner and more efficient thanks to the launch of a new initiative yesterday to match urban centres with smart technology. The Sustainable Smart Cities Hub, launched by...

Countries in Africa and South Asia should embrace inexpensive decentralised renewable energy (DRE) technologies for clean, sustainable and affordable power for all, says a report. Most national governments are far from solving energy...

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...

Utility-scale solar installations—including both photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies—grew at an average rate of 72% per year between 2010 and 2016, faster than any other generating technologies. Utility-scale solar (plants with a...

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...

The global human health impact of the diesel emissions scandal has been revealed by new research showing a minimum of 38,000 people a year die early due to the failure of diesel...

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...

REC Solar has become one of the largest manufacturers of solar panels in the world, and became Europe’s largest solar panel brand a few years ago. The Norway-founded company has recently started...

If the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) hasn’t yet moved into a positive phase, though, the 1.5° Celsius threshold will still be passed by 2031 or so, according to the research. I put “barrier”...