230 megawatts (MW) of new solar energy capacity were installed by Austria in 2012. This more than doubled its total capacity, bringing it up to 415 MW.

The UK was likely the 5th-largest solar market in 2013, according to the latest quarterly report from NPD Solarbuzz. In fact, in the first quarter, the UK snatched up about 10% of the global market.

Senior agriculture and environment officials from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries met in Xiengkhouang, Laos on April 2 to discuss environmentally sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in the region, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

A research vessel carrying German and Taiwanese scientists set sail for waters off the island's southwestern coast on Sunday in search of methane hydrate, a potentially vast new energy source.

Germany is often cited as the king in solar, but its reign may soon be over.

After Record 2012, World Wind Power Set to Top 300,000 Megawatts in 2013

VADODARA: Earth hour, a commitment to save the world from global warming and environmental degradation, was celebrated by NCC Group Baroda on March 23

MEXICO CITY: Global investment in clean energy climbed to a record $250 billion last year despite adverse worldwide economic conditions, the president of the International Solar Energy Society said in an interview in Mexico.

How sustainable it is, nobody knows, but Japan’s feed-in tariff is doing what it was meant to do: inspiring solar power installations.

With the development of nanotechnology, researchers using nanowires in solar cells are finding that solar cell efficiency limits may be higher than they previously thought possible.

Green walls have been acknowledged as one of the most effective ways to cut down city air pollution, improve building’s energy efficiency, reduce noise and at the same time give a warm green feel to the usually colorless city architecture.

A new report reveals how the US economy could save over US$1 trillion through policies designed to remove barriers to energy efficiency improvements.

Addenbrooke's and Rosie Hospitals expected to save £20m in energy costs over 25 years and cut 25,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum

By using social media the Washington D.C. start-up is bringing more transparency to the process of solar installation for homeowners

Greenpeace applauds Apple's efforts to source renewable energy

A study by psychologists, engineers and built environment experts at The University of Nottingham, has found no link between the 'measured' level of noise from small and micro wind turbines and reports of ill health.

Biomimicry run amok can be a beautiful thing, and that’s the driving force behind a new portable solar power canopy called Lotus Mobile.

Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently.

A new study produced by the World Future Council and the Heinrich Böll Foundation (both located in Germany) suggests that using feed-in tariffs could be the best way to develop and promote renewable energy in countries across Africa.

BioSolar Inc. maker of solar panel components has announced it has made its first sale of a new product it calls the BioBacksheet—an all natural material that can be used as a backsheet (cover) for solar panels.

According to Lux Research, the lithium-ion battery market has reached over $10 billion.

Africa can go a long way towards lifting itself out of poverty and ending its chronic shortage of energy by using its own resources, a report says.

Germany and the United States have been powerhouse names in the solar industry for the last couple of years, but a new player is slowly emerging thanks to a healthy feed-in tariff (FIT): Japan.

Fraunhofer scientists have recently made an important breakthrough with their development of a redox flow battery that reaches stack power up to 25 kW, with a cell size of 0.5 square meters.

A new form of concrete, stronger and with a lower carbon footprint, has been created by researchers utilizing some of the waste products of biofuel production.

A new model to explore how new ideas affect fuel consumption in large diesel engines has been developed by a world-leading research group in tribology, at Luleå University of Technology.