Energy
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Australian projects are viable already – now the industry needs investors willing to take a risk on large-scale renewable energy
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Suggestion comes as EDF faces more opposition from its own private shareholders to the Hinkley scheme at its annual general meeting in Paris
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Developers of an offshore windfarm planned in the Forth estuary have taken legal action after vital subsidies were withdrawn
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Danish company is single largest investor in UK offshore wind power and IPO would be one of Europe’s biggest listings this year
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Innovations in renewables Australia's regions already have an energy crisis – and a climate of investment is the answer
Matthew Charles-JonesCommunity energy groups are coming up with renewable energy schemes. Shouldn’t government extend a hand to help them?
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Interactive map commissioned by Lock the Gate shows fossil fuel claims cover 37% of Australia’s landmass
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UK routinely topped league table run by Ernst & Young but has slid to 13th place due to government’s ‘non-committal approach’
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Currently the world’s biggest producer of lithium, Australia is well-placed to take advantage of the lithium-ion battery solar storage boom
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The energy internet, the ‘smart’ grid, solar energy and battery storage are converging and the economic benefits are clear
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Capacity market scheme to keep power stations on standby for peak demand could add £38 a year to each household bill
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Australia’s environment minister denies he failed to consider impact of a coal mine on the Great Barrier Reef, court documents show
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New research has shown the aged care provider Warrigal that sustainable design affects residents’ wellbeing, as well as its bottom line
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Energy spokesman Adam Bandt says program – estimated to cost $2.9bn – could be funded by scrapping concessions to fossil fuel-intensive industries
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The biggest coordinated global direct action against fossil fuel companies begin with early morning demonstrations at the Ffos-y-fran coalmine, near Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. Groups of environmental activists descended at the site in red boiler suits forming human chains and blocking access roads
In the timeless Yorkshire moors of my childhood, the frackers are poised to start drilling