German Chancellor Angela Merkel, fresh from taking over the presidency of the Group of 20 nations, plans to use her leverage to challenge Donald Trump’s skepticism about the value of renewable energy by pointing out where it’s a viable business.
The green energy sector supports more than 43,500 jobs across Scotland, a study has found.
Two Norfolk-headquartered firms with bases in Aberdeen have joined forced to launch a monitoring system to reduce maintenance costs for wind turbines.
A contract for the assembly of wind turbine jackets will secure up to 200 jobs at Harland and Wolff (H&W) in Belfast.
A bungled Aberdeen City Council deal to fix solar panels to public buildings could end up costing taxpayers more than £500,000.
Plans for a 17-turbine wind farm in East Ayrshire have been rejected by the Scottish Government.
Scottish renewable-energy firm Nova Innovation said yesterday a £2.25million grant from the European Union would help it “revolutionise” the future of tidal-power.
Scottish energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) says renewable-energy could grow nearly 500% globally over the next 20 years, with coal and oil demand peaking well before 2035.
The world's largest tidal energy scheme in the Pentland Firth will be named after a key figure in turning the £500million vision into a reality.
Companies are being given the chance to choose which renewable energy projects power their business, with the launch of a new peer-to-peer online marketplace.
Renewables and gas are set to be the “winners” in meeting growing demand for energy in the next 25 years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts.
The Chancellor should announce funding for making homes more energy- efficient and new renewable power subsidies in the upcoming autumn statement, experts have urged.
French oil firm Total will spend $300million on the installation of solar panels on 5,000 of its petrol stations worldwide in the next five years.
A groundbreaking tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth has produced first power.
The world unites again this fortnight in Marrakech to drive forward our commitment to tackle climate change. It remains one of the biggest threats facing the world today, and the UK Government is fully committed to the low carbon future we signed up to in Paris last year. Since 2010, there has been over £52billion of investment in renewables in the UK, and this week we set out proposals for the next steps to phase out electricity generation from unabated coal-fired power stations within the next decade.
The planning application has been submitted for a project to install a multi-turbine floating wind-energy demonstrator off Dounreay.
The developer of a wind farm off the north-east coast has drawn up a shortlist for a 3million euro (£2.6million) research programme into the environmental impact of offshore turbines.
The UK government was yesterday criticised for putting off a decision on allowing developers to compete for subsidies for onshore wind projects on Scotland’s islands.
Latin America is hosting some of the world's most dynamic renewable energy markets, according to fresh data.
Donald Trump’s surprise victory ends months of an adversarial presidential campaign with bitter disagreements between the two major candidates across a spectrum of policy positions.
Polluting coal power generation will be ended by 2025 and new subsidies will help fuel a million homes from renewables in coming years, under measures set out by the UK Government.
Two of the world’s top sea-energy test centres say they have successfully replicated the wild ocean environment of Orkney in Edinburgh.
China, the world’s biggest clean-energy investor, lowered its solar and wind power targets for 2020, a reflection of how record installations of renewables have overwhelmed the ability of the nation’s grid to absorb the new electricity.
Amec Foster Wheeler said it has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering consultancy services to EDF Energy's Coal, Gas and Renewables (CGR) division.
Wind turbines in Scotland provided enough electricity to supply the average needs of almost all Scotland’s homes last month, according to a report.