Wind farm set to neighbor coal-fired power station
30 August 2010The Drax power station, situated in North Yorkshire, is set to have a new neighbour - a wind farm that once completed will be home to 12, 100-metre turbines... read more
Solar health clinics in Haiti benefiting from reggae vibes
24 August 2010Partners In Health (PIH), The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) and reggae band Steel Pulse have announced the release of the song “Hold On [4 Haiti]”... read more
Wind Turbine Control
24 August 2010Sentec has collaborated with Cambridge based Wind Technologies Ltd, to create a bespoke control system for wind turbines and has the first test site underway in the city... read more
UK coal recovery boosted by new seams
22 August 2010UK Coal has said production was "living up to expectations" after it began operating new seams at two of the country's biggest collieries... read more
World's biggest tidal turbine unveiled
15 August 2010A renewable energy company has unveiled what it says is the largest and most powerful tidal turbine ever built... read more
BP plug Gulf of Mexico well
8 August 2010BP have confirmed that the MC252 well has been capped .. read more
Researchers target urine-powered robot
28 July 2010Urine could move from being a waste product to become a useful fuel, if researchers in Bristol get their way... read more
Who owns your ideas? The patent process explained
20 July 2010So you have an idea? How do you protect your idea and bring it to market? E&T talks to experts in the field of patenting to find out how... read more
Alan Sugar: give British companies a wind-turbine boost
14 July 2010Speaking in the House of Lords, Alan Sugar tonight urged the Government to boost manufacturing by forcing foreign suppliers to use British subcontractors in the multi-billion pound wind-turbine market... read more
Industry body welcomes emissions directive
7 July 2010The CBI has welcomed the outcome of the vote on the Industrial Emissions Directive in the European Parliament... read more
Climate change tech trials need better planning, claims report
6 July 2010A report on publicly-funded low-carbon technology demos and trials has claimed that public money is too often wasted, due to inadequate public evaluation and project co-ordination... read more
Government rejects calls for drilling moratorium
4 July 2010Calls for a moratorium on deep sea offshore drilling in the North Sea have been rejected by the Government... read more
BP 'seeks investors to ward off predators'
4 July 2010Oil group BP is looking to sell up to 6bn of shares to strategic investors as part of a defence strategy to ward off hostile takeover bids, according to a report... read more
Oil spill clean-up costs top £2bn
4 July 2010BP's clean-up costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster have now passed the $3bn mark... read more
Gulf of Mexico spill 'not yet environmental catastrophe'
30 June 2010The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not yet an environmental "catastrophe" - but could potentially become one as the hurricane season gets under way, scientists have said... read more
Efforts continue to stem flow of oil
27 June 2010Work is continuing in the Gulf of Mexico both to collect as much as possible of the oil pouring from the well as well as combating the growing amount of oil on the surface.. read more
Tropical storm threatens oil spill region
25 June 2010BP's clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico could be hit by a further setback with a tropical storm threatening to home in on the spill region... read more
BP chief relieved of daily control of spill crisis
19 June 2010BP's under-fire chief executive Tony Hayward has been relieved of day-to-day control of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the company's chairman has confirmed... read more
Black cabs go green
17 June 2010A pioneering 'green' black taxi has been unveiled in central London. The "Fuel Cell Black Cab" gives a glimpse of how hydrogen technology could clean up air quality in cities... read more
Olympic Park wind turbine plan scrapped
17 June 2010Plans to build a wind turbine, dubbed the Angel of Leyton, at the Olympic Park in east London have been scrapped... read more
National grid in investor cash-call
10 June 2010Power provider National Grid has launched a 3.2 billion investor cash-call to help finance major investment to replace its ageing network and infrastructure... read more
Electric vehicles 'will not solve problem of gas emissions'
10 June 2010Switching to electric vehicles will not on its own have a significant impact on Britain's carbon emissions, a report has said... read more
EU urged to increase co2 emissions target
10 June 2010The Government has called on Europe to show leadership over climate change by stepping up its target for cutting CO2 emissions... read more
Production of cellulosic biofuel on fast track in China
10 June 2010Novozymes, COFCO and Sinopec have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering the next steps towards commercialisation of cellulosic biofuel in China... read more
Sunpower completes Euro 44.5 million financing
10 June 2010SunPower have announced that financing of Euro 44.5 million, made up of a term loan of Euro 40 million and a short-term VAT facility of Euro 4.5 million, has been finalised for the second phase of the Montalto di Castro solar photovoltaic (PV) power park, the largest in Italy.. read more
Court challenge over EU emissions trading scheme
10 June 2010The extension of the EU emissions trading scheme to international travel is to be challenged in the European Court of Justice. A High Court judge in London has indicated that he is to refer the matter to the court in Luxembourg... read more