The sun provides more than enough energy for all our needs, if only we could harness it cheaply and efficiently

Howay the drillers, as work begins on two kilometre borehole to heat Newcastle science park and city centre buildings

As experts increasingly express doubts about the EU's "hesitations" and communications failures, Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has announced plans for an "energy roadshow".

The new Feed In Tariff in Britain has produced an increased level of interest in small wind farms.

Large wind farms are being built around the world as a cleaner way to generate electricity, but operators are still searching for the most efficient way to arrange the massive turbines that turn moving air into power

European Union leaders are holding their first ever energy summit today (4 February) but the policy agenda looks likely to take a backseat to pressing issues such as Egypt and the eurozone debt crisis

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a biohybrid photoconversion system -- based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers -- that can convert visible light into hydrogen fuel

Europe will have to double its spending on renewables to nearly $100 billion if it wants to meets its 2020 clean energy targets

Economic Ministry pushes for deeper cuts to feed-in tariffs