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How do you install a wind turbine almost the size of the Chrysler building in the open ocean? Just get a boat with deck space larger than a football field and a crane that can lift the weight of 1,100 Chevy Suburban SUVs.

Yesterday, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) announced the launch of the Access Clean Energy Savings (ACES) initiative. ACES provides technical assistance to help rural electric cooperatives and public power utilities apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Electric Savings Program (RESP), which provides zero-interest 20-year loans for improving energy efficiency.

Incredibly, 1.1 billion people – 14% of the world’s population – still live without access to electricity. In rural, remote communities, many people simply have no light after sunset. That makes being productive at night—such as working and learning--extremely difficult. Limiting useful hours of the day by access to daylight holds back personal and economic development and wastes human potential.

At a time when the resilience and sustainability of UK business is increasingly being scrutinised, the tech industry is an area that continues to thrive on the global

Luxury sports car companies are looking to an electric future as they pursue a new customer base that’s young, affluent and environmentally-conscious. Aston Martin Lagonda, the high-end sister brand

Wreaking of oil and 4×4 diesel testosterone, petrol stations are perhaps the ultimate symbol of the “dirty” fossil fuel age in the automotive industry – but they could

This week energy developer BayWa r.e. published its Energy Report 2019, which surveyed 1,200 European corporations about their attitudes toward renewable energy.

Sitting in a red light when there’s no other cars on the road, getting caught out by a sudden change in weather conditions on the road and having

From using sensors to relieve pedestrian congestion in tourist hotspots to repurposing buildings, a number of European destinations are dreaming up innovative ways of creating smart sustainable cities.

The U.K.’s push for a low-carbon economy has some notable successes, but the hardest part of the battle has barely started.

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