Global offshore wind industry to reach $1 trillion business by 2040: Report

The technology currently contributes to only 0.3% of global power generation, but has the potential to meet the world’s total electricity …

Too close to the sun

The internationally-funded programme to promote solar photovoltaic systems remains a nonstarter

Beads that can heat water

With fossil reserves fast depleting, new technologies promising more efficient use of renewable energy sources, especially the sun, are flooding …

'I don't think future generations will be very happy with our performance'

Michael Jefferson is vice-president of the London-based World Energy Council (WEC), an international association covering all energy forms. …

Sunny alternatives

Solar power is being used to run fax machines, computers and telephones

Sun-powered scooter

Hot rocks

Geothermal energy is gradually becoming a potential source of electricity

Windward, ho

Making waves

Change in the wind

Wind energy could soon become as cheap as other forms of energy

India’s offshore wind energy: A roadmap for getting started

Offshore wind farms generate more electricity per installed capacity

Smart reflectors

Windy ways

A radical wikd turbine is being scaled up

Air power

Riding the wind

China makes a beginning

Green electricity

Renewable energy: Curtailment is a bane

If solutions to the problem are not found, it will add to the operational risk of renewable energy projects, discouraging investments

What’s derailing growth of solar energy in some US states?

Despite facing widespread opposition from people, Indiana legislators have been trying to slow the growth of solar for years

International Solar Alliance plans bank to fund energy access

Priority focus 1.2 billion with no access; next step: 2.4 billion without  access to clean sources

‘The collapse in oil prices is not negative for India‘s renewable transition’

Down To Earth speaks to Tim Buckley from the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis on India’s move towards renewable energy

IEA report recommends radical near-term reductions in energy sector CO2 emissions

Over the coming decades, the demand for oil will be generated from freight, aviation and petrochemicals sectors where alternatives are scarce

Karnataka launches gross metering for solar rooftop

Incentivising rooftop solar in the state through gross metering is one of the new ideas of Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission

Tracing a path from the sun

Present-day interest in solar power has arisen mainly because of rapidly dwindling energy resources. But the quest for tapping the sun's energy …

Winds of change in Scotland

Wind farms have the Scots swept off their feet. A recent study by Mori Scotland, a market research agency in the uk, has found overwhelming …