A US company is to build Europe's largest solar power plant in north-east Italy.

SunEdison will develop a photovoltaic facility near the town of Rovigo, covering the size of 120 football pitches.

SunEdison supplied more kilowatt hours of energy than any other... Read More

Heathrow Airport expects to save more than £1m a year following an upgrade of its air conditioning system at Terminal 5. The work was carried out by air filter manufacturer Vokes-Air Group and has resulted in a reduction in both energy... Read More

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The Renewable Energy Association (REA) will host its annual Awards on 10th June this year. Shortlists of the nominations have already been drawn up and final judging will take place in May.

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Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has unveiled a five-year pact with Imperial College London's Faculty of Engineering and Grantham Institute for Climate Change to reduce its carbon footprint.

Plans are underway for how Sainsbury's stores might provide heat and recycled water to... Read More

Electricity use in Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers, the tallest twin buildings in the world, has been cut by up to 60% following the installation of light detection controls.

Lighting management specialists Ex-Or installed LightSpot sensors in more than 40 floors of... Read More

Hundreds of solar powered ATM machines are to be installed across rural India.

The 300 cash tills use only 72 units of electricity a month compared to 1800 in the average machine and produce at least 18,500kg less carbon emissions in... Read More

The world's first large scale Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle, near-zero emissions power station is to built on the site of Hatfield Colliery near Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Construction of the 900 megawatt facility by UK company Powerfuel will be in two phases.... Read More