Big Oil Is About to Lose Control of the Auto Industry

While the U.S. pats itself on the back for the riches flowing from fracking wells, an upheaval in clean energy is quietly loosening the oil industry's grip on the automotive industry.

UK renewable energy subsidies capped at £200m a year

A ceiling of £200m a year will be placed on subsidies to some of the major forms of renewable energy from this autumn, affecting the funding of large-scale low-carbon installations from wind and solar farms to biomass-burning power plants.

Solar industry facing job losses as household panels takeup tapers off

One in ten Australian homes now has solar panels but takeup has levelled off and the solar industry is facing significant job losses due, in part, to unhelpful government policies, according to a new report.

The Growing Might of Solar Power

From California to New Jersey, the summer sun was hot this year — and so was the solar industry.While the business of solar energy is still small enough and young enough to record firsts at the fearsome pace that a toddler does, the milestones are getting more substantial.

More government grey skies for solar power?

Geothermal Engineering's receipt of £6m from the Regional Growth Fund this week was the second bit of good news for Cornwall's renewable energy community in less than a fortnight.