Tiny Tilos, in the Dodecanese, is a pioneering nature reserve. Now, Greece’s ‘green island’ is set to be powered by renewable energy
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Renewables roadshow: how Broken Hill went from mining to drag queens and solar farms
The home of BHP and Mad Max can now take credit for kickstarting the large-scale solar industry in Australia
Renewables cut Europe’s carbon emissions by 10% in 2015, says EEA
European Environment Agency report solar and and wind is reducing fossil fuel dependency but clean energy capacity still not growing fast enough
South Australia to get $1bn solar farm and world’s biggest battery
System will include 3.4m solar panels and 1.1m batteries, with operations set to begin by end of 2017
UK breaks new solar energy record on sunny March weekend
Amount of electricity demanded by homes and businesses one afternoon was lower than it was during night for first time ever
US scientists launch world’s biggest solar geoengineering study
Research programme will send aerosol injections into the earth’s upper atmosphere to study the risks and benefits of a future solar tech-fix for climate change
Solar power growth leaps by 50% worldwide thanks to US and China
UK leads Europe for solar growth despite drop in installations after government cut subsidies
What next for renewables in cities? – the expert view
A complex range of factors is shaping how and why cities adopt renewable energy, from costs to the need for stable power supplies
Electric cars and cheap solar ‘could halt fossil fuel growth by 2020’
Solar power and clean cars are ‘gamechangers’ consistently underestimated by big energy, says Imperial College and Carbon Tracker report
Solar power to rise from Chernobyl’s nuclear ashes
Chinese companies plan to spend $1bn building a giant solar farm on land contaminated by the nuclear disaster in Ukraine