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Aviation industry unlikely to agree emissions reduction deal until 2016

Draft text to be presented at ICAO Council meeting next week suggests decision on global deal will be delayed

The largest PV installation to date was completed during the first half of this year, helping to boost figures

Four-wheel-drive, all-electric car can hit speeds of 60km/h and when folded three can fit into one average-sized parking space

Country’s first floating solar power station will be launched in one of the Victoria Memorial’s ponds in 2014

Researchers from Michigan Technological University have discovered a cost-effective solution to replacing expensive platinum in solar cells

Membraneless device stores and releases energy in a device that relies on a phenomenon called ‘laminar flow’

US window coating can stop around 50% of heat and 70% of visible light, generating huge energy savings

Smart phone users that consume a huge amount of data are contributing to climate change says new report

Users account for the vast majority of its CO2 footprint, but R&D efforts for self-driving cars are also taking their toll.

Hybrid Renewable Energy Forecasting technology uses cloud imaging, sky-facing cameras, and on-site sensors to gauge wind power

Telsa founder Elon Musk says his magnetic train concept could revolutionise transport, and cut down on aviation emissions

German car giant launches new electric car, but has blocked EU efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards for vehicle manufacturers

Scientists in the UK and USA believe they can radically improve efficiency of new range of ‘organic’ solar cells

National Grid analysis shows its test site can store 200 million tonnes of CO² from carbon emitters in the Humber region

Greater Gabbard wind farm cost £1.3 billion to construct, and will supply power to 500,000 homes

Winston Churchill’s former home says hydro plant will power 18 homes, adding to current solar PV array

Hydro Tasmania has achieved a sustained period of zero diesel operation on King Island

Cost of carbon offsetting so cheap that the aviation industry could adopt more ambitious reduction targets, says economist

New i3 range will costs around US$41,350 but BMW says it will cost less than conventional vehicles to maintain

A new laboratory in Colorado is helping scientists to figure out how to incorporate renewable technology into the US electric grid