Concrete is not often the greenest material choice, particularly since concrete production is one of the largest single sources of carbon emissions globally. But, for wind turbine towers, the use of concrete bases can provide a number of significant benefits, including reducing the amount of concrete needed for the footings for a tower by more than two-thirds.

Connie Hedegaard reveals EU is planning to take independent action to address concerns over integrity of UN offset scheme

A Colorado company is introducing a system that will allow wind turbines to generate power even when the wind is not blowing.

German architect Rolf Disch has created a solar powered home that not only doesn't waste energy, but actually produces more than it uses.

By-products from distilling process could be used to power cars and even aviation, according to researchers in Edinburgh

Solar power company Clarian Technologies has developed a new concept in residential solar power: the solar appliance.

Scotland, Norway and US in the running for cutting-edge demonstration project

How can a technology known to ancient potters and spinners help create a 21st-century smart energy grid?

Rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems may cut water use but they come at the cost of greater carbon emissions, a study reveals.

An ancient microorganism that helps plants grow could power cars in the future.

Paris hopes to tune into the green economy by increasingly placing eco-labels on everyday products, designing a green industrial policy and developing a more sustainable farming model. EurActiv France reports.

SolOptics, the solar division of Genie Lens, has created a new lens design that improves solar PV performance by 12.5 percent.

Germany's Pro Ventrum International on Tuesday announced plans to build a 90-megawatt wind farm in north-eastern Thailand with US-based GE Energy as a partner.

Longer heat retention of salts means plant can operate overnight and in intermittent sunshine

Although the technology seems settled, new wind power designs are still being developed, especially as engineers try to extend the generating capacity of turbines.

The U.N.'s climate agency has for the first time detailed contingency options if the world cannot agree a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, whose present round expires in 2012 with no new deal in sight.

Analysis of national plans shows EU will have more installed wind capacity than solar and hydro combined

Ministers from the UK, France and Germany have issued a joint call for the EU to raise its emission reduction target to 30% by 2020.

A UN-backed study has reported that the building of new renewable energy plants has overtaken fossil fuel power plants in Europe and the US.

Tata, one of the largest business groups in India is planning to launch innovative clean energy technologies in rural areas as it plans to grab the opportunity of India' rapidly expanding power sector.