(CNN) — A coating 100 times thinner than a human hair could be “ink-jetted” onto your backpack, cell phone or car roof to harness the sun’s energy, new research shows, in a development that could ...

Ask families in Germany and the UK what happens when more and more supposedly “cheap” solar and wind power is added to the national power mix, and they can tell you by looking at their utility bills: ...

Some of the best solutions to engineering problems occur when you combine two problems that solve each other. In engineering this is the concept of symbiotic design. The integrated solution uses the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How cheap is too cheap for solar power? Renewable electricity has never been more crucial for the global energy ...

Tony Wood's superannuation fund may have shares in companies positively or negatively affected by the issues covered in this article. Power prices are set to go up again even though renewables now ...