Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said... read more
Activists were arrested for trying to block a 322-tonne load of equipment bound for the tar sands of Alberta, Canada... read more
Energy giant National Grid has successfully completed test drilling of a carbon dioxide storage site off the Yorkshire coast... read more
Medium-sized green energy generation schemes are falling through gaps in the government's energy policy, MPs have warned... read more
BP is fighting against claims made by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that its traders have been involved in manipulating natural gas prices... read more
Japan may restart some nuclear reactors next July, a government-affiliated institute said today, on the anniversary of Hiroshima... read more
Ageing nuclear submarines and a lack of experts in the field is a growing problem for the Royal Navy, a report of UK's Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator has revealed... read more
Radioactive groundwater at the Fukushima nuclear plant has probably risen above an underground barrier meant to contain it... read more
Prime Minister David Cameron believes more needs to be done to promote the benefits of fracking, according to a spokesman... read more
Basel University Researchers have replaced rare iodine with cheaper cobalt in dye-sensitised solar cells in a bid to reduce costs of the technology... read more
A hydrogen production plant has been designed that could fuel a sustainable green economy with sunlight and water... read more
Although no hydraulic fracturing will take place during the current exploration drilling near Balcombe, Cuadrilla has not ruled out using the controversial technology in the future... read more
A breakthrough in graphene research could pave the way for a compact supercapacitor that lasts as long as a conventional battery... read more
Two concentrated solar power plants producing 200MW and 100MW respectively will be built near the south-Moroccan city of Ouarzazate... read more
Ministers have pledged 66m for offshore wind to improve the supply chain, boost innovation and bring new products to market... read more
The myth that engineering graduates are poached by the finance industry appears to be fantasy, according to new figures... read more
Schneider Electric is to buy British engineer Invensys for an agreed 3.4bn to boost its industrial automation and energy offerings... read more
The boss of energy company Cuadrilla has said it has "no intention of ruining the countryside and won't ruin the countryside"... read more
Britain must "put the foot down on the accelerator" in developing renewable energy, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today... read more
Siemens has announced veteran finance chief Joe Kaeser will replace CEO Peter Loescher four years before the end of his contract... read more
A combined heat and power plant in Northern Ireland which could supply 25,000 homes will be the largest of its kind... read more
Series of explosions have shaken a Florida-based propane gas plant last night, injuring seven people, three of them critically... read more
The Government has been accused of "almost comical" hypocrisy over differing planning rules for renewables and fracking... read more
About 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the Gulf of Thailand last weekend and washed ashore in a popular tourist resort, putting fishing industry in danger... read more
Campaigners have raised new concerns over controversial "tar sands" after a series of oil spills in recent months... read more
China and the EU have defused a major trade dispute after agreeing a deal to regulate Chinese solar panel imports... read more
George Mitchell, recognised as the man behind the US natural gas and fracking revolution, has died on Saturday at the age of 94... read more
Uganda has hired a Chinese firm to build a hydroelectric dam on the Nile, the second such project to go to China in recent months... read more
Siemens' CEO will fight for his job at a board meeting this week after the firm announced it would sack him at the weekend... read more
The Government has been urged to help boost the struggling oil refining industry by easing the "burden" of regulations... read more
BP's cement contractor has agreed to plead guilty to destroying technical evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US Department of Justice said... read more
A judge has overturned a planning inspector's decision to refuse permission for exploratory oil drilling at a beauty spot... read more
A natural gas well exploding off the coast of Louisiana, the USA, is deemed as posing less environmental risk than previous offshore accidents... read more
Protesters in Sussex voice their disagreement with the activities of Cuadrilla in a bid to stop an experimental oil drill... read more
Electricity generated by renewables rose by a fifth last year, but more use of coal power helped push up carbon emissions... read more
A biomass power station that will provide enough electricity for all the homes in Northumberland has been given the green light... read more
Chinese coal-to-liquid project operated by the country's biggest coal miner has resulted in severe environmental degradation, Greenpeace claims... read more
A new design of electricity pylon engineered to have less impact on landscapes could be used in major new power projects... read more
Sulphide Li6PS5Br might hold the key towards the break-through in solid-state battery systems, Austrian researchers have found... read more
German-French crane manufacturer NKMNOELL-REEL will deliver two powerful cranes for the assembly of ITER's Tokamak... read more
Prospectors have failed to find oil at an exploration well in deep water off the southwestern coast of Ireland... read more
Unparalleled tax breaks, introduced today by Chancellor George Osborne in an attempt to boost the fracking industry, will significantly reduce income tax for companies exploring shale gas... read more
Research into robotics, advanced materials and grid-scale energy storage will receive 85m worth of funding... read more
The government has introduced tax-payer funded benefit packages for people living in the vicinity of future nuclear reactors... read more
A draft plan for energy infrastructure will be met with “dismay” by industrial consumers, according to the EEF... read more
The shift to a low-carbon energy system needs to appeal to the public's values rather than focussing on the technology... read more
A carbon neutral Britain is possible with today's technology if only the political will can be found, according to a new report... read more
Researchers from two British universities have managed to charge a Samsung phone using human urine, unlocking the potential for the ultimate recycling technology... read more
China will more than quadruple its solar power generating capacity to 35GW by 2015 to ease a glut in its solar panel industry... read more
French President Francois Hollande said the ban on hydraulic fracturing would stay in place despite a legal challenge by a US company... read more