A saving of £45bn should be good news,  but the study’s conclusions clash with the pursuit of gas

When asked which book she would take were she to be an isolated castaway, the author of The Color Purple chose Icke’s Human Race Get Off Your Knees

A Swiss adventurer plans to fly his featherweight jumbo jet across America fuelled only by the energy of the Sun

The dream is that the e20 could become the first electric automobile to make a profit

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Need to feel warm in this freezing weather or want a splash of colour in your home? Then invest in a bright or cosy floor covering

Contenders for the Design of the Year awards will have you in a spin

It is possible to create steam within seconds by focusing sunlight on nanoparticles mixed into water, according to new research.

Before the storm, it would have been a familiar setting here in lower Manhattan: a man behind the counter, a row of lottery tickets above him and a wall of cigarettes behind him.

Stanford Ovshinsky was a self-taught inventor whose innovations have been incorporated into many hi-tech developments, from flat-screen televisions to laptop computers, He devised the term "ovonics", combining his own name and "electronics," to describe the technology behind the development of what he called "non-depletable, non-polluting energy sources." His aim was to reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels with solar power and hydrogen. In 1999, Time included Ovshinsky among its "Heroes for the Planet."

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Shine a light on the autumn gloom – whether you’re hiking, camping or cycling – with these top torches

Moves to cut subsidies for fitting solar panels on homes were halted by ministers today following warnings that the planned reductions threatened Britain’s hopes of hitting targets for renewable energy production.

Senior figures in the industry say they face a bleak future as demand for panels collapses