More than 15,000 tonnes of unused Christmas food - weighing the equivalent of 45 Boeing 747's - was diverted from landfill and transformed into festive renewable energy by one food waste recycler over the festive period.

It's technically possible for each state to replace fossil fuel energy with entirely clean, renewable energy, experts say. In a new study, Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, and colleagues, are the first to outline how each of the 50 states can achieve such a transition by 2050.

Five new projects to develop low carbon and energy efficient technologies in the automotive industry have been granted funding worth £75 million.

As countries was encouraged to reach an agreement on climate at the UN Climate Change Conference in France in last December, The Telegraph examines which European nations are due to reach their renewable energy targets. But many European nations are far from reaching their current targets on renewable energy consumption, according to figures published by Eurostat.

David Cameron has continued to defend the government’s position on clean energy policy during today’s Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), claiming Britain is leading a “renewables revolution”.

A new consultation to ensure regulation in the energy industry encourages innovation has been launched.

The UK invested $23.4 billion (£16bn) in renewables in 2015.

Green buses and coaches made up 53.5% of all new buses registered in the UK in 2015.

Scotland should set an ambitious new target of generating 50% of its electricity, heat and transport demand from renewables by 2030.

An investment worth $27 million (£18.3m) will be made to boost access to electricity and renewable energy sources in Liberia.

The state-owned Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) plans to invest more than US$12.02 billion for the development of renewable energy in the next 15 years.

The total renewable energy capacity installed across the globe reached an estimated 913.48GW last year.

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Set To Raise $260 Million Through Bonds Issue.

Researchers have found a new, eco-friendly and highly efficient way to store solar energy using desert sand.

While wind power generation is not a new concept, it is normally recognized by the need for a traditional windmill or wind turbine to be installed to harness the energy. However, a new type of generator has discovered a way to get energy from the wind without the need for a traditional machine.

Egypt continues to mobilize private and foreign capital to support the country’s renewable energy sector.

Leading digital communications provider O2 has entered the domestic energy management sphere, partnering with American firm AT&T to launch a new service that allows customers to manage their home's energy system via a mobile app.

Denmark is one such nation that is eying Iran’s renewable energy market.

An innovative new system being piloted by a startup in Canada could significantly cut the cost of compressed air energy storage by using simple, off-the-shelf technologies.

UPS has announced it will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss., with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing.