Solar

IRENA report confirms 'strongest year ever for new capacity additions', as 161GW of clean power deployed

Amount of electricity demanded by homes and businesses one afternoon was lower than it was during night for first time ever

Sierra Club's Ready for 100 campaign includes cities and towns with both Republican and Democrat administrations

Tech giant's 'Project Sunroof' programme has analysed around 60 million buildings across all 50 US states

EXCLUSIVE: Solar leasing firm set to offer German customers chance to lease an electric vehicle to maximise energy use from domestic arrays

Solar trade bodies vow to fight on to achieve relief from rise in business rates, as financiers predict more firms will sell solar assets to third-party owners

Clean tech giant says installation capable of delivering solar power at night has been completed

Figures from trade body SolarPower Europe show all-time record of 76.2GW installed worldwide in 2016 - twice the capacity added in 2015

Company unveils plan to install giant solar arrays on 50 distribution centres by 2020

Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long Bailey argues it is not too late for the Chancellor address the business rate hike for this energetic new industry