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City of Claremont in North Carolina approves 100-acre, $55m solar farm plans from Apple to power its data centres

Sir Bob Geldof launches new nationwide publicity campaign to promote the benefits of smart meter rollout

Study finds modems, set-top boxes, printers and games consoles using as much electricity when on standby as UK and Norway combined

Efficient flat-screen TVs shrinking power use, but new ultrahigh-definition devices and games consoles may drive consumption upwards

Hardware firms must adhere to new energy consumption limits from 1 July

Self driving cars and automated homes could change society far faster than people realise, argues Trewin Restorick, and now politicians need to play catch up

Sector expected to sign first agreements to improve efficiency in return for carbon tax rebates later this year

A central part of the $20bn Hudson Yards community will be a vast sensor network to track air quality, traffic, energy, waste processes and more

Pod Point says charge management software could be used to take the equivalent of a medium-sized power plant off the grid by 2020

New figures show nearly 100,000 domestic smart meters were installed during the first half of the year