A tale of two cities

Close competition for clean city cars

A lauded British race car designer and a UK-based car company are touting their design for a sustainable urban car which could revolutionise motor manufacturing.

Renewed incentives for offshore wind

In a bid to make borderline offshore wind projects viable, throughout 2010, each megawatt installed will earn two renewable energy certificates (ROCs) - instead of just one.

Up to £347 billion in untapped rural potential, says CRC

A new, holistic model of investment could help rural areas reap the fruits of a green economic revival, says the Commission for Rural Communities.

Solar ship takes to the seas

When the car container ship Auriga Leader chugged into the Californian port of Long Beach, it was greeted with a torrent of positive press reports. With 328 PV panels on deck, it is the world's first freighter to be partially powered by the sun.

Spark plug: can EVs save the climate and the motor industry?

Electric vehicles (EVs) are the flavour of the year. A hundred years after the petrol revolution swamped the first fragile wave of electric cars, they're back. But are they back for good? And can they really save both the climate and the motor industry? April Streeter peers under the bonnet.

Hydrogen city car hits 300mpg and 30g/km CO2

With politicians and carmakers waxing lyrical about electric vehicles, the squat hydrogen fuel cell car with a top speed of 50mph introduced by start-up Riversimple in June is definitely bucking prevailing trends.

Prius-style power for London buses

A new generation of hybrid buses are to hit the streets of London, in the first stage of what is expected to be their largest rollout in Europe.