Solar niches across a range of scale ranging from utility-size plants to clothing-mounted cells face varying yet largely bright outlooks.

Is it really cheaper to build solar in the Far East, particularly when some of the fastest-growing solar markets in the coming decade are likely to be in Europe and North America? Or is the market bec...

Health and safety practices in the young but growing offshore wind industry have suffered from a lack of international consistency. Developing any guidelines and practices outside individual projects ...

It is easy in the world of renewable energy to feel like a wind-blown leaf. Despite the sector's drive and ingenuity — and all its technological advances and efficiency records — it seems doomed to et...

Amid the turmoil that is currently afflicting the solar PV market in the U.S. it seems that another solar sector has sailed into troubled waters with little by way of a splash. Noticed or not, concent...

As wind and large-scale solar become more dominant parts of the power generation portfolio, how do we best deal with the variability issue? Can the grid do it all, or demand-side management? Might the...