21st Century Challenges

Construction work will begin next year on one of the largest offshore windfarms in the world, an energy firm has announced. The £2bn Gwynt y Mor windfarm will have 160 wind turbines around 10 miles off the north Wales coast near Colwyn Bay and Llandudno.

The US President will be making a one-day stopover during the first part of the UN climate conference in the Danish capital where he is expected to announce an American emissions reduction target of 17 percent.

Ed Miliband has said the UK cannot afford to "say no" to nuclear power as he prepares to announce plans to fast-track a new generation of reactors.

Developing countries want up to £245bn to reduce their carbon emissions while the EU thinks it should cost them as little as £20bn.

Foreign secretary David Miliband, his brother, the energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband, and the government's chief scientific advisor John Beddington describe what the world would be like after a 4C rise in temperature.

Japan's next leader has promised a big cut in greenhouse gas emissions, saying he will aim for a 25% reduction by 2020 compared to 1990 levels.

Despite a projected tripling of traffic in China over the next decade, the focus should be on low-carbon technology rather than sacrifice, says a report by Tony Blair's Climate Group

A huge expansion of wind power, home insulation and "smart" electricity meters are among measures being planned to build the UK's low-carbon future. Ministers hope their Carbon Transition Plan will help them meet 2020 targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and expanding renewable energy.

Terry Barker, director of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research, predicts that by 2030, half the carbon emission savings gained from more fuel-effi-cient transport, buildings and industry will be cancelled out by a corresponding rise in consumption of fossil fuels.

It's official: it's getting windier down south. This unexpected quirk of climate change has given a much needed boost to offshore wind-farm developers.

The UK is set to miss climate change targets despite a reduction in greenhouse emissions caused by the recession, analysts have warned.

The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, says nuclear power is part of Britain's low-carbon future

Biomass power could become one of the worst emitters of greenhouse gases, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned.

There should be a significant increase in the number of wind farms built onshore in the UK, the RSPB has said.

The government ran into a storm of criticism yesterday after quietly closing its grant programme for solar energy last week, which campaigners said made a mockery of its commitment to build a low-carbon economy.

National Grid is drawing up plans for a new business unit that will pipe carbon dioxide emissions from UK power stations for storage in geological formations beneath the North Sea

British scientists are working with their Chinese counterparts to develop a new technology to burn coal without harming the environment.

More wind power was installed in the EU than any other electricity-generating technology in 2008, according to data released yesterday. Europe installs 20 wind turbines a day and 10 EU states reach wind power capacity of more than 1GW

The UK's carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1.5 per cent in 2007, according to official figures published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc) today.

A crucial scheme to control greenhouse gases is under threat due to the recession.

Four potential sites for new nuclear power stations have been unveiled by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

One of the world's largest wave stations is to be constructed off the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles.

Two of the biggest gas and electricity providers in Britain have joined forces in their bid to build up to three nuclear plants in the UK in the latest sign of an increasing commitment to atomic power.

International Energy Agency accused of consistently underestimating potential of wind, solar and sea power while promoting oil, coal and nuclear as 'irreplaceable' technologies

Europe's biggest onshore wind farm plugged itself into the grid today to provide enough electricity for up to a million people in northern Portugal. A total of 120 windmills are dotted across the highlands of the Upper Minho region of Portugal as one of western Europe's poorer nations continues to forge its reputation as a renewables champion.

The government must allow companies to build offshore wind farms much closer to shore, as part of a series of measures to revitalise a sector that has almost stalled due to insufficient support, competitive pressures and rising costs, an authoritative report warns today.

A colossal increase in investment will launch China to the top of the global renewable energy rankings by 2009; this comes at a time when it faces criticism over air quality during the Olympics. It is expected to invest an average of $33bn annually to meet a target of 15% of energy from low carbon technologies by 2020.

The prime minister has justified an increased usage of nuclear power with the continual rise in oil prices. Brown added that merely replacing the existing sites that currently supply 20% of UK electricity is not sufficient.

The government will receive another boost to its green manufacturing momentum this week when Siemens of Germany announces plans to create hundreds of jobs in Britain and invest more than £75m in a new wind turbine plant.

Britain's wind industry is calling for ­government support to shield it from the falling pound and ensure existing wind farm projects go ahead.