Energy
BP admits it has repeatedly underestimated renewables
ANALYSIS: Oil major revises up forecast for solar, wind and hydro power by its biggest margin yet in 2016 annual energy outlook
China breezes past EU to become wind power leader
NEWS: Booming market grew 27% in 2015 edging past European Union for first time, says industry group
An illustrated history of Arctic oil exploration
INFOGRAPHIC: Shell’s recent aborted venture grabbed headlines, but it wasn’t the first foray into the polar region and may not be the last
Greenpeace ‘fracks’ UK parliament as public inquiry starts
NEWS: Campaign group installs mock fracking rig and drill in London on day independent panel review of Lancashire applications begins
Oil majors peddle false reassurance on energy demand
COMMENT: Ahead of BP’s annual energy outlook release on Wednesday, E3G’s Tom Burke argues the industry uses misleading metric to dismiss threat from clean sources
World’s first cactus-powered plant opens in Mexico
NEWS: Pilot scheme will run cars and a small power plant on biogas from prickly pear harvested in Michoacan state
Morocco opens first stage of vast solar power plant
NEWS: Noor 1 concentrated solar plant will provide enough electricity for more than a million homes when finished
Pacific trade deal bad news for climate, say activists
NEWS: NGOs warn Trans-Pacific Partnership could undermine Paris climate pact; Obama says it observes strongest environmental safeguards in history
Leaky carbon markets cast shadow over EU steel says lobbyist
INTERVIEW: Pay-to-pollute rules in some countries, but not in others are ‘worst possible solution’, says industry head
Polish districts call for coal-free development
NEWS: Local leaders are fighting proposals from Warsaw to zone off lignite reserves for future mines, fearing loss of homes and forests
US scientists eye Route 66 of clean energy
NEWS: Interstate energy “highways” would send wind and solar-generated electricity to where and when it’s needed throughout America
As memory of Chernobyl, Fukushima fades, activists renew nuclear warning
BLOG: 2011 disaster survivors urge UK to ditch atomic plans: “Don’t consider Fukushima as something that could never never happen to you. It could.”
Weekly wrap: Solar tipped for 20% global energy share by 2027
Researchers eye sunny future, Vietnam to ditch coal, France plans climate diplomacy blitz, UK panned for weak green policies
NATO: Green energy saves soldiers’ lives
NEWS: Smart grids, roll-up solar panels and wind offer safer forms of energy for troops in hostile environments, says world’s largest military alliance in annual report
Kyte: Universal energy access possible by early 2020s
NEWS: Sustainable Energy 4 All chief says major strides in clean energy, efficiency and finance mean target of powering entire planet is closer than ever
Top lobbyist says coal needs its own ‘Mission Innovation’
INTERVIEW: Despite climate concerns, hundreds of coal plants are being built worldwide. The World Coal Association argues governments should stump up for cleaner technology
Australia, Japan, US coal burners face ‘utility death spiral’
NEWS: Old power generators are losing market share to wind and solar, say Oxford University analysts, in environmental risk report for investors
Shell shareholders vote for BG merger, quashing climate concerns
NEWS: Oil major insists its assets will not be stranded by greenhouse gas emissions curbs, against protests £40bn deal is overvalued
A bridge to where? Gulf states in denial over climate goals
ANALYSIS: Saudi Arabia plans to ramp up clean energy investment and Qatar touts gas as a transition fuel, but officials struggle to see the fossil-free endgame
Solar panel costs set to fall 10% a year
NEWS: Power from the sun could supply 20% of energy worldwide by 2027 on current technology trends, say UK researchers