Europe

Latest figures in the Europe and US show rapid increase in consumer appetite for electric vehicles since the turn of the year

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee urges government to provide certainty over future of EU chemicals regulations post-Brexit

WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam and others write to Prime Minister amid reports ministers could look to scrap EU clean energy targets

Hong Kong PV firm brings floating solar technology to Europe in bid to turn continent's lakes and reservoirs into power generators

The government is being forced to take tougher action on air pollution because of EU rules, so how clean will our air be without them?

Platform on Electric-Mobility coalition urges member states to better support EV charge point roll out

New polling study also shows support for financial penalties for nations that refuse to be part of Paris climate deal, as Donald Trump has threatened

Figures from trade body SolarPower Europe show all-time record of 76.2GW installed worldwide in 2016 - twice the capacity added in 2015

Analysis by think tank Sandbag reveals fall in electricity emissions in 2016, but only slight increase in share of power generation from renewables

Less gimmicks and more meaningful innovation and collaboration will spell success for European solar, argues First Solar's Stefan Degener