Posted by British Gas in Solar
Solar panels, or Solar Photovoltaic panels to give them their proper name, have featured prominently in energy news recently. You may well have heard, particularly if you’re a solar p... Read moreWhat the recent FIT cuts mean for solar energy and you
Innovation in solar shower technology could save lives
Posted by British Gas in Our World, Energy, Smarter Living, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Solar
Following this week's announcement of a groundbreaking partnership between British Gas and Thames Water, today the newsroom looks at another aqua-innovation: one that could have a truly global i... Read morePower from the sun, on the run
Posted by British Gas in Our World, Energy, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Solar
Between smartphones, laptops, ipads and ipods, the 21st century is all about being constantly switched on and hooked up, and there's nothing more frustrating than when a dead battery takes you o... Read morePacific island makes renewable a reality
Posted by British Gas in Our World, Energy, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Solar
Living as we do, surrounded by carbon-consuming cars, computers, kids and more, and seemingly completely dependent on fossil fuels, it's hard to imagine a world completely powered by renewable e... Read moreSolar computing switches on in Africa
Posted by British Gas in Charity, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Solar
Advancing technology in areas of rural Africa is not always straightforward, especially in a place where there is no mainline source of electricity. While many remote parts of the continent have bee... Read moreHow New York is Turning Landfill into Landscape
Posted by British Gas in Energy, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Solar
When New York officials announced that they were going to turn the Fresh Kills Landfill – a 2,200 acre site that was at one point the world's largest waste dumping ground – into the ... Read moreDoes solar power work in the winter?
MilesPerLitre.com takes British Gas' Electric Vehicles for a test drive
Posted by British Gas in Energy, Electric Vehicles, Solar
This year, we are entering our Nissan LEAF electric cars into the RAC Future Car Challenge which runs from Brighton to London on 5th November 2011. At the wheel of our cars will be Robert Llewelly... Read moreSmarter Living: International Praise for Birmingham's Own Eco Village
Posted by British Gas in Community, Smarter Living, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Solar
A landmark green technology project by a neighbourhood in Birmingham has been visited by an American councillor, eager to learn the secrets of its success. Summerfield, in the Birmingham borough o... Read more