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The UK's Green Investment Bank is to have its headquarters in Edinburgh after it beat off competition from 31 other bids.

Planners refuse permission for 11 turbines in Welsh countryside amid concerns about their impact on the landscape

The Scottish Government's 2020 targets on generating electricity from renewables are achievable, according to a new report. Energy minister Fergus Ewing said: "This report shows that the Scottish Government's target to generate the equivalent of 100% of our electricity needs from renewables, as well as more from other sources, is...

BusinessGreen: Report by AF Consult on renewable energy 'flawed' says government, as sponsor KMPG walks away from its findings

The Government should continue investing in controversial renewable energy schemes because the £1 billion spent last year “is actually quite tiny”, Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin has said.

Move Your Money UK is a national campaign to spread the message that we can help to build a better banking system. We aim to provide people with the information and confidence they need to make decisions on the types of financial institutions they want to support.

Catherine Mitchell: Intense lobbying by energy companies and government misinformation is creating genuine uncertainty about who has overall control. The battle over how the UK should meet its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 is at its most feverish in the energy sector. Lobbying by energy companies to channel...

A Cornish village which installed a number of green energy devices a year ago is distributing £20,000 profits to the local community. The profits have come from national grid feed-in tariffs, which are paid to UK producers of renewable energy. Its first profits are being allocated to Grampound Road playing field, a safer road...

Billions of pounds' worth of investment in Britain's energy infrastructure is under threat amid fears the government’s commitment to wind energy has wavered, it has emerged.

In the first of a three-part series, we look at the political shifts causing investors to doubt Britain's commitment to wind