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Smart, low-carbon homes were once the preserve of one-off grand designs – now there are up to 30,000 projects in the pipeline

Analysis by transport group says battery electric vehicles are superior to their petrol and diesel counterparts

Scheme will issue vouchers to just 49,000 people by end of March at current rate, analysis finds

Fires used by just 8% of population but cause triple the particle pollution of traffic, data shows

95% of £1.5bn set aside to improve houses unspent due to slowness in making grants and paying installers

Only five green jobs on average are created per £1m spent, while most equipment is made abroad

Only five green jobs on average are created per £1m spent, while most equipment is made abroad

New Drive Anytime rate bids to mirror rivals’ off-peak tariff with savings of 60% a year, supplier claims

Exclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles

The use of lithium in rechargeable vehicle batteries is problematic but this shouldn’t derail attempts to decarbonise our environment, writes Jamie Adam, while Jim Grozier believes we need infrastructure that discourages...

Clean energy firm Gridserve has plans for more than 100 such sites over next five years

The installer told me they couldn’t do the work before the scheme expires and everyone else is fully booked

Home owners can get help from government schemes but but do they really cut costs?

Some say proposed public funding is too little while others say key is galvanising private capital

The prime minister has correctly identified the challenge, but his record invites doubt that he can turn his rhetoric into reality