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<p>Is it possible to run your EV and your home using only solar energy? Pictured: The Jaguar I-Pace charging</p>

Electric Vehicles

The future of home electric car charging

<p>A London skyline view in the background with terraced housing in the foreground
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Why painting London’s roofs could save lives

<p>Members of Indigenous communities in Peru use drones to monitor and fight fires threatening the rainforest through a partnership between climate charity Cool Earth and a native organization </p>

Rainforest labs: How tech helps Indigenous peoples fight deforestation

Hovering screens and smart machines: welcome to the home of the future

<p>Wind-powered heat pumps could slash bills, a report says </p>

Community wind farms could be the key to slashing energy bills

<p>Solar power (also fast-developing) should play a part in saving the planet, but that does not necessitate the complete destruction of productive and cherished rural areas</p>

Call me a nimby if you like – I don’t want super-sized solar farms

<p>I congratulate Starmer this time for dropping Azhar Ali as the official Labour candidate in the Rochdale by-election</p>

At least with Rochdale, Keir Starmer has proved he is a man of action

<p>An illustration of how solar energy could be beamed to Earth via satellites</p>

First ever space-to-Earth solar power mission succeeds

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Breakthrough could lead to stretchy solar panels, creators say

<p>A transparent spectral converter can boost solar cell efficiency by capturing UV light and converting it into visible light in order to generate electricity</p>

Solar panel breakthrough harnesses wasted light to boost efficiency

<p>Tandem solar cells that use perovskite have a far higher efficiency potential than standard silicon cells</p>

AI breakthrough could help make solar panels out of ‘miracle material’

<p>The Puzzle electric van, built by Japanese firm HW Electro, will be available to buy in the US</p>

Tiny solar-powered van unveiled in Japan

<p>Tandem solar cells that use perovskite have a far higher efficiency potential than standard silicon cells</p>

Solar panel world record smashed with ‘miracle material’

<p>Double-sided solar panels use the ‘miracle material’ perovskite, which has been hailed for its potential to transform various industries</p>

Double-sided solar panel generates vastly more electricity

<p>Solar panels installed on satellites in low-Earth orbit suffer from space radiation that impacts their efficiency</p>

Scientists invent self-healing solar panels with ‘miracle material’

<p>A lab-scale perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell</p>

‘Miracle material’ breaks solar cell efficiency threshold

<p>Tesla’s Solar Roof is one of a number of emerging technologies that could transform where and how we live</p>

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How tech can turn our homes into renewable energy power stations

<p>Phosphate rock is used in the production of electric car batteries, including the Tesla Model 3 </p>

Mineral discovery could meet global battery demand for next 100 years

<p>A wind turbine in Switzerland this month</p>

Switching to renewables could pay for itself in six years, study says

<p>In winter, I wear really warm ski socks, thermal long-legged underwear and an extra-warm fleece cardigan</p>

‘One room living’ is how I stay warm and save money in winter

<p>Investments towards net zero will be delayed until there are ‘better economic conditions to hit the go button’ </p>

Net zero plans at risk from energy crisis as ‘firms halt investments’

<p>File photo: An illustration of Insight</p>

Nasa’s Marsquake-hunting InSight lander set to meet a dusty end

<p>Perovskite has been hailed as a ‘miracle material’ for its potential to radically transform everything from solar energy harvesting to internet speeds</p>

World record achieved for solar power ‘miracle material’

<p>New solar panels can generate electricity at night if the skies are clear</p>

Scientists invent solar panels that work at night

<p>Success for Putin in Ukraine would embolden him to turn his attention to other countries</p>

Nato should no longer stand on the sidelines of the war in Ukraine

<p>Money Saving Expert’s Martin Lewis (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)</p>

Martin Lewis criticises Rishi Sunak’s ‘limited’ help on energy bills