Yahoo is opening a data centre in upstate New York that uses a radical new design to reduce energy costs by 40 percent, the company said Monday.

Sharp will acquire Recurrent Energy, a U.S. developer of solar energy projects, in a deal that will give the Japanese company a stronger position in the fast-growing solar-power generation business, the companies said Wednesday.

A team at London’s City University has been granted a patent on a new ‘green’ technology that stops phone, laptop and MP3 chargers eating electricity even when nothing is connected to them so-called ‘Vampire Power’.

O2 has unveiled a scheme that ranks mobile phones based on how green the handset is.

AlertMe, the home energy measurement service, has unveiled an iPhone app that allows consumers using its Smart Energy meter to monitor their home energy use from their handset.

The safety of some chemicals used by the electronics industry should be reviewed, members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee said on Wednesday.

The new coalition government needs to introduce policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy for the UK to meet official emissions targets, says a new report.