Claims that the costs of wind farms and other low-carbon technology will lead to sharp rises in fuel bills are wrong, government advisers say.

Japan has extended tax breaks for fuel-efficient vehicles, in a bid to help the struggling car industry.

Could pond life meet the world's insatiable appetite for energy?

A look at the process involved in testing the fuel tanks of a satellite which help to fire the machine into space.

How to cut fuel bills through energy efficiency

Scientists report the design and test-driving of a single molecule with four "wheels", powered by electron "fuel".

Salvage teams in New Zealand resume efforts to pump the remaining fuel from the cracked cargo ship the Rena, stranded off the coast.

Salvage teams prepare to pump fuel from the cracked cargo ship Rena, listing badly off the New Zealand coast, amid fears it could soon break up.

The captain of a container ship that ran aground off the coast of New Zealand and is leaking fuel oil has been arrested and charged, officials say.

Britain's first public fuelling station for hydrogen-powered vehicles has opened in Swindon, with developers saying that it is a significant step in the creation of a 'Hydrogen Highway' along the M4.

An enzyme from a microbe has shown how to make hydrogen more quickly and more cheaply, which could assist efforts to develop clean power sources.

A cow's stomach could hold the key to creating more environmentally friendly versions of petrol and diesel, according to Edinburgh scientists.

Algae growing in Bath's Roman Baths could be used to make fuel for cars, according to new research.

Brazilian legislators pass a law easing environmental regulations, which conservationists say will fuel destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

Tokyo Electric Power confirms there were extra partial meltdowns in fuel rods at its damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Could graphene fuel a technological revolution?

Small lasers capable of igniting a fuel/air mixture more efficiently, resulting in less pollution, are demonstrated at a conference in the United States.

A report from the UK government's former chief scientist, Sir David King, says Britain should be recycling nuclear fuel to generate more power.

Kenyans say crops should be for people not fuel

A breach of the containment around one of the Fukushima reactors, or a fire at a fuel containment pool, may be responsible for elevated radiation.

Why the fuel rod exposure at Fukushima Daiichi number 2 reactor is potentially the most serious event so far at the plant.

Is saving fuel the new driving obsession?

A Russian rocket, carrying essential food, fuel and supplies, docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday.

A prototype solar fuel machine is unveiled which mimics plant life, transforming the sun's energy into storable fuel.

Why many in the aviation industry have ditched "green" hydrogen fuel

A global energy think tank has urged nations to stop subsidising fossil fuels as soon as possible.

The planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery for its final mission has been postponed again after a fuel leak.

Demand for high-value woods in China is driving rampant illegal logging in Madagascar, an international study has concluded.

Russia and Norway agree to share fossil fuel spoils

The building of new renewable energy sources outstrips new fossil fuel power plants in EU and US during 2009, a report says.