FOR MORE than a decade the Tamaya power station in the Atacama desert in northern Chile powered its local region using diesel. Today a shimmering array of solar panels stands in place of the dirty ...

In the record-breaking heat of summer last year, Muhammed Munir decided he could bear it no longer. Despite electricity bills which ate up a quarter of his income, regular power cuts left his family ...

An unassuming lab in Sydney helped spark a global solar revolution. Professor Martin Green and his team developed a solar cell so efficient it became the most widely used on Earth — driving down costs ...