02-07-2020 Denver, USA: Workers installing solar panels on the roof of new affordable housing building. Lifting equipment for a solar energy installation to the top of a new affordable housing building. The sola... © Jim West

13-11-2019 Hanksville, Utah, USA: Mars Desert Research Station. Researchers simulate living on Mars. A 15 kW solar panel system provides electricity to the station. © Jim West

13-11-2019 Hanksville, Utah, USA: Mars Desert Research Station. Researchers simulate living on Mars. A 15 kW solar panel system provides electricity to the station. © Jim West

26-06-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2 MWe DTE Energy solar installation built on vacant land as the city population has continued to decline. The project is one of the largest urban solar installations in America © Jim West

25-02-2019 Solar panel farm, Cotswolds © John Harris

25-02-2019 Solar panel farm, Cotswolds. CCTV in operation, High voltage danger to life signs © John Harris

14-09-2017 Colorad, USA, 13 megawatt Fort Lupton Solar Farm generating electricity for United Power, a rural electric cooperative © Jim West

25-06-2016 Bakersfield, California, Solar panels in the desert, San Joaquin Valley © Jim West

27-03-2015 Harvesting cauliflowers in the rain, Cornwall © John Harris

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

26-03-2015 Solar farm being installed in Pembrokeshire in front of the Valero oil refinery, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire. © Paul Box

27-01-2015 Waverly village. Workers building housing, Waverley, Sheffield. © Connor Matheson

27-01-2015 Waverly village. Workers building housing, Waverley, Sheffield. © Connor Matheson

27-01-2015 Waverly village. Workers building housing, Waverley, Sheffield. © Connor Matheson

15-10-2014 Brompton Dock, Automated Brompton bike hire, Temple Meads railway station, Bristol. © Paul Box

02-07-2014 Ground mounted Photovoltaic panels at a Solar energy park on a nursery in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire © John Harris

02-07-2014 Ground mounted Photovoltaic panels at a Solar energy park on a nursery in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire © John Harris

29-10-2013 Lark Energy solar farm, Bourne, Lincolnshire © Timm Sonnenschein

29-10-2013 Lark Energy solar farm, Bourne, Lincolnshire © Timm Sonnenschein

03-02-2012 Phoenix, Arizona: Tessera Solar 1.5 megawatt Maricopa Solar plant, the first of it's kind it opened in 2010 with 60 Suncatcher generators - a mirrored dish that concentrates and directs heat towards a... © Jim West

03-02-2012 Phoenix, Arizona: Tessera Solar 1.5 megawatt Maricopa Solar plant, the first of it's kind it opened in 2010 with 60 Suncatcher generators - a mirrored dish that concentrates and directs heat towards a... © Jim West

03-02-2012 Phoenix, Arizona: Tessera Solar 1.5 megawatt Maricopa Solar plant, the first of it's kind it opened in 2010 with 60 Suncatcher generators - a mirrored dish that concentrates and directs heat towards a... © Jim West

23-09-2011 Fitting photovolvic panels to a roof. Workers housebuilding, Warwickshire. © John Harris

08-07-2011 Installing Solar panels on the roof of 2 terraced houses rented for multiple occupancy, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. © John Harris

08-07-2011 Installing Solar panels on the roof of 2 terraced houses rented for multiple occupancy, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. © John Harris

08-07-2011 Installing Solar panels on the roof of 2 terraced houses rented for multiple occupancy, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. © John Harris

08-07-2011 Installing Solar panels on the roof of 2 terraced houses, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. © John Harris

08-07-2011 Installing Solar panels on the roof of 2 terraced houses rented for multiple occupancy, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. © John Harris

08-07-2011 Installing Solar panels on the roof of 2 terraced houses rented for multiple occupancy, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. © John Harris

23-06-2011 Contractors fixing solar panels to the roof of a terraced house, Barnet, London © Duncan Phillips

05-12-2010 The Blythe Intaglios, a giant foot. At the sacred site huge designs were created on the ground by ancient native American people, the Aztecs or the Quechan or the Yuman tribes a millenia ago by scrapi... © David Bacon

05-10-2010 A solar photovoltaic facility on contaminated land generating renewable energy. The solar farm was built on top of a former landfill site at the U.S. Army's Fort Carson. USA © Jim West

05-10-2010 A solar photovoltaic facility on contaminated land generating renewable energy. The solar farm was built on top of a former landfill site at the U.S. Army's Fort Carson. USA © Jim West

29-09-2010 Workers from Encore Electric install solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of Harrington Elementary School. USA © Jim West

29-09-2010 Workers from Encore Electric install wiring for solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of Harrington Elementary School. USA © Jim West

29-09-2010 Workers from Encore Electric install solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of Harrington Elementary School. USA © Jim West

29-09-2010 Workers from Encore Electric install wiring for solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of Harrington Elementary School. USA © Jim West

06-07-2009 Alamosa, Colorado, Photovoltaic solar collectors at the largest photovoltaic power plant in the USA. The plant, in San Luis Valley, Colorado, is operated by SunEdison and generates 8.22 megawatts © Jim West

06-07-2009 Alamosa, Colorado, Photovoltaic solar collectors at the largest photovoltaic power plant in the USA. The plant, in San Luis Valley, Colorado, is operated by SunEdison and generates 8.22 megawatts © Jim West

06-07-2009 Alamosa, Colorado, Photovoltaic solar collectors at the largest photovoltaic power plant in the USA. The plant, in San Luis Valley, Colorado, is operated by SunEdison and generates 8.22 megawatts © Jim West

13-06-2009 Salt crust on the lake bed, at Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain National Monument. Which is a vast open grassland, rimmed by mountains and has great biodiversity. However, it is now threatened by energy... © David Bacon

13-06-2009 Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, is a vast open grassland, rimmed by mountains and has great biodiversity. However, it is now threatened by energy development, including the threatene... © David Bacon

13-06-2009 The Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, is a vast open grassland, rimmed by mountains and has great biodiversity. However, it is now threatened by energy development, including the threa... © David Bacon

13-06-2009 Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, is a vast open grassland, rimmed by mountains and has great biodiversity. However, it is now threatened by energy development, including the threatene... © David Bacon

13-06-2009 Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, is a vast open grassland, rimmed by mountains and has great biodiversity. However, it is now threatened by energy development, including the threatene... © David Bacon

13-06-2009 Soda Lake in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, is a vast open grassland, rimmed by mountains and has great biodiversity. However, it is now threatened by energy development, including the threatene... © David Bacon

01-09-2008 Solar Panels on the roof of flats, Woking, Surrey © Duncan Phillips

18-07-2008 EPIC building in Nuneaton has won the Solar Architecture Award in the Eurosolar UK Awards 2006 PIC is owned by Warwickshire County Council and won the award for its use of photovoltaic panels on its... © John Harris

18-07-2008 EPIC building in Nuneaton has won the Solar Architecture Award in the Eurosolar UK Awards 2006 PIC is owned by Warwickshire County Council and won the award for its use of photovoltaic panels on its... © John Harris

18-01-2008 A training day for solar panels at Bosch Headquarters. © Paul Box

21-09-2007 House with Solar panels on the roof, Wesel, Germany © Timm Sonnenschein

24-08-2007 Golden, Colorado - Photovoltaic panels being tested at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Outdoor Test Facility. The lab is operated by the US Department of Energy. © Jim West

17-08-2007 Solar Showers at the Camp for Climate Action at Heathrow, the world's busiest airport and a big source of CO2 emissions. London. © Jess Hurd

29-07-2007 Gloucester. A new build property that has both Solar Energy panels for heating water and photovolvic plates for generating electricity on the roof. © Paul Box

29-07-2007 Gloucester. A new build property that has both Solar Energy panels for heating water and photovolvic plates for generating electricity on the roof. © Paul Box

26-04-2007 A family prepare to move to summer pastures for their sheep in the desert of Mongolia.They also need to take their solar panel, which powers their television and light system.Families are able to move... ©

25-04-2007 Ger tent with a satellite receiving dish for receiving television transmissions in the middle of the Mongolian plateaue. Public information communications in Mongolia is made easier by widespread dish... ©

08-01-2007 Solar panels on the south facing wall of a building at the Beddington Zero Energy Development BedZED in the London Borough of Sutton. The 82 mixed tenure housing units were designed by Bill Dunster Ar... © Philip Wolmuth

02-07-2004 A solar powered road sign. © Paul Box

02-07-2004 A solar powered road sign. © Paul Box

03-07-1997 Students stand in the shade beneath solar power units at a technical school. Uganda. 1997 © Jim Holmes