A prototype power plant designed by architect Amanda Levete's firm AL_A with a nuclear fusion reactor is set to be built in Oxfordshire, England. More about Amanda Levete designs world's first magnetised fusion power station for the UK
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to turn the site of a decommissioned power plant on the San Francisco waterfront into a mixed-use development. More about Foster + Partners designs buildings for Dogpatch Power Station in San Francisco
Architecture studio Morris + Company has built a sculptural block wrapped in anodised aluminium that contains an energy hub, cafe and nursery at Elephant and Castle, London. More about Morris + Company combines energy hub and nursery in block that is "part elephant and part castle"
Amanda Levete's firm AL_A is partnering with Canadian energy company General Fusion to design a pioneering power plant that will use nuclear fusion. More about AL_A reveals plans for world's first magnetised fusion power plant
Architecture photography studio Hufton + Crow has captured the chimney of Amager Bakke, a waste-to-energy power station covered by a ski slope designed by BIG, rising from the mist. More about BIG's Amager Bakke power station photographed by Hufton + Crow
BIG has completed the "cleanest waste-to-energy power plant in the world" in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is topped by an artificial ski slope that is open all year round. More about BIG opens Copenhill power plant topped with rooftop ski slope in Copenhagen
China is planning to build the world's first solar power station in space to provide "inexhaustible clean energy", according to reports. More about China plans solar power station in space
The former Philips power plant in Eindhoven has been transformed into an innovation hub by young architect Janne van Berlo, in a renovation that celebrates the building's industrial features. More about Innovation Powerhouse is a creative hub in a former Eindhoven power station
A gabled concrete shell that references local vernacular buildings forms a protective surface enclosing this control building at a hydroelectric station in central Portugal. More about Pedro Geraldes creates concrete control centre overlooking Portuguese dam
Australian architecture studio DesignOffice has converted a former power station in Melbourne into a cafe and restaurant with exposed brickwork and abundant planting. More about DesignOffice converts disused power station into restaurant in Melbourne
Oregon-based ZGF Architects has used a variety of design elements to help minimise the visual impact of a new energy facility on Stanford University's scenic campus (+ slideshow). More about ZGF conceals a Stanford University power plant behind metal screens
Danish firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Gottlieb Paludan Architects have won a competition to design the world's largest waste-to-energy power plant in China (+ movie). More about World's largest waste-to-energy plant proposed for Shenzhen
Timber slats envelope this hydroelectric power plant by Atelier Pierre Thibault, which is stationed near a Quebec "ghost town" on the Ouiatchouan river (+ slideshow). More about Timber-clad walkway wraps Quebec hydroelectric plant by Atelier Pierre Thibault
Italian architect Renzo Piano has unveiled plans to convert a power station on the banks of Moscow's Moskva river into a new venue for contemporary art. More about Renzo Piano to convert Moscow power station into art gallery
Bjarke Ingels has become the latest architect to use crowdfunding to finance a project, launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for development of a power plant chimney that will blow smoke rings (+ movie) More about BIG launches Kickstarter campaign for smoke-ring-blowing chimney at Copenhagen power plant
These three zinc-cloaked towers form a power plant on the roof of an old beer brewery in Sydney, which will supply energy to a new housing and shopping complex on the site below (+ slideshow). More about Metal-clad power plant by Tzannes Associates is mounted on the roof of an old Sydney brewery
Danish firm Gottlieb Paludan Architects has seen off competition from BIG, Henning Larsen Architects and 3XN to win a project designing a new biomass-fired heating and energy plant in Copenhagen. More about Gottlieb Paludan Architects fuels Copenhagen's ambition to become carbon-neutral by 2025
News: as construction of BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant continues in Copenhagen, a video has surfaced showing a successful trial for the building's smoke-ring-blowing chimney (+ movie). More about Video reveals trial of smoke-ring-blowing chimney for BIG's Copenhagen power plant
A block appears to have been pushed out from the middle of this concrete tower by Bechter Zaffignani Architekten, which accommodates a control centre for a power station in western Austria (+ slideshow). More about Concrete tower by Bechter Zaffignani houses a control centre for an Austrian power station
News: Chicago studio Studio Gang Architects has revealed plans to convert a decommissioned power plant in Wisconsin, USA, into new facilities for an arts college (+ slideshow). More about Studio Gang to regenerate former power plant as a student centre