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Beyond the barrel: Why ICE vehicles are an economic and energy liability for India

Beyond the barrel: Why ICE vehicles are an economic and energy liability for India

Anumita Roychowdhury

7 hours ago

6 min read

Hormuz disruption hits 18.4 million barrels daily oil flow, 110 bcm LNG trade, say Energy Transitions Commission

Hormuz disruption hits 18.4 million barrels daily oil flow, 110 bcm of annual LNG trade

15 May 2026

4 min read

Small Modular Reactors: India’s Nuclear Future

Are small modular reactors India’s nuclear future?

Sayantan Haldar

15 May 2026

4 min read

EU aviation fuel rules may raise costs and energy use, warns Chalmers study

EU aviation fuel rules may raise costs and energy use, scientists warn

14 May 2026

3 min read

Cooling devices already account for 40% of household electricity use, while rising night-time temperatures and falling evening solar generation are making power demand harder to manage.

Heatwaves, rooftop solar and data centres force rethink of India’s power sector planning

13 May 2026

6 min read

India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report

India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report

13 May 2026

3 min read

Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mohad & Sursuli, high LPG refill cost keeps rural households tied to biomass

Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mohad & Sursuli, high LPG refill cost keeps rural households tied to biomass

13 May 2026

6 min read

Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report

Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report

12 May 2026

3 min read

Cooling appliances now drive India’s household power use

Cooling appliances now drive India’s household electricity use

12 May 2026

3 min read

Solar Villages: No electricity for decades until solar mini-grid reached Simdega villages

Solar Villages: No electricity for decades until solar mini-grid reached Simdega villages

12 May 2026

1 min read

Fuelling the kitchen, burning the climate

Fuelling the kitchen, burning the climate

12 May 2026

3 min read

MP Materials’ Mountain Pass mine and processing facility in California was for years the only U.S. rare earth elements mine.

The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining — it’s processing expertise

Hélène Nguemgaing

12 May 2026

5 min read

News

Hormuz disruption hits 18.4 million barrels daily oil flow, 110 bcm LNG trade, say Energy Transitions Commission

Hormuz disruption hits 18.4 million barrels daily oil flow, 110 bcm of annual LNG trade

15 May 2026

4 min read

EU aviation fuel rules may raise costs and energy use, warns Chalmers study

EU aviation fuel rules may raise costs and energy use, scientists warn

14 May 2026

3 min read

Cooling devices already account for 40% of household electricity use, while rising night-time temperatures and falling evening solar generation are making power demand harder to manage.

Heatwaves, rooftop solar and data centres force rethink of India’s power sector planning

13 May 2026

6 min read

India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report

India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report

13 May 2026

3 min read

Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mohad & Sursuli, high LPG refill cost keeps rural households tied to biomass

Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mohad & Sursuli, high LPG refill cost keeps rural households tied to biomass

13 May 2026

6 min read

Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report

Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report

12 May 2026

3 min read

Interviews

Donald Trump watches as Operation Absolute Resolve unfolds

The entire US intervention in Venezuela boils down to ideology, oil and international relations: Aprajita Kashyap

04 Jan 2026

7 min read

Gloria Magombo, Zimbabwe’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development during the Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa forum held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from October 22-23, 2025.

‘Renewable energy presents an opportunity to Africa to limit the issues of climate change’

Mekonnen Teshome

31 Oct 2025

5 min read

OIL lines up Rs 2,000 crore SAF plant and bets on bamboo ethanol to fuel its green transition

OIL lines up Rs 2,000 crore SAF plant and bets on bamboo ethanol to fuel its green transition

08 Oct 2025

6 min read

‘Multiple displacement was beyond imagination, yet it became Singrauli’s reality’

‘Multiple displacement was beyond imagination, yet it became Singrauli’s reality’

Anil Ashwani Sharma

07 Oct 2025

7 min read

Gyan Prakash Upadhyaya

‘Build lines before green projects are awarded’

06 Oct 2025

5 min read

'Biggest problem with India's rooftop solar industry is lack of quality guaranteed by local installer'

‘Biggest problem with India’s rooftop solar industry is lack of quality guarantee on end-to-end product by local installer’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

23 Jul 2025

10 min read

Nuclear weapons cannot be relied on to keep peace: M V Ramana

Nuclear weapons cannot be relied on to keep peace: M V Ramana

Papri Sri Raman

16 Jun 2025

7 min read

Alice plane requires very little maintenance, mainly regular battery replacements. Photo Aviation Aircraft.

This electronic aircraft pioneer has crossed orders worth $3 billion, claims CEO

21 Apr 2023

4 min read

Blog (Energy)

Beyond the barrel: Why ICE vehicles are an economic and energy liability for India

Beyond the barrel: Why ICE vehicles are an economic and energy liability for India

Anumita Roychowdhury

7 hours ago

6 min read

Small Modular Reactors: India’s Nuclear Future

Are small modular reactors India’s nuclear future?

Sayantan Haldar

15 May 2026

4 min read

Fuelling the kitchen, burning the climate

Fuelling the kitchen, burning the climate

12 May 2026

3 min read

MP Materials’ Mountain Pass mine and processing facility in California was for years the only U.S. rare earth elements mine.

The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining — it’s processing expertise

Hélène Nguemgaing

12 May 2026

5 min read

Videos (Energy)

Solar Villages: No electricity for decades until solar mini-grid reached Simdega villages

Solar Villages: No electricity for decades until solar mini-grid reached Simdega villages

12 May 2026

1 min read

UAE leaves OPEC: What UAE’s exit means for oil prices and India

UAE leaves OPEC: What UAE’s exit means for oil prices and India

04 May 2026

1 min read

How the US-Israel war on Iran is triggering a global helium shortage

How the US-Israel war on Iran is triggering a global helium shortage

27 Apr 2026

1 min read

Solar villages: How women run a solar mini grid in Gumla, Jharkhand

Solar villages: How women run a solar mini grid in Gumla, Jharkhand

23 Apr 2026

1 min read

Books (Energy)

Taming the Sun – Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet

Taming the Sun – Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet

29 Nov -1

1 min read

The Clean Power Revolution: How to Boost the Economy by $1 Trillion per year with clean energy

The Clean Power Revolution: How to Boost the Economy by $1 Trillion per year with clean energy

29 Nov -1

1 min read

Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century

Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century

Scott L.Montgomery

29 Nov -1

1 min read

Explore More (Energy)

Energy in times of war

Energy in times of war

08 Apr 2026

4 min read

Echoes of a not-so-distant war hit home

Echoes of a not-so-distant war hit home

Vikas Choudhary

30 Mar 2026

1 min read

India’s energy transition report card

India’s energy transition report card

28 Mar 2026

Delhi thirsts for gas

Delhi thirsts for gas

Vikas Choudhary

12 Mar 2026

1 min read

Down To Earth

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