DTE Coverage: How green was Union Budget 2024-25

Read Down To Earth’s coverage about key insights from the last budget before poll season

Union Budget 2024-25 set blueprint for India’s New Green Deal

Sitharaman’s announcements are in line with PM Modi’s 2021 Glasgow declaration on Net Zero by 2070

Talwandi thermal power plant order needs corrections

The dismissal by Punjab power commission will not only stall implementation of pollution control norms at the plant but also set a wrong example …

Are coal-fired power plants attractive for investment?

A recent report says that there is economic merit in closing down such power plants to meet the Paris goals

Panel suggests measures to tackle crisis in stressed thermal power projects

Report flags erratic coal supply, institutional challenges; suggests closing old thermal power units

Incentives needed for cleaner energy from thermal power sources

The Electricity Act, 2003 needs to address the issue of incentivising adoption of cleaner fuels to generate power

Why is there no serious discussion on NOx control in the power sector?

Industry has peddled straw man arguments about primary control technology being not competent enough to control power plant emissions

In a first, a thermal power plant decides to use DSI technology to curb SO2 emission

NTPC’s power plant in Dadri is the first in the country to decide on adopting DSI that is expected to lower SO2 emission and eliminate high …

E-vehicles are not to scoff at, but to wheel in

Switching to electricity powered vehicles would help India move towards a cleaner future

Electric vehicles in public transport system

Reducing cost of ownership is important to build a robust economic case for deployment of electric vehicles

Big energy companies enter electric vehicle sector

Big energy companies like NTPC, Indian Oil and others have the financial bandwidth to build the EV infrastructure and take electric mobility forward

Will Saubhagya targets be met?

It would be difficult till Decentralised Renewable Energy is not incorporated seriously