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Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?

Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?

5 hours ago

8 min read

Ashish Verma, professor and head of the Sustainable Transportation Lab at the Indian Institute of Science

India on e-wheels: ‘Personal EVs alone cannot solve India’s urban transport problems’

Akshit Sangomla

04 Sep 2026

3 min read

Shimla has 12 battery-powered garbage vans.

India on e-wheels: Himachal Pradesh tests electric waste vans and taxis in push to take EVs beyond buses

04 Sep 2026

6 min read

Faster EV adoption could cut India’s oil, battery import bill by $125 billion annually by 2050: ICCT

Faster EV adoption could cut India’s oil, battery import bill by $125 billion annually by 2050: ICCT

04 Sep 2026

6 min read

Madrid wants Brussels to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change

Madrid wants Brussels to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change

04 Sep 2026

2 min read

Nepal teaches us that energy security and disaster resilience must not be understood in silos

Nepal teaches us that energy security and disaster resilience must not be understood in silos

04 Sep 2026

4 min read

NIT Rourkela patents hybrid energy storage system to extend EV battery life

NIT Rourkela patents hybrid energy storage system to extend EV battery life

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

Water is running scarce. India’s thermal power plants are still wasting it

As water stress deepens, India asks thermal power plants to account for every drop

Subhrajit Goswami

03 Sep 2026

5 min read

India’s weakening southwest monsoon is a multi-sectoral challenge

India’s weakening southwest monsoon is a multi-sectoral challenge

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

Africa’s solar boom is bigger than official statistics reveal: Ember

Africa’s solar boom is bigger than official statistics reveal: Ember

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

India’s 233 GW solar module manufacturing capacity faces demand and upstream integration challenges

India’s 233 GW solar module manufacturing capacity faces demand and upstream integration challenges

02 Sep 2026

6 min read

Waterborne solar

Waterborne solar

01 Sep 2026

2 min read

News

Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?

Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?

5 hours ago

8 min read

Shimla has 12 battery-powered garbage vans.

India on e-wheels: Himachal Pradesh tests electric waste vans and taxis in push to take EVs beyond buses

04 Sep 2026

6 min read

Faster EV adoption could cut India’s oil, battery import bill by $125 billion annually by 2050: ICCT

Faster EV adoption could cut India’s oil, battery import bill by $125 billion annually by 2050: ICCT

04 Sep 2026

6 min read

Madrid wants Brussels to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change

Madrid wants Brussels to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change

04 Sep 2026

2 min read

NIT Rourkela patents hybrid energy storage system to extend EV battery life

NIT Rourkela patents hybrid energy storage system to extend EV battery life

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

Africa’s solar boom is bigger than official statistics reveal: Ember

Africa’s solar boom is bigger than official statistics reveal: Ember

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

Interviews

Ashish Verma, professor and head of the Sustainable Transportation Lab at the Indian Institute of Science

India on e-wheels: ‘Personal EVs alone cannot solve India’s urban transport problems’

Akshit Sangomla

04 Sep 2026

3 min read

Professors Karthik Atmanathan and CS Shankar Ram

‘To achieve the EV target, purchase and production of combustion-engine vehicles will have to stop’

Anil Ashwani Sharma

20 Aug 2026

7 min read

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

Blog (Energy)

Nepal teaches us that energy security and disaster resilience must not be understood in silos

Natural Disasters

Nepal teaches us that energy security and disaster resilience must not be understood in silos

04 Sep 2026

4 min read

Water is running scarce. India’s thermal power plants are still wasting it

As water stress deepens, India asks thermal power plants to account for every drop

Subhrajit Goswami

03 Sep 2026

5 min read

India’s weakening southwest monsoon is a multi-sectoral challenge

India’s weakening southwest monsoon is a multi-sectoral challenge

03 Sep 2026

3 min read

For countries such as India, ethanol represents far more than another cooking fuel

For countries such as India, ethanol represents far more than another cooking fuel

31 Aug 2026

6 min read

Videos (Energy)

The Sunita Narain Show: How did Hamburg pave the way for an integrated public transport system?

The Sunita Narain Show: How did Hamburg pave the way for an integrated public transport system?

25 Aug 2026

1 min read

Why are electric vehicle sales rising?

Why are electric vehicle sales rising?

22 Aug 2026

1 min read

Food vs Energy: Can agrivoltaics solve India’s solar conflict?

Food vs Energy: Can agrivoltaics solve India’s solar conflict?

08 Aug 2026

1 min read

The Sunita Narain Show: Why do we need an energy and economic sense for survival?

The Sunita Narain Show: Why do we need an energy and economic sense for survival?

05 Aug 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)

Of Hormuz and Hamirpur

Of Hormuz and Hamirpur

Vikas Choudhary

24 Jun 2026

1 min read

SOE in Figures 2026: Energy

SOE in Figures 2026: Energy

04 Jun 2026

Between coal, chaos and green power

Between coal, chaos and green power

19 May 2026

4 min read

Energy in times of war

Energy in times of war

08 Apr 2026

4 min read

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