Microfinance and energy access
The experience of clean energy and MFIs working together as close allies has not been smooth in the past
Does Africa's future lie in solar revolution?
Six hundred million people in Africa do not have access to electricity. But things are poised to change in the coming decades with a steady …
Is solar sector truly achieving grid parity?
Given the huge dependence on subsidy, can the trend of reducing solar tariffs be deemed as an achievement of the renewable energy or solar …
Scientists convert CO2 to solar fuel with artificial photosynthesis
Similar to plants’ photosynthesis, the technology can serve dual purpose of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide and generating …
India and China will outdo USA in renewable energy
India and China view renewable energy as an investment opportunity, while the US plans to support coal and shale
How to make solar power a win-win for all parties
The Rewa Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh is making solar power beneficial for all stakeholders, and the Centre is now pushing to replicate the …
Self-powered devices to become a reality soon
Researchers from India have built a nanoenergy harvester that can convert ambient energy to electricity
India’s wind, solar resources concentrated in southern, western states: study
Researchers identify environmentally sustainable wind, solar PV and concentrated solar power (CSP) zones across India
UK leads G-7 on emission cuts and growth since Rio, says study
The average Briton’s carbon footprint is now 33 per cent less than in 1992 while being more than 130 per cent richer, says the report
New draft wind power guidelines seek to reform sector through payment security
The guidelines released by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy address payment and evacuation issues in the wind power sector
Record renewable power capacity installed in 2016
Installed renewable capacity touched the 2,000-gigawatt-milestone, on the back of a growing solar sector
Renewable energy is the way forward
As awareness about environmental degradation rises and clean technology becomes easy available, renewable energy will take centre-stage