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Microfinance and energy access

The experience of clean energy and MFIs working together as close allies has not been smooth in the past

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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Self-powered devices to become a reality soon

Researchers from India have built a nanoenergy harvester that can convert ambient energy to electricity

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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

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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

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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

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Record renewable power capacity installed in 2016

Installed renewable capacity touched the 2,000-gigawatt-milestone, on the back of a growing solar sector 

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Renewable energy is the way forward

As awareness about environmental degradation rises and clean technology becomes easy available, renewable energy will take centre-stage

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