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What ails India’s solar energy drive?

The declining price of solar power and a high import dependency has got domestic solar equipment manufacturers worried. Is the government …

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Sun burnt

In a panic to meet its solar energy target Karnataka changed its policy. The move has almost destroyed the initiative

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Solar power for nation’s growth

Increasing India’s solar generation capacity must be coupled with electricity access for all

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Solar trees are beneficial in a land-scarce economy

Solar trees need nearly 100 times less space to produce the same amount of electricity as a horizontal solar plant 

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What’s derailing growth of solar energy in some US states?

Despite facing widespread opposition from people, Indiana legislators have been trying to slow the growth of solar for years

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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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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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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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Mini-grids and off-grid investment crucial for energy access in Africa

Electrification via centralised grids is slow in the continent where 620 million people live without electricity

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What is threatening ecology of Alappuzha?

The Kerala government needs to stringently regulate houseboats and improve the inland waterway system

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