Now thermal power plants recovering waste heat need no green clearance

The MoEF&CC relaxed the EIA norms to benefit industries employing Waste Heat Recovery Boilers without any auxiliary fuel

Panel suggests measures to tackle crisis in stressed thermal power projects

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

Past their prime

Around 20 per cent of India's coal-based power plants have completed their life. It is time these highly inefficient and polluting units were shut

Power Generation and Increasing Water Scarcity: Interview with Barbara Schreiner

The Executive Director of Pegasys Institute in South Africa talks about thermal power generation and water shortage in her country

Deadline extension for coal power plants will harm air pollution fight: CSE

Calls for bringing in an effective incentive penalty-based system  

The power trip

On the day the government elevated power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to the post of Union home minister, half of the country …

Power grid FAQ

Coal burning responsible for heavy air pollution in India: IEACCC study

Implementing emission norms, running clean coal power need of the hour, the study says

How clean is Delhi’s electricity? Not much, finds CSE study

A third of the Capital’s power is from coal-fired plants that don’t follow emission norms

पर्यावरण मानकों को पूरा करने वाले थर्मल प्लांट को दिया जाए इंसेंटिव: सीएसई

सीएसई ने कहा है कि 65 फीसदी थर्मल प्लांट 2022 तक पर्यावरण मानकों को लागू नहीं कर पाएंगे

Delayed by design

Retrofitting India's coal-based power plants as per the new standards that will be in force from 2017 remains an uphill task

New CSE report advocates incentives and penalties for getting clean power

‘First Run’ urges incentivising power stations that meet revised pollution norms and penalising those that don’t

Green norms breach: 15 coal-firing power plants fined Rs 38 cr

Units ordered to deposit penalties by June 5; Central Pollution Control Board may pursue closure orders

Countries move away from coal even as India moves towards it

Germany, Japan, Spain and the US have all decided to move to renewable energy