Straw can generate power, if available

Gone with the wind

Powering US networks

No pulp fiction

An ecofriendly process to convert paper mill waste into hydrogen

Boost to renewables

Levy plan scuttled

Power plant turns gas chamber

Towards cheaper solar cells

Now developed from everyday plastic

Bytes

Poor monsoon means no power

Odisha reels under outages

India’s hill states need sustainable cooling solutions to beat warming

If the electricity demand is not fulfilled via cleaner energy sources, this could lift the emission curve

It is imperative to improve water efficiency in India’s coal-fired thermal power plants

Massive water withdrawal will not only have repercussions on the watersheds across India but will ultimately interrupt the functioning of …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 10, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

How socio-economic conditions shape renewable energy uptake in Zimbabwe

Development in the energy sector should be guided by the improvements it makes to the livelihoods of intended beneficiaries.

Coal shortage: A dozen states edging towards power crises

Punjab and Rajasthan already cutting power for three hours a day due to non-availability of coal

Renewable Energy Certificates: How new amendments provide safety net to renewable power developers

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, India’s apex power sector regulator, will monitor to ensure that no RECs are hoarded  

Reliance gets CERC nod to spend Rs 1,663 crore on device to reduce pollution

This approval would allow the company to recover the cost of its system from its customers

COVID-19 candle plan: Delhi power demand dropped 37% in 25 min

Delhi’s power demand fell down to 1,257 MW at 9:10 pm from 2,008 MW at 8:45 pm on April 5

Indian cities are simmering in their own waste heat

Cities in northern plains used to cool down during night, but nowadays they are trapping this heat overnight sending their citizens into a …

Interim Budget 2019: All that it had for the environment

Although not at all promising, here is a list of announcements Piyush Goyal made towards bettering people’s health and the living world

MIT scientists develop technique to identify power producing bacteria

This technique can help sort bacteria present in mines, lakes or even in our gut into those that can power batteries

Modi govt may tweak SEZ rules to power up Adani Group

The Department of Commerce has proposed a change in guidelines to let the conglomerate set up a power plant in Jharkhand’s Godda district

Sun burnt

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

The power of sewage

Maharashtra is all set to use treated sewage water in thermal power plants. Can this move be scaled up?

45% people in Sub-Saharan Africa have no access to electricity

For countries which have fairly good access to electricity, there is not enough power being generated