Indonesia's ancestral community embraces drones, computers while preserving traditions

Indonesia’s Ciptagelar community, 130 km southwest of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is in many ways both a model smart village …

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

Australia's energy sector is in critical need of reform

Australia's energy policy challenges—to move to a low-carbon economy without high prices—have never been tougher

Flickering ray of hope for hill areas

Although small hydro electric schemes are considered ideal for remote hill villages, planners have overlooked crucial factors and not all …

Gasbagging

How good are the North's offers of joint implementation programmes with the South to cut the latter's carbon dioxide emissions?

Northeast ahoy!

Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has grand plans to illuminate the whole country by now harnessing hydropower from the northeast region. His …

From the wick to the bulb

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Turn it off

2,700 million units of electricity lost annually through appliances in standby mode  

What India's wind energy sector looks like

Even though Gujarat has the highest potential in India, its installed capacity remains low. Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, has the highest …

Union Budget 2020-21 for power sector: Getting smart meters in 3 years quite a task

Sector riddled with technical and implementational difficulties, say experts

Renewable energy: It is crucial to honour signed contracts

Disregard for power purchase agreements will affect sector's sustainability

Devil's alternative

Trash power

Sunshine forever

Garbage spark-off

Showing the way

Scientists develop a solar-powered lamp designed to light up rural Kenya

Everlasting energisers

Researchers in Israel have developed batteries that could last a lifetime

Mission fulfilled

After a successful anti-nuclear energy campaign, a Danish group is happy to fade into history

KENYA

Showing the way

Harnessing wind

VENEZUELA

Damning disaster!

Beaming with energy

Powering ahead