Union Budget 2022-23: Where does renewable energy fit in this year?

The government will likely put in place strategies to bring India closer to its green energy target and equitable energy access

Petro to Electro: A new transition that will change the world, has begun

The geopolitics of the world will shift from oil producing countries to the rare earth and other critical mineral producing countries in the …

India at the center of world energy stage, will experience gains: IEA director

The report stated that as China moves towards a service-based economy, India could pivot its growth in the energy sector    

Green energy ministry issues phase-2 norms for rooftop solar project

Karnataka is the best state to set up a rooftop solar project, followed by Telangana, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh

How good are green bonds

There has been a steady pick-up in green bonds in the last half a decade. Half the volume, however, came from only 5 countries

Climate caveats

Without the switch to renewable energy, CO2 emissions would have been 50 per cent higher in the world; that's great, but not enough

Incentives needed for cleaner energy from thermal power sources

The Electricity Act, 2003 needs to address the issue of incentivising adoption of cleaner fuels to generate power

‘If Agenda 2030 is not achieved, the world faces threat to stability’

Several businessmen, investors and experts are of the opinion that energy transition is the key to keeping the world peaceful and stable

Record renewable power capacity installed in 2016

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

Highest-ever solar capacity added in 2016, claims report

Around 70 gigawatt of solar power was added in 2016, taking the total global power capacity from solar sector to nearly 300 gigawatt

Solar power for nation’s growth

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

Harvesting ambient energy with fish scales

Researchers say that the technology has enormous potential in electronic gadgets and health-care monitoring

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

Delhi rolls out first-ever solar policy, aims at 1,000 MW by 2020

Policy introduces novel initiative such as virtual net metering that has been especially framed for the city residents

US targets China’s wind subsidy

Files complaint in WTO; says China unfairly helping equipment makers

Energy starved

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Price puzzle

Getting the cost-tariff equation right is tricky  

Budgeting power

Four Rajasthan villages get microgrid solar power using an innovative pre-paid meter that detects theft

Renewable or not?

Centre’s regulations do not specify whether cogenerated power is renewable, leaving industrial units which recover waste heat in a fix

India witnesses fastest energy investment growth: IEA

The investments grew at a record 12 per cent during 2015 to 2018, to around $85 billion

Big mini revolution

Current trends

How to take community-led rural electrification forward

Two steps at a time  

Energy transition can add 5.5 mln jobs by 2023: Report

International Renewable Energy Agency bats for stimulus as post-COVID-19 strategy