Current solutions

This time round, US secretary of energy Hazel O'Leary's visit to India was a successful business trip

Fired by plants

The world's first biomass-based power plant promises a 'cleaner' alternative to coal-fired plants

Simply Put: Electricity a foreign concept

Kirk Smith talks about clean cooking fuel

Final recommendations on clean cooking fuels

India's energy efficiency struggle

DTE Call for Action: How has the rooftop solar potential and market evolved in India

India has seen significant growth in rooftop solar, most of it in just the last 3 years

At $1.1 trillion, renewable energy investment matches fossil fuels in 2022 for 1st time: BloombergNEF

The hydrogen sector received least boost at $1.1 billion but the sector grew the fastest, tripling investment every year  

Big energy companies enter electric vehicle sector

Big energy companies like NTPC, Indian Oil and others have the financial bandwidth to build the EV infrastructure and take electric mobility forward

Ujjwala scheme: Are cleaner cooking fuels affordable and accessible?

The Centre’s Ujjwala programme can be a game changer, but a few bottlenecks remain

World's most efficient lithium sulphur battery developed in Australia

The battery has five times the capacity of a traditional lithium ion battery. It can retain 99 per cent of its charge even after 200 …

Green energy ministry prods RBI to push for investments

MNRE wants banks to eliminate the Rs 15 crore lending limits set on RE projects and further isolate the sector from its conventional …

Germany shuts down oldest remaining nuclear reactor

It is the first reactor to close since Germany switched off the oldest eight of its 17 nuclear reactors in 2011

Modi government sets revised solar mission target at 100 GW

The revised capacity has been divided into 40 GW for rooftop solar electricity generation and 60 GW for large and medium-scale grid-connected projects

Delhi consumed more electricity last year than all other metros put together

Analysis by Centre for Science and Environment shows how peak demand for electricity between day and night shows little difference

Global energy subsidies touch new high

With more and more reports revealing shocking numbers of deaths due to air pollution, subsidies on energy are under scanner

Madhya Pradesh to host world’s biggest solar photovoltaic plant

Solar power plant in Rewa, estimated to cost Rs 4,500 crore, is expected to be completed by March 2017

The Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) explained

A key goal of this partnership is to reduce the dependence on China to secure critical minerals as the country has developed a mineral processing …

Fossil Free: Reimagining Clean Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World

This book provides a concise introduction to the challenges, realities and complexities of the global and local energy industry, as well as the …

Don’t get dazzled by these stars

Bureau of Energy Efficiency has just updated star rating standards for refrigerators and ACs, but the Indian rating system, especially for ACs, …

Largest hybrid renewable energy system to be set up in Jamaica

80 kiloWatt installation will generate more than 106,000 kiloWatt hours of energy every year

Renewable energy: Investments decline globally

China takes over from Europe as the largest investing region

Suzlon in trouble

Some nets and sunshine

Fishers in a Tamil Nadu village save cost and improve catch with solar panel-fitted boats

Powerful winds of change: Supportive policy, better tech help sector globally

As offshore wind energy is based on expensive technology, pilot projects need support