Offshore wind can yield twin benefits of GHG reduction, return on investments: Report
Offshore wind energy generation estimated to increase between 650 and 3,500 terawatt hours every year by 2050
Sun block
Financial woes, delay in raw material supply stall most of the concentrated solar power projects
Target $100 billion investment in solar energy, says Prime Minister Modi
Challenges to investment and use of solar energy remain unresolved
Crores to gamble
National fund for research in clean energy ill-utilised
New regulations proposed for determining renewable energy tariff
Power producers demand higher benchmark prices for cost components
Sri Lanka commissions first solar power plant
Will provide electricity to 3,000 rural families
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Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation
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Solar power tariff hits record low, sparks worry about coal’s future
The solar power tariff bid of Rs 2.36 per kilowatt / hour is 3.3% lower than the previous record
Another batch of solar projects up for grabs in India
The government races ahead by announcing guidelines for new solar projects, with 3,000 MW worth of solar energy already opened up to stakeholders
Wanted, tariff revision
Biomass power plant owners say they cannot manage with power rates fixed when they began operations
Will Gaza jeopardise India’s energy resilience?
India relies heavily on oil from the Middle East. The Israel-Hamas conflict could put that at risk
Fuelling heat
Power-packed option
Even remote areas can be electrified through biomass gasification
Current stress on nuclear energy rests on myth
Physicists hunt for superconductors that can revolutionise world’s energy system
Superconductors can address the problem of unwanted heat produced from electrical energy. But there is a rider: they operate at ultra-low …
Power that could bomb
The Bush administration unveils new energy policy with an intention to revive nuclear reactors and to build new plants. Joining hands with …
Ocean surface waves — and their hazards — due to tropical cyclones are growing bigger, warns study
Maximum height of tropical cyclone waves, area of its footprint has increased significantly over 40 years
India among top 5 countries on Climate Change Performance Index
Denmark, Sweden, Chile and Morocco only countries to rank above India
UK announces ‘Energy Price Guarantee’, supports shale gas & oil
UK will become a net energy exporter by 2040, Prime Minister Liz Truss says
Africa needs to double energy investments to achieve energy, climate goals by 2030: IEA
Full access to modern energy by 2030 will require investment of $25 billion per year
How the renewable energy ministry’s new order will impact India’s solar energy target
The order will be effective from April 10, 2021
Electricity deficit can place EU-Vietnam trade agreement at risk
Ensuring clean electricity production to power growth is need of the hour
Energy in news on April 11
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy