Here comes the sun

The German experience is a good example for India’s solar energy mission

India's offshore wind sector has a long way to go

The recently approved offshore wind energy policy will help India meet its wind energy target of 60 GW by 2022

Sun shots

Solar enticement

Promoting the cause of solar power against conventional power is the latest Swiss initiative

Loss of energy

Sunny gains

Electronic firms see a hot market in solar power generation systems

Don't fry the planet

A pleasant winter

Let decentralised renewable energy be the solution to the Northeast’s energy woes

Decentralised renewable energy addresses many of the concerns of the energy-deficit region, as discussed in the National Seminar on Access to …

Decentralised clean energy tech can impact 37 mn livelihoods in India’s agri, textile sectors: Study

Decentralised renewable energy technologies have a market potential worth Rs 4 lakh crore in India, notes study

Renewable energy: India’s wind power sector is in a downward spiral

The sector is losing its sheen, with dropping capacity addition, lukewarm response to new auctions, and a plummeting manufacturing sector

Offshore wind: The sleeping giant has been stirred

The sector is hoping for a new lease of life with the draft offshore wind energy lease rules 

Renewables ministry guidelines for PM-KUSUM fail to address key concerns

The scheme aims to provide energy security along with financial and water security to farmers

India needs to invest $ 140 billion annually to transform energy sector

According to the IEA, India currently faces energy and development challenges as one in five Indians lack access to electricity

Wind-dominated renewables will be key to limit electricity sector emissions: Report

India’s carbon emissions from electric power industry can be held at the 2018 levels in 2030 at costs comparable to a fossil fuel-dominated …

Self-powered devices to become a reality soon

Researchers from India have built a nanoenergy harvester that can convert ambient energy to electricity

Renewable energy is the way forward

As awareness about environmental degradation rises and clean technology becomes easy available, renewable energy will take centre-stage

Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward

An emissions intensity scheme would provide a stable carbon policy that the electricity sector needs to have investment confidence

Let's chemically rebuild fossil fuels to create sustainable energy

By taking a leaf out of how plants produce energy, we must combine hydrogen with carbon to produce artificial fossil fuels

Solar Power Tree

Solar Power Tree is a structure that is designed like a tree with branches made of steel to hold the photovoltaic panels. India's first solar …

India to lead global energy demand over next decade: New report

Renewables will meet 80 per cent of global electricity demand growth over next decade with hydropower remaining largest renewable source and …

One Sun One World One Grid project put on hold

Reasons for putting the project on hold remain unknown; calls to Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy go unanswered

Fanning an alternative

Progressive Maharashtra has rushed to install wind energy plants. But, ask nidhi jamwal and shikha lakhanpal, reporting from Mumbai and Dhule, …

Animal power

Back to basics

Every taluka in India can meet its own food, water and energy needs