Hope flickers

Solar electricity lights the maximum number of villages in Chhattisgarh—but barely so

Planet of the humans: Is green energy enough to save the day?

The film is a depiction of what can go wrong if we do not address the energy question. What it does not address is the monstrous scale …

Offshore wind power: Keeping costs in check

The reduction of costs in offshore wind is making more and more projects viable

Renewable energy provided jobs to 11 mn people in 2018: IRENA report

Solar photovoltaics (PV) industry emerged as the top employer with 3.6 million jobs

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

Blockchain can replace both the current billing and the trading systems

Cochin Airport: Powered by the sun

A host of factors contributed to Cochin Airport becoming fully solar powered and now, other airports in India are taking cue and following suit

India's first quick charging station for electric vehicles

ViVa or Vidyut Vahan is India's first quick charging electric vehicles. It takes 90 per cent less time to charge an electric rickshaw—80 …

What ails India’s solar energy drive?

The declining price of solar power and a high import dependency has got domestic solar equipment manufacturers worried. Is the government …

CO2 emissions from energy use stabilised for first time in 40 years

Report says 2014 was a record year for renewables as their penetration and improvements in energy efficiency led to stabilisation of emissions

World’s first solar-powered airplane to fly around the world

Solar Impulse-2 (Si-2), which will take off on Saturday, will be used to raise awareness about the potential of clean energy

How solar is powering UAE towards sustainability

 UAE envisions cleaning three-quarters of its energy before 2050

Scientists meeting in France seek more funds for nuclear energy

They claim nuclear energy, being clean, would help mitigate climate change

Idling costs

The power of urine

Rural energy

Catch the wave

Underwater versions of wind turbines could soon make it easy to tap tidal power potential

Hot electricity

More power

India would soon get energy efficient technologies so that it could meet its requirements

Alternative technology

Plan for tomorrow

Clean(er) cooking in India: How solid fuels in rural Indian households contribute to climate crisis

Solid cooking fuel use makes up 13% of India’s national GHG emissions but is unaccounted in the national report

Coal’s share in India’s power mix to decline to half by 2030, renewables to meet new demand: CEA

The power sector contributes about 40 per cent of India’s total greenhouse gas emissions

It is time to move on to next phase of power reforms

Generating companies owe Rs 23,000 crore to coal firms. This is due to the inability of DISCOMs to pay GENCOs on time

Learnings from the German storage model: How it is helping stabilise the grid

Almost 70 per cent of home solar PV in Germany comes with battery energy storage attached 

Solar irrigation can transform Indian agriculture, enhance livelihoods of small to marginal farmers

Farmers can have control over water and electricity supply through solar water pumps