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Eco-friendly last ride

High emission to zero emission

West Bengal converts coal-fired power plant into a solar one

US targets China’s wind subsidy

Files complaint in WTO; says China unfairly helping equipment makers

Energy starved

Bytes

Price puzzle

Getting the cost-tariff equation right is tricky  

Big mini revolution

India witnesses fastest energy investment growth: IEA

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

Current trends

How to take community-led rural electrification forward

Two steps at a time  

Soaking in the sun

The US is trying to revive solar thermal power technology

Labelling energy

Winds of change

Out of wind

Island of hope

Sagar island will become a model for solar energy use

Powered by grass

Green alternatives

House that

To venture or not to venture: Emerging compressed biogas sector lucrative for enterpreneurs but present dilemmas

Choice and availability of feedstock among various concerns the sector is struggling with

How this school went green with solar energy and saved money

The school has inspired local residents to install solar panels in their houses

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Purely donor-funded renewable energy projects involve only renewable energy companies

Wind to become largest power source by 2050, says Irena

But is the world really on track to achieve this?

Energy efficiency measures save 7,378 million units of electricity

Participants collectively invested Rs 5,111 crore in energy conservation measures

Blowing with the wind