China’s climate pledge and the 2020 irony

Last year China produced a record 3.84 billion tonnes of coal since 2015

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बजट में बताया गया कि रेलवे स्टेशनों को स्वच्छ बनाने के लिए फ्रांस के साथ समझौता किया है।

Energy in news on June 6

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Energy in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on energy

कोविड-19: क्रूड कीमतों में बड़ी गिरावट के बीच ‘ग्रीन पैकेज’ की जरूरत

तेल कीमतों और कार्बन उत्सर्जन के बीच कोई तय या अनिवार्य संबंध नहीं हैं, बल्कि काफी कुछ जिम्मेदार नीतियों पर निर्भर करता है  

COVID-19 to slow decarbonisation in emerging markets: BloombergNEF report

2019 was a good year for foreign direct investment in renewables; but the trend may not stick in 2020

Can bicycle sharing reduce global carbon emissions?

Shared bicycles can be part of a more sustainable world; but, ridership needs to expand beyond those who are already committed to a green lifestyle

India can push up renewable energy the most after COVID-19: IEA

The agency expects India to double its green energy capacity addition next year from 2020 levels

CO2 emissions from building sector highest in 2019: UNEP

The sector’s decarbonisation progress also slowing down, notes report

Book Digest: Tales of tradition from Himalayas, cultural influences in COVID-19 world and more

Prospects of fossil-free future to politics of climate change, DTE tracks new books on environment and development from leading authors  

Building a true green economy

The world has to reinvent growth as it is costing it the Earth

New CSE report advocates incentives and penalties for getting clean power

‘First Run’ urges incentivising power stations that meet revised pollution norms and penalising those that don’t

Methane time bomb ticks under melting Arctic ice

Global warming releasing large amounts of dangerous greenhouse gas from permafrost

A sneak-peek into a renewable energy-powered future

Electrification of end-use sectors through variable renewable energy is an emerging solution. Increasing the deployment of distributed energy …

Making sense of energy conservation in Jammu and Kashmir

Homes in the Union territory are not designed to conserve energy and ensure proper heating, resulting in little conservation of energy, say …

Future of electricity in India lies in local solutions

Utilities in India have a mandate to supply power, which becomes increasingly difficult through the centralised grid and is technically and …

Solar power: From a decade of acceptability and growth to one of innovations

Global investment in new renewable energy capacity in the past decade was over $2.5 trillion, with more solar power capacity installed than other …

Economic recovery and clean energy transition go together: Ministers at IEA summit

The summit encouraged participating countries to build their recovery plans and investment strategies in-line with clean energy transition goals

India and its 2022 renewable energy targets in 6 charts

The country’s growth in the clean energy sector in the last 10 years has been remarkable. There are, however, many stumbling blocks, …

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

G20 countries bank on fossil fuels for COVID-19 recovery plans: Study

Over 55% or $150.81 billion of public money committed by G20 countries is allocated for supporting fossil fuel energy