Power-sharing pact

India will continue to rely on coal to meet its rising electricity demand through 2026: IEA

Rapid economic growth and increased demand for space cooling contributed significantly to the rise in India’s electricity demand last year

Climate change affecting hydropower generation in India: study

The generation of hydropower from the top seven hydropower projects in India has suffered due to climate variability in the past six decades

Uttarakhand district violates Forest Rights Act for Pancheshwar dam project

The Pithoragarh administration has not even formed district-level committee to implement FRA

Flickering ray of hope for hill areas

Although small hydro electric schemes are considered ideal for remote hill villages, planners have overlooked crucial factors and not all …

The era of mega hydropower in Brazilian Amazon appears over

Statements by Brazilian government officials indicate major shift in policy

COP28 Presidency: Triple renewable energy capacity, double energy efficiency by 2030 to limit global warming

By 2030, global installed hydropower capacity (excluding pumped hydro) would need to grow by almost 17% from the 2022 level, report added

How South Asia’s massive renewable energy potential can boost green hydrogen production

With nearly 350 GW of hydropower potential, South Asia region provides prospects for green hydrogen generation

What caused land subsidence in Joshimath?

The reasons behind this are the National Thermal Power Corporation’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project and Helang bypass, which …

Consolidate clearances: 4 steps for effective green governance

An effective system, working for environmental integrity, will ensure we find a balance between the ecology and development 

Chinese hydropower giants are irreversibly damaging biodiversity. A new report explains how

Two Chinese hydropower giants account for construction of half of the world’s dams, which have been causing irreversible damage to …

Joshimath dispatch: Tales of woe emerge from a dying town; locals squarely blame administration

Many of those affected in Joshimath have suffered displacement for the second time

Renewable energy use is growing, but at a slow pace

New report notes that renewable energy is mostly being used in the power sector

Energy in news on May 1

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

HYDEL VICTORY

Concerns raised over rushed tender process for Rs 8,005 crore Sharavathi pumped storage project in Karnataka

Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd says followed all norms for country’s largest pumped storage power generation unit

Wind, solar cleaner for energy transitions than other renewables: Report

Clean energy coalition of WWF, IRENA says shift to renewable energy must protect nature; all forms of renewable power are better than fossil fuels

A new R&D lab to help small hydropower projects

The turbine model testing facility is touted to be a step for make in India, as it is said to the first independent facility for turbine …

New dams to burden Uttarakhand, heighten disaster risk

Districts worst hit by the floods are also the ones with maximum hydropower projects in the pipeline 

Unsound power project plan thrown out

IT WAS a fast-track venture that sought to get round procedures perfunctorily, even if this meant fudging environmental impact assessments (EIAs) …

Kerala government gives go-ahead to Athirappally hydel power project

Decision elicits angry response from a cross-section of society

HC frowns at felling

New Joshimath: Activist demands town on the lines of ‘New Tehri’. But where will it come up?

Land subsidence is a ‘silent disaster’ that has taken hold of the Uttarakhand Himalayas; around 500 villages in the state are already …

Why flooding raises alarm over bearing of hydropower plants on the Himalayas

The need of the hour is to put halt large hydel-power projects in the Himalayas. Can small hydropower plants offer a sustainable solution?

Promises broken

Dear Prime Minister Koirala we urge you not to learn from India