Delayed projects, displaced people

India now considers all hydel plants as renewables and plans to undertake 78 new hydropower projects. But most such plants have had a chequered …

How to make solar power a win-win for all parties

The Rewa Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh is making solar power beneficial for all stakeholders, and the Centre is now pushing to replicate the model

CAG's Report on Renewable Energy: In Conversation with Aruna Kumarankandath

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India came out with a report on renewable energy in India. A Down To Earth studio discussion with Aruna …

Africa gets US $200 million fund to scale up renewable energy projects

Energy deficit is the biggest challenge for the continent

Cabinet panel nod to over Rs 8,000 crore for solar projects

The funding for the CPSU scheme is a welcome relief for already operational domestic manufacturers who are battling a difficult market

MNRE’s new policy framework recognises distributed renewable energy as solution for uplifting rural economy

End-user and corporate financing would be essential for the DRE industry to scale up

Animal power

Making it mandatory

Tapping the waves

Carbon emission rises

Back to basics

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

Tall strides

Big is beautiful

Off-grid systems are immune to high losses. It can cater to a whole range of rural consumers

Renewable energy share in Germany crosses 25% in 2014

Electricity generation from all fossil fuel-based sources, such as lignite, hard coal, natural gas, petroleum products has declined in the country

Feed-in-tarrif for solar power projects in Gujarat could be reduced soon

Gujarat power regulator to hear petition seeking reduction on grounds that project developers are making excessive profits

Trapping the sun's energy

All our energy needs could be met if even a fraction of the solar energy received on the earth could be converted into electricity, and the means …

Ministry gets a dose of perestroika

The ministry of nonconventional energy sources is being reoriented to improve efficiency and allow private-sector participation to develop the …

Natural elements keep homes comfortable

A new architectural technique uses the sun and other natural elements to regulate temperature, thereby helping to conserve non-renewable energy …

Study warns of desolate energy scenario

The Tata Energy Research Institute's report on fuel consumption trends calls for a clear energy policy to prevent India from being trapped in an …

When bulls light bulbs

Bull power can be used to generate electricity, as an experiment conducted in Gujarat demonstrates

'We have to create a culture of energy efficiency'

VILAS BABURAO MUTTEMWAR, minister of state (independent charge) for non-conventional energy sources, tells KUSHAL P S YADAV

Interim Budget 2019: Renewable energy plans on hold till full budget

Lots of hints dropped but no concrete proposal

Flicker of solar light in Chhattisgarh

Hope flickers

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

Biggest solar plant in Northeast begins power generation

The state has maximum surpluspower in the country