Is it too soon to celebrate Germany’s almost 100% renewable power?

For a few minutes, the entire power demand in the country was met by renewable energy, but the celebration should not begin yet

Draft renewable energy Act: strengths and gaps

Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) assesses the draft National Renewable Energy Act of Government of India and …

The Tesla battery heralds the beginning of the end for fossil fuels

Tesla has introduced the Powerwall, a wall-mounted energy storage unit that can hold 10 kilowatt hours of electric energy, and deliver it at an …

Mission eclipsed

National solar mission may get derailed as banks hesitate to give loans for its high-risk projects

Decentralised renewable energy is bringing this Odisha village’s energy aspirations to life

Maligaon in Kalahandi district now has a solar microgrid that reduces its dependency on the erratic main grid

Green substitute

Obama and Modi discuss climate change; make no commitments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chooses to stay focussed on renewable energy

Problems aplenty

The government wanted to make India a leading wind power, but it got the details wrong

The polluting rich

Of props and power

Obstacles

Why renewables cannot penetrate the market

Tidy gains

Rice millers to tap CDM

Ashden awards for sustainable development

Oil fetish

South Asia

Buoyant wind market India and China are among top five growing markets for wind energy

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Landmark ATM

Mumbai’s solar powered teller machine saves Rs 20,000 a year

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

The promise and reality of renewable energy

This is not the time to be complacent with green power growth in India because the challenges have grown too

Investment in renewable energy sector grows by 17% in 2014

Total investment of about US $ 270.2 billion was made in the year, according to the Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015 report

Obama boosts Modi’s green energy ambitions

Visiting US president promised finance to speed up India’s green energy mission, but it has to be remembered that the US had complained to …

The same stale nostrums

Energy Options for Africa -- Environmentally Sustainable Alternatives Edited & Introduced by: Stephen Karekezi & Gordon A Mackenzie …

On windy shores

Since the 1950s and 60s, India's efforts to tap wind energy have seen many ups and downs. The mid-1990s saw a boom, with Tamil Nadu taking the …

Creating a wonderland

In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community