Countries not on track to reach 100% renewable energy systems

No G20 nation up to speed to reach 100 per cent renewables either in the power sector or economy-wide

Fruits of industry

How industry can help in environment protection

Living with nature

Urban living ought to aim towards the sustainable symbiosis of nature and architecture

Never to be renewed reality

Annual investment of $2 trillion needed to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030: Report

The world would need to add another 8.1 TW between 2022 and 2030

Will mandates change fate of distributed renewables post COVID-19? 

Even as distributed renewable energy sector faces downfall, expert consensus is that situation will be short-lived

Burden of relief: The cost of letting captive plants off green power grid

The Union government’s decision to exempt captive power plants from meeting renewable energy targets will upset India’s climate …

Get on the ray

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Technology gives traditional water-mills a lift

The gharat, a water wheel used for centuries by the Himalayan people, has now been modified so that it can empower several machines simultaneously.…

World's state as precarious as ever

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"Some power is better than none"

With the country, reeling under an intensifying power crunch, and various authorities only predicting a darker future, the search for …

Green power

The seed of a humble tree may be a substitute for diesel and could hasten rural electrification

CDM path cleared

The Union cabinet has given the green light for setting up a 'designated national authority' to clear projects being executed under the Clean …

Bon appetit with sun

Enter the world’s largest solar kitchen

Solar rooftop subsidy likely to be halved

Commercial and industrial consumers placed at bottom of government priority list of beneficiaries

Renewable energy demand-supply mismatch

At the first trading session supply was about 500 RECs while demand was at 1,00,000 RECs

Renewable capacity additions exceed new coal in India

Drastic reduction in new coal power station capacity construction in India

Countries choose auctions for renewable energy at low cost

Auctions resulted in reduction in price of solar power by almost 65 per cent in India

Government accelerates efforts to set up solar parks

So far, ten states have communicated their interest for setting up solar parks

Powerful winds of change: Mapping the offshore sector

Europe is the leader in offshore wind projects, but Asia and the United States plan to enter the sector in a big way in the next two decades

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 …

High on power

Lithium-ion battery would be doubly efficient in near future

Steering out of gas

A global oil crisis is just a decade away, warn geologists