Costa Rica beating its own records on renewable energy usage
The nation went 300 days using only renewable energy this year. It beat its own 2015 record in doing so
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 …
Are Lithium-ion batteries too pricey for India’s renewable market?
Currently, it is the more exorbitant option and there are reasons to question economic sense of using Li-ion technology
2016, the year that was: environment and energy
In a year of coral bleaching, power blackouts and Donald Trump, 2016 made the previous year's climate of environmental optimism rather difficult …
Renewables account for over half the added electricity capacity in 2015
But more needs to be done to achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C
India’s only solar cooperative receives first payment for selling surplus power
Gujarat farmers received Rs 36,005 for selling 5,097 units of power to the local power distributor
R&D in wind power given least importance in government’s new action plan
Development significant as India still has a long way to go in wind power
UP’s mini-grid policy tries to boost rural electrification
Private players can now set up solar plants to power rural households and recover tariff from the users in Uttar Pradesh
Bond, green bond
India has finally entered the green bond market, but at a time when the bonds are not doing well globally. Have we missed the bus?
Big solar projects favoured over mini grids
Budget gives boost to solar powered agricultural pumps
Renewable energy: Investments decline globally
China takes over from Europe as the largest investing region
'Step up emission reduction ambition'
Developed countries ask developing countries to do more to tackle climate change
US power sector headed for biggest decarbonisation ever
Bloomberg report estimates that renewable energy penetration and coal-to-gas switching could reduce the sector’s carbon emissions by 35 …
Some nets and sunshine
Fishers in a Tamil Nadu village save cost and improve catch with solar panel-fitted boats
Developing world taps renewable energy at twice the rate of rich countries
China leads the global rank on clean energy; India is placed fourth
Towers of pollution
60 per cent of telecom towers in India are powered by diesel
Dinosaur age ministers
Nuclear madness
Solar aircraft on world tour obstructed by bad weather
The aircraft is part of an experimental project to raise awareness about renewable energy
It's nice but not sunny
It will take more than ambitious targets for the government to increase India's solar capacity
Budget can't bring change
The finance minister pleased the growth brigade with three letters "PPP" but failed to bring change where it was most needed. Down …
A dharna here, a court victory there: How Rajasthan villages try to keep their land from solar firms
Encroachment of pastureland was possible because government doesn't recognise them as village commons, say locals
Minigrids are evolving to be reliable sources of access to renewable energy in rural India
Small systems can be sized to cater to rural energy needs
Investments in basic needs, education & modern tech should be India’s focus in the next 25 years: Experts
Currently, only 3% of India’s GDP goes into education
Policy enablers needed to strengthen India’s Bio-CNG sector
In Indore, some 400 buses ply on the Bio-CNG generated from municipal solid waste