IREDA to provide low interest loans for rooftop solar projects

High interest rate is one of the major impediments in the development of solar sector in India

Wind power projects push land costs sky-high

Helped by state government concessions, Tamil Nadu is all set to expand its wind forms and become the country's premier wind-energy centre.

Wind loses speed

Sector shows poor performance; government says it is a short-term phenomenon

Blank on target

Most states fail to achieve renewable energy target under the climate change action plan

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

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

Green substitute

Of props and power

Obstacles

Why renewables cannot penetrate the market

Tidy gains

Rice millers to tap CDM

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

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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

Technologies

Is the state of technology an obstacle in implementing renewable future? Or is the current price of this technology out of our reach?

A looming biomess

Industry, government blame each other for green sector’s fall

‘India’s renewable energy plan lacks vision’

The target of achieving 175 GW green power capacity by 2022 is ambitious; but what’s the logic behind choosing those numbers?

Amendment proposed in Electricity Act to enforce renewable energy purchase obligation

Most state discoms are not meeting RPO targets because electricity regulatory commissions do not penalise them, says renewable energy ministry

Renewable energy purchase obligation waiver for Gujarat power utilities

Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission finds reasons furnished by utilities for their inability to meet additional obligations genuine