Renewed focus

But the next one year is crucial to renewable energy in India

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 …

Big is beautiful

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

Flicker of solar light in Chhattisgarh

What's cooking in India's largest biogas plant

Methan village in Sidhpur tehsil, Patan district of Gujarat saves 500 metric tonnes of fuelwood annually. They've been doing it for the last 15 …

Lit by biofuel

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

Heat and Gas

The proposed construction of two gas-fuelled power plants has become a hotly debated issue in Norway

Mission eclipsed

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

Creating a wonderland

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

A looming biomess

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

Are we moving towards a renewable energy economy?

Developers, bankers and equipment manufacturers commit themselves to developing 270 GW renewable energy capacity by 2022 at a recent renewable …

Energetic dialogues

American industry tries to power its way into the Indian renewable energy market

Gone with the wind

When the wind energy sector was opened to private investors in 1993, there was a virtual boom. However, after the initial rush of activity, …

Renewables, Deserted?

The Indian government has a set a target for renewable energy: 10,000 megawatt by 2012. So far so good. Renewables can electrify the rural …

Out of option

Solar becomes lifeline for power-starved Bihar, but cheap and inferior equipment dominate market

Paying nature's bill

Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the …

Power that could bomb

The Bush administration unveils new energy policy with an intention to revive nuclear reactors and to build new plants. Joining hands with …

Renewable spirit and purer energy

An extension of the 'pursuit of inner purity' to purer forms of energy

Look at the sun

Government has made half-baked efforts to promote solar pumps, a cost-effective irrigation tool

Sayonara to nuclear

Even if Japan aims to exit nuclear power by 2040, its path remains treacherous

Local lessons

Taking climate change negotiations out of international discussion boards to the villages

Enter green bond

Market for green bonds picks up; experts urge caution

Greenest of all

Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement