AOSIS proposal for focus on renewable energy welcomed

Need for integrated approach to adaptation and mitigation raised; parties call for Warsaw COP to address finance

Kolkata highrises to get rooftop solar panels

High Courts also ask power utilities to ensure 10 percent of energy supplies through renewable sources

Centre prepares to launch solar mission phase 2

Draft document proposes 9,000 MW of grid-connected solar power and 800 MW of off-grid application; lacks clarity on critical issues

Patronising dirty technology

Delhi municipality constructs yet another waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur

Solar thermal technology to get a boost in phase two of solar mission

Should solar thermal be preferred over photovoltaic solar power?

Guarantee of 14 companies under solar mission encashed

NVVN recovers Rs 28 crore from erring firms

US to approach WTO against India’s solar mission policy, again

India’s commerce ministry investigating US policies that could have unfairly promoted US solar companies

Solar mission phase II may reign in import of thinfilms

Earlier mandate of domestic content requirement only for crystalline silicon technology led to most developers importing cheaper thinfilm solar panels

National Solar Mission: bidders quote low tariff, bag projects

Lowest bid in second batch of solar energy projects was for Rs7.49/unit

Energy conservation building code for Andhra soon

Green factory building code, measures to improve energy efficiency under consideration

US challenges India's solar energy policy before WTO

'It is an attempt to browbeat India and further the interest of US solar companies'

New guidelines for national solar mission power projects

Reverse bidding retained, small changes like use of domestic content raises technology concerns

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

News Briefs

Raipur's clean power plants using coal on the sly

They are registered as clean development mechanism projects, eligible for carbon credits

How to avoid grid failure

Dark future for coal

India is pushing for more coal-based power generation but recent reports raise serious concerns over the viability of coal-fired plants

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

Back to basics

Every taluka in India can meet its own food, water and energy needs

Here comes the sun

Tap the untapped sources

Wind and solar power projects can be made to work with government backing

Problems aplenty

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

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 …

Obstacles

Why renewables cannot penetrate the market