Two technologies that shape our future

Battery and meters are two widely used technologies, yet no one stops to think how they work. They determine our future. They dictate how we …

India to double renewable energy capacity in 5 yrs: PM

Clean energy ministerial meet expected to evolve financing mechanisms

Central tribunal admits Gujarat power utility’s plea to lower feed-in tariff for renewable energy

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam’s change of mind on feed-in tariff comes three years after signing agreement with project developers

Because the energy industry dictates our lives

Big engagement with small power

Generating electricity to raise economic profile

Phulmai's walk - a day in the life of a headloader

Headloaders - collectors of fuelwood in India's woodlands. On the one hand, seen as forest destroyers, on the other, they are the sole support of …

वैज्ञानिकों ने बनाया कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड से विमान का ईंधन

शोधकर्ताओं की एक टीम ने कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड का उपयोग करके जेट ईंधन का उत्पादन करने का एक तरीका विकसित किया है।

COVID-19 to slow decarbonisation in emerging markets: BloombergNEF report

2019 was a good year for foreign direct investment in renewables; but the trend may not stick in 2020

Farm to Facebook: India’s catch-up evolution in techno-policy landscape

India needs to work out problems in old policies and develop new ones that ensure a rapid tectonic shift in India’s technological future

Union Budget 2020-21: Will proposals on discom reform, PM-Kusum work?

Previous attempts at discom reform did not yield results while standalone solar pumps do not incentivise farmers

बजट 2020-21: सौर ऊर्जा और ग्रीन कोरिडोर के आंवटन में हो सकती है 24% तक वृद्धि

केंद्र सरकार 2020 तक 1 लाख 70 हजार मेगावाट अक्षय ऊर्जा का लक्ष्य हासिल करना है, लेकिन अब तक 85908 मेगावाट उत्पादन क्षमता का ...

Look back at the decade: Solar energy

In the second decade of the millenium, everyone wanted a piece of the pie in the sky

Fossil Fuel Suicide Why fossil fools will cost us the Earth

fun and informative look at what harm fossil fuels cause and how renewable technologies can help stem the decline in our environment.

The next round of climate targets will worsen the crisis

Countries need to announce new 1.5 degrees Celsius-compliant targets in 2020

Global offshore wind industry to reach $1 trillion business by 2040: Report

The technology currently contributes to only 0.3% of global power generation, but has the potential to meet the world’s total electricity …

Tamil Nadu power regulator orders against solar output cut

Curtailment of power means power plants are asked not to inject power into the grid despite availability

Renewable energy in India: why rooftop remains the most untapped solar source

Rooftop solar source doesn’t match the rise in renewable energy in India; while industrial and commercial consumers account for 70% of …

Sun in a box: Excess renewable energy can now be stored more efficiently

MIT engineers have designed a concept that can store excess energy in the form of heat and supply it back to the grid when need be

Six-fold rise in renewable energy adoption must to keep global warming below 2°C: IRENA

Under the current and pledged policies, the world will exhaust its energy-related CO2 emission budget in less than 20 years.

Renewables will be cheaper than coal in the future. Here are the numbers

In coming decades, price of renewable energy will fall significantly relative to new-build coal, making an all-renewable electricity system more …

2016 was a great year for renewable energy, especially for power generation: REN21

Out of the total capacity added in 2016, 62 per cent of it was from renewable sources

India and China will outdo USA in renewable energy

India and China view renewable energy as an investment opportunity, while the US plans to support coal and shale

'Investment in renewable energy growing by leaps and bounds'

Report shows investment in renewable energy has increased by five per cent to touch US $ 285.9 billion in 2015

Finally, some clarity on environmental regulations for rooftop solar PV systems

A new rooftop solar programme makes the Environment and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) mandatory for all proposed projects

MNRE has no mechanism to claim CDM benefits, observes CAG

CDM first defined in the Kyoto Protocol with the objective of achieving sustainable development by preventing climate change