Survey highlights gap between climate emergency perception, action in India

73% Indians are optimistic about avoiding climate crisis in their lifetime according to a survey by Epson; 4.1% don’t believe there is a …

How construction material derived from agro-waste can pave way for sustainable living

Agro-based biocomposites help in carbon sequestration, control air pollution and reduce global warming

Financial support stands between MSME sector and rooftop solar: Report

A survey finds lack of low-cost financing, awareness and rooftop aggregation models are the barriers these enterprises face in switching to the …

Is SECI offering too much support to slowing solar sector?

Transformation of Solar Energy Corporation of India from a unit that manages distribution of solar subsidies into a trader of solar power can be …

Centre to increase solar generation capacity next year

The government is likely to commission projects with a total generation capacity of 4,345 MW by March 2016

India and France invite countries to join International Solar Alliance

The initiative by the developing world that claims to address solar energy needs will be introduced at COP21

If only we'd listened to Kosambi

India shelved solar energy in favour of nuclear energy and now we are miles behind China and the US

Time to Plug in

The International Conference for Renewable Energies is to be held in Bonn, Germany. But here is a sector dwarfed by fossil fuels, and although …

India’s annual solar capacity addition needs to increase annually by 36% till 2026-27 to meet 14th NEP targets

The country needs to commission a minimum of 17.5 GW in FY 2024, with a further ramp-up to 41 GW by FY 2027

What the Asia-Pacific needs to leap forward on climate action

To break their 'two steps forward, one step back' routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets

Budget 2023-24: Climate goals? Renewable energy ministry gets just over 2% of total allocation

MNRE budget is equivalent to just 26% of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas’s allocation

IEEFA projects exponential growth of battery storage assets in India

Grid-scale batteries would help store this excess solar and supply power to the grid during peak demand hours, which is currently being done by …

Can painting a blade black save Great Indian Bustards from wind turbines?

A regulatory slowdown in wind power production could result from failing to address the harm caused by turbines to wildlife

COVID19: Green stimulus should step in to counter oil price crash

There is no inevitable link between oil prices and carbon emissions, a lot depends on responsible policy  

UK leads G-7 on emission cuts and growth since Rio, says study

The average Briton’s carbon footprint is now 33 per cent less than in 1992 while being more than 130 per cent richer, says the report

Time to go solar

Dependence of high-rises on diesel generators has turned them into virtual power plants that spew harmful greenhouse gases. Setting up solar …

What India should do to tackle climate impacts

All development programmes need to incorporate features to tackle climate change risks and act locally

Why most Aboriginal people have little say over clean energy projects planned for their land

While renewable energy projects are essential for transitioning Australia to a zero-carbon economy, they come with a caveat

Power utilities oppose hike in wind tariff price

State electricity regulatory commissions increasing tariffs without taking into account technology improvements

Germany’s emissions-free trains: Is hydrogen fuel really a better alternative for transport?

CO2 emitted by grey hydrogen is same as that emitted by petrol & 1,000 times more than natural gas burnt directly

UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering from fossil fuels amid global energy crisis

Calls for windfall tax to fund fair policies and sustainable energy solutions  

Europe hypocrisy: Amid shift to coal, what about climate goals?

Europe is buying coal, firing up plants amid Russian sanctions to meet electricity demand pushed up by heatwaves

Planning to install rooftop solar panels? How about some grass beneath it

Integrating green roofs and solar PV systems can enhance their functions and effectiveness through cooling and shading effects

At COP23, anti-coal protesters disrupt US government event on promoting fossil fuels

Demonstrators, protesting the Trump administration's support for fossil fuels and intention to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, …

How does the Budget score on energy front?

The government has approved Rs 2,000 crore as initial outlay for providing LPG connections to poor women