Solar Power Tree

Solar Power Tree is a structure that is designed like a tree with branches made of steel to hold the photovoltaic panels. India's first solar …

Your Very Own Biogas Plant: In Conversation with Priyadarshini Karve

Pune, today, is known as one of the most environmentally conscious cities of India. Home to many people who are environmentally motivated, Pune …

African countries launch Renewable Energy Initiative in Paris

AREI aims to achieve 10 GW of new renewable installation by 2020, and expand the generation capacity to 300 GW by 2030

Extractive industries review

An independent review the World Bank commissioned wishes the Bank to stop funding all coal and oil mining projects in developing countries, …

World waking up to wind, solar energy: study

Countries prefer wind and solar over nuclear energy for producing electricity

'Breakthroughs in material sciences key to sustainable economy'

Peter Littlewood is the associate laboratory director for physical sciences and engineering at the Argonne National Laboratory in the USA. He …

Making sense of climate debate

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Too little for renewables

The sector remains a low priority for government

SEZs get a social face

All about climate

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Whose CARBON hypocrisy?

Should Northern groups campaign to stop fossil fuel funding in the South?

Big US firms form group to buy more renewable energy at competitive prices

Companies including Bloomberg, General motors sign Renewable Energy Buyers' Principles to meet power purchase goals

Concentrated solar power projects may get second extension

Lack of experience in handling new technologies and dearth of funds have been cited as reasons for delay in commissioning projects

Crowd at the gate

Everyone wants a piece of the pie in the sky  

Dirty advance

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

Solar units beyond people's reach in Sunderbans

Pressure point

At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in …

Green home

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कोरोनावायरस से आर्थिक गतिविधियां कम हो जाएगी, इसका असर अक्षय ऊर्जा के उत्पादन पर भी पड़ेगा

‘The collapse in oil prices is not negative for India‘s renewable transition’

Down To Earth speaks to Tim Buckley from the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis on India’s move towards renewable energy

Renewable energy: Curtailment is a bane

If solutions to the problem are not found, it will add to the operational risk of renewable energy projects, discouraging investments

सूखते कपड़ों से पैदा हुई बिजली, आईआईटी खड़गपुर की खोज

शोधकर्ताओं ने एक खाली जगह में एक साथ कई कपड़े सुखाते हुए यह बिजली पैदा की है

In Australia nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars

The Australian government has formally reopened the highly contentious debate on nuclear power by referring the issue to a parliamentary committee,…