Renewable energy: India’s wind power sector is in a downward spiral

The sector is losing its sheen, with dropping capacity addition, lukewarm response to new auctions, and a plummeting manufacturing sector

Renewables ministry guidelines for PM-KUSUM fail to address key concerns

The scheme aims to provide energy security along with financial and water security to farmers

'Renewable energy sector employment increased in 2015'

The total number of jobs in renewables worldwide continued to rise even as the growth in jobs slowed down compared to previous years, says a new …

Telangana announces new solar power policy

State offers many incentives to project developers, including allowing the acquisition of agricultural land for solar projects

New solar technology from Sweden claims to be the most efficient

The plant needs no water to generate electricity, unlike other concentrated solar power plants

Don't fry the planet

Only money matters

"We have completely ignored our biomass sector"

A M GOKHALE, secretary. Union Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, in conversation with KUSHAL P S YADAV

Costly dodge

Green taxes won't leave taxpayer in the red

Environmental protection will work only if it makes economic sense. And, one good way of making sure it does is by introducing a …

Tilting at windmills

Us wind power project is held up by advocates of scenic beauty

Energy market glitch

Why new renewable energy trading policy could be a win-lose rather than a win-win instrument

Renewables lose favour

Regulators to cut trading prices of renewable energy certificates

Renewable energy: Why is wind losing ground?

Wind power generation is stuck in a vicious cycle of problems

Is solar sector truly achieving grid parity?

Given the huge dependence on subsidy, can the trend of reducing solar tariffs be deemed as an achievement of the renewable energy or solar sector?

ReNew economics

Employment in German alternative energy generation grows with the

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Trying to switch

Plastic prowess

There is immense promise in it. It is rechargeable, non-toxic and flexible. It is the new plastic battery

A clean drive

MONEYMAKERS

Subsidising renewables

Green electricity

Spoon fed

Hydrogen fuel is produced from sugar

Winds of change in Scotland

Wind farms have the Scots swept off their feet. A recent study by Mori Scotland, a market research agency in the uk, has found overwhelming …