Local resources can meet India's rural needs

The use of kerosene for lighting and biomass for cooking is predominant throughout rural India. And since provision of grid electricity to rural …

Energetic dialogues

American industry tries to power its way into the Indian renewable energy market

When villages plug in

A Consumer movement is catching on in Nepal.Communities are extending the grid to villages.This threatens to undo the effort put in small-scale …

The energy divide

Chronic power deprivation in some districts raises serious policy issues

Germany in transition

From an economy addicted to coal and nuclear energy, Germany is fast transforming into one driven by renewables. Its aim is to demonstrate to the …

Chulhas vs LPG: Which is the cleaner fuel?

Five experts debate the economics, science, efficiency and effects on women's health...

How to take community-led rural electrification forward

Two steps at a time  

Big engagement with small power

Generating electricity to raise economic profile

Powering the countryside

Rural power

Fluidised bed technology could help meet all power needs of a village

Rural energy

Weed energy

Electricity can be generated from a creeper plant, as an experiment in Madhya Pradesh has demonstrated

Hybrid energy

SMALL BUT POWERFUL

Mr Modi, Wish us a Happy Environment Day

Letters

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Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation

Smoke in the kitchen

The new ‘green’ biomass cookstove has immense potential but why is it missing in homes?

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister

The poor and the environment: lessons from energy crisis

Lack of energy access affecting women’s prosperity in India

A recent report shows how energy requirement of women differ in various states and in different occupations and how limiting the current scenarios are

Report pitches for nuclear energy in future

India is undergoing negotiations to unlock long-standing agreements with French, Russian and US companies to build nuclear power plants across …

For border villages in Rajasthan, electricity remains elusive

While electricity poles have been installed in some villages, lines have not been laid

Darkness before light

Down To Earth visited Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh and found that despite electrification, households continue to depend on kerosene and …

A long wait

In Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, delays in setting up power connections have marred the village residents' hope for a better life