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

Indian scientists develop 'black gold'

New material can absorb light & CO2; potential in applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to desalinating seawater

Maharashtra's solar pump scheme in Vidarbha not working: CSE survey

Farmers have not used the pumps which were installed during drought years; they could also have ruined the area’s water table

What is threatening ecology of Alappuzha?

The Kerala government needs to stringently regulate houseboats and improve the inland waterway system

Let's chemically rebuild fossil fuels to create sustainable energy

By taking a leaf out of how plants produce energy, we must combine hydrogen with carbon to produce artificial fossil fuels

Reviewing target must for upgrading solar power

As of now, the major chunk of electricity produced in India is from thermal power stations, which use coal as the main source of fuel

Hot option

Heliostats may now trap half the energy from sunlight and convert it into electrical and heat energy

The truth about solar mission

For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to …

World waking up to wind, solar energy: study

Countries prefer wind and solar over nuclear energy for producing electricity

Bull to bull's eye

Renewable energy: areas of concern for Union Budget 2013-14

There is a need for mainstreaming renewable energy, but the budget outlay proposed in the 12th Plan is grossly inadequate

Heat to beat

Solar units beyond people's reach in Sunderbans

Green home

Greenest of all

Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement

Bad news from above

A new space-borne instrument helps NASA scientists come to a 'comprehensive' conclusion that the earth is being exposed to increasing amounts of …

As climate change snuffs life out of hydroelectric sources, Zambia feels need to diversify energy mix

Zambia is experiencing powercuts as water levels in Lake Kariba, a major power source, fall 

The April 8 eclipse provides a rare opportunity to witness the sun’s superhot corona

Corona means crown; During the eclipse, it becomes visible and streaming plasma leaving sun appears in amazing patterns  

Energy in news on June 5

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

PM-JANMAN for tribal electrification: Beacon of hope or mirage?

Initiative focuses on 11 critical interventions across nine ministries

Conservation goals: Kerala community uses solar energy to protect sandalwood reserve from smugglers

The lights will help over 300 forest protection staff for night surveillance

Renewable energy: Why is wind losing ground?

Wind power generation is stuck in a vicious cycle of problems

Solar lanterns to light up all polling booths in Odisha’s Kendrapara

District administration decided to junk older, kerosene-lit lanterns

‘Next solar cycle may be stronger than previous one’

Study debunks theory of a global cooling phase compensating for global warming  

Energy in news on May 10

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy