Union Budget 2024-25: Why India’s rooftop solar plan fails to spark interest

Complex and time-consuming installation process is exacerbated by bureaucratic delays and a lack of awareness among potential beneficiaries

Full bank guarantees of three solar companies encashed

The companies missed the last deadline of March 9 to commission solar power plants under national solar mission

A sneak-peek into a renewable energy-powered future

Electrification of end-use sectors through variable renewable energy is an emerging solution. Increasing the deployment of distributed energy …

Making sense of energy conservation in Jammu and Kashmir

Homes in the Union territory are not designed to conserve energy and ensure proper heating, resulting in little conservation of energy, say …

Future of electricity in India lies in local solutions

Utilities in India have a mandate to supply power, which becomes increasingly difficult through the centralised grid and is technically and …

Solar power: From a decade of acceptability and growth to one of innovations

Global investment in new renewable energy capacity in the past decade was over $2.5 trillion, with more solar power capacity installed than other …

Economic recovery and clean energy transition go together: Ministers at IEA summit

The summit encouraged participating countries to build their recovery plans and investment strategies in-line with clean energy transition goals

India and its 2022 renewable energy targets in 6 charts

The country’s growth in the clean energy sector in the last 10 years has been remarkable. There are, however, many stumbling blocks, …

Gurugram as a Solar City

Addressing consumers' challenges could lead to greater conversion to solar energy

Nine African nations on track to join solar ‘gigawatt club’

Algeria emerging as the continent's third ‘solar champion’ after South Africa and Egypt  

Solar power to drive renewable energy investments to $2.6 trn by 2019 end: Report

Capacity investment in renewable energy in developing countries ($147.1 billion) outweighed those in developed countries ($125.8 billion) in 2018 …

Researchers produce kerosene from sunlight, CO2 and water

The technology can be useful for the transport sector, especially for aviation and shipping, that will remain dependent on liquid fuels for long …

India is now the lowest-cost producer of solar power

The total installed costs of utility-scale solar PV in India is as low as $793 per kilowatt

Taming the Sun – Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet

How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation—creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and …

India, France to partner in solar alliance

The International Solar Alliance aims to deploy 1,000 GW of solar installations globally by 2030, for which it projects the need for US $1 …

Floating Solar Power

Floating solar power plant is a new and emerging concept in India. In this system, the solar photo voltaic panels are installed on waterbodies …

Green energy: Govt reduces open access transaction limit to 100 KW

Coal is currently the source of 70 percent of India’s electricity.  

Decentralised renewable energy solutions offer great promises for healthcare facilities

Governments, developers should prioritise electrification of health facilities

How the renewable energy ministry’s new order will impact India’s solar energy target

The order will be effective from April 10, 2021

Renewable energy in India: Tamil Nadu one of the world’s top 9 green power markets

But a stagnation in wind energy generation and payment delay might derail this

Energy in news on May 1

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

Harnessing the sun

Cheaper than the sun

Trapping solar energy in space

Can solar power ever become a major source of energy?

Hybrid energy