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Poor show for renewable energy sector

Budget outlay for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy reduced

Solar energy is everybody's business

Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it

Letters

Kenyan deal with Canadian firm to give boost to solar power

Total deal estimated to be worth USD 2.2 billion over the next five years

World waking up to wind, solar energy: study

Countries prefer wind and solar over nuclear energy for producing electricity

Wind break ends

Centre wants to withdraw sops for wind energy sector; offers an incentive to improve performance

India needs to invest in clean energy to meet targets

Industry says announcement of loans and performance-based incentives in budget will invigorate sector

India to double renewable energy capacity in 5 yrs: PM

Clean energy ministerial meet expected to evolve financing mechanisms

Koyna sanctuary plundered

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help

Wind farm threat to forests

Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area

Wind energy kites

Google's latest venture in the field of renewable energy is a flying wind turbine or an ‘energy kite’. The project is being run by …

Suzlon, Lavasa raised loans from the company named in bribery scam

Scam led to arrest of several top officials of public sector banks

Canberra to shift completely to renewable energy by 2025

Australia’s capital has already seen a 400 per cent increase in renewable energy jobs in the past five years

Centre approves national policy on offshore wind energy

Government hopes to repeat the success of onshore wind power development that happened in 1990s

India's offshore wind sector has a long way to go

The recently approved offshore wind energy policy will help India meet its wind energy target of 60 GW by 2022

Why climate negotiators should look at wind energy prospects

Wind power could meet 26 per cent of global electricity demand and help save 6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually by the end of mid-century,…

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 …

Africa gets US $200 million fund to scale up renewable energy projects

Energy deficit is the biggest challenge for the continent

‘India has potential to become clean energy capital of the world’

In a meeting with energy experts in the US, Narendra Modi gives an overview of India’s plans to achieve its renewable energy target by 2022

An innovative, zero-emission system for electricity generation

My innovation seeks to generate electricity 24X7 from solar and wind energy, without any emissions

Offshore wind energy: project developers have to obtain clearances from 10 ministries

Exclusive economic zone up to 370 km from the shore will be developed for this

What India's wind energy sector looks like

Even though Gujarat has the highest potential in India, its installed capacity remains low. Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, has the highest …

Scotland to build world’s largest floating wind farm

The farm will be the UK's first ever floating wind farm project

India grabs fourth seat in cumulative capacity in wind power

Adds 2,623 MW of wind power in 2015