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					<title>What India’s ethanol push can learn from Brazil’s long ethanol journey</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/what-indias-ethanol-push-can-learn-from-brazils-long-ethanol-journey/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Jul 2026 14:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shailesh Shrivastava]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioenergy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petrol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petroleum]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Biofuels, Clean Energy, Energy, Fossil Fuels, and Green Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the first part in a series comparing India and Brazil’s ethanol transitions. Brazil has run on ethanol for decades, with drivers choosing from different blends of ethanol in petrol at fuel stations. India is moving through E20 as the default fuel blend, with far less consumer choice. This story looks at what that [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the first part in a series comparing India and Brazil’s ethanol transitions. Brazil has run on ethanol for decades, with drivers choosing from different blends of ethanol in petrol at fuel stations. India is moving through E20 as the default fuel blend, with far less consumer choice. This story looks at what that difference means for vehicle owners in both countries. At Posto Dallas, a fuel station in northern Brazil’s Belém city, a car pulls in. The driver checks the price board, then picks a fuel. The 27-year-old station attendant, John, sees this happen all day. “Mostly flex-fuel vehicles come here,” he said. “People see the price and ask us to fill the fuel in their tanks accordingly.” Posto Dallas fuel stations are supplied by the state-owned energy company Petrobras and operate under the brand. In Brazil, customers can choose between different percentages of ethanol blends or pure petrol depending on the price and usage. Most cars sold here are flex-fuel vehicles, built to run on different petrol-ethanol blends. Brazil has offered this choice for decades. In another part of the world, nearly 15,000 km away, at a petrol pump in Bhopal’s Katara Hills, the scene looks similar. Vehicles come and go, attendants fill tanks, customers decide fast. But one thing is different: the choice on offer. In India, the government made 20% ethanol blended petrol, called E20, the default fuel across all fuel stations under its ethanol blending programme. For Nicola Pamplona, a vehicle owner and a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/what-indias-ethanol-push-can-learn-from-brazils-long-ethanol-journey/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>States hold the key to India&#8217;s energy transition [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/states-hold-the-key-to-indias-energy-transition-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 May 2026 16:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Ruchita ShahTanya Rana]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environmental Economics, Fossil Fuels, Green Energy, and Renewable Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amid the disruptions caused by the conflict in West Asia and the accompanying risk that climate action will be pushed down the global agenda, India has reaffirmed its commitment to climate goals by updating its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). In March 2026, the Union Cabinet approved NDC 3.0 for submission to the United Nations Framework [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amid the disruptions caused by the conflict in West Asia and the accompanying risk that climate action will be pushed down the global agenda, India has reaffirmed its commitment to climate goals by updating its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). In March 2026, the Union Cabinet approved NDC 3.0 for submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the 2031–2035 period. The NDC 3.0 targets include a 47% reduction in the emissions intensity of India’s gross domestic product (GDP), an expansion of its carbon sink to 3.5-4.0 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalent from 2005 levels, and achieving 60% non-fossil fuel-based installed power capacity by 2035. These align with the country’s long-term net-zero goal for 2070 and its vision of self-reliance under Viksit Bharat 2047, with domestically available renewable energy at the core. Achieving these goals will require every Indian state to play a role, as most power procurement decisions are made at the state level. From national targets to state action India achieved the milestone of 50% non-fossil fuel-based installed capacity in October 2025, five years ahead of schedule. This progress was driven largely by Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, which together account for more than 60% of the total non-fossil fuel installed capacity as of February 2026. However, as India moves towards the more ambitious target of 60% non-fossil capacity, this concentration could become a bottleneck. Hence, expanding renewable energy capacity beyond early leader states will be necessary. At the sub-national level, though, states&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/states-hold-the-key-to-indias-energy-transition-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Wind power’s ecological costs on bats</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/wind-powers-ecological-costs-on-bats/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Apr 2026 16:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Aisiri Amin]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[bat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bats]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Energy, Grasslands, Mammals, Renewable Energy, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[As India’s renewable energy market diversifies, wind farms have emerged as an underexplored threat to bats. Globally, millions of bats die every year when they collide into wind turbines as they fly. Currently, bat species across the world face significant threats such as habitat loss from deforestation and agriculture, persecution, hunting, urbanisation, energy production, and climate [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As India’s renewable energy market diversifies, wind farms have emerged as an underexplored threat to bats. Globally, millions of bats die every year when they collide into wind turbines as they fly. Currently, bat species across the world face significant threats such as habitat loss from deforestation and agriculture, persecution, hunting, urbanisation, energy production, and climate change, according to a 2025 Fact Sheet by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species and Wild Animals (CMS). Yet conversations about biodiversity threats rarely acknowledge that climate solutions, such as renewable energy infrastructure, can themselves pose risks to biodiversity. The latest State of Indian Bats report also brings attention to wind turbines as one of the threats affecting bat species. However, there are data gaps in three major areas, bat researcher Rohit Chakravarty says. “One, what species are the most affected. Two, to what extent the mortality is and three, whether there are any seasonal patterns in the mortality across species,” he explains. With about 135 bat species, India is home to roughly 10% of the global bat diversity. Of these, around sixteen are found only in India. According to Bat Conservation International, of the 122 species from India assessed by the IUCN, “only 23% have stable populations, with the rest decreasing.” The carcass of a Scotophilus heathii bat found at a wind farm. While bat carcasses in grasslands can be spotted by researchers during the dry season with relative ease, grass growth during the wet season makes finding them more challenging. Images&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/wind-powers-ecological-costs-on-bats/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Old kilns, new blocks, uncertain futures</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/old-kilns-new-blocks-uncertain-futures/</link>
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					<pubDate>26 Feb 2026 11:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Tanvi Bhatia]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brick industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brick kiln]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacutring]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Uttar Pradesh]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Coal, Energy, Environmental Economics, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Industry]]>
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							<![CDATA[With expanding cities, rising housing demand, and large-scale infrastructure projects, India is witnessing one of the world&#8217;s fastest construction booms. Under the government&#8217;s urban housing scheme, over a period of 10 years, 11.8 million houses were sanctioned, 11.4 million grounded for construction, and over 8 million completed as of 2024. Meanwhile, under the rural housing [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[With expanding cities, rising housing demand, and large-scale infrastructure projects, India is witnessing one of the world&#8217;s fastest construction booms. Under the government&#8217;s urban housing scheme, over a period of 10 years, 11.8 million houses were sanctioned, 11.4 million grounded for construction, and over 8 million completed as of 2024. Meanwhile, under the rural housing scheme the government plants to construct 20 million houses by 2029. Every year, the country constructs millions of buildings, reflecting both the scale and pace of this growth. The construction sector is a critical contributor to climate change. According to the World Green Building Council, buildings and construction together account for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions, with materials and construction alone contributing 11%. The growing construction demand has increased the demand for bricks and the brick industry is growing. India is the world’s second-largest producer of bricks, after China. Yet, much of the sector is unorganised, widely dispersed, and largely informal. Traditional brick-making methods rely on coal-fired, energy-intensive kilns, resulting in higher emissions from fired clay bricks used in construction. The brick industry is one of the largest (coal) energy users and a source of GHG emissions from India. But it also employs some of the largest workforces in India, after agriculture. Kanpur, an industrial city in Uttar Pradesh, has a well-established brick manufacturing industry. Its peripheral regions host numerous traditional brick kilns that fuel the city’s rapid construction growth. At the same time, several enterprises here are experimenting with low-carbon alternatives such as&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/old-kilns-new-blocks-uncertain-futures/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Policy shifts test Bihar’s ethanol-led industrial revival</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/policy-shifts-test-bihars-ethanol-led-industrial-revival/</link>
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					<pubDate>13 Feb 2026 12:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Umesh Kumar Ray]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Alternative energy, Carbon emissions, Energy, Environmental Politics, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Industry, and Pollution]]>
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							<![CDATA[Santosh Kumar has spent more than a decade moving from state to state in search of a livelihood. The last time he migrated from his home in Bihar was more than two years ago, when he went to Delhi. There, he worked as a boiler operator in a factory. “I would earn ₹20,000 a month, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Santosh Kumar has spent more than a decade moving from state to state in search of a livelihood. The last time he migrated from his home in Bihar was more than two years ago, when he went to Delhi. There, he worked as a boiler operator in a factory. “I would earn ₹20,000 a month, but a large part of it was spent on food and lodging,” he said. Two years ago, Kumar learned from a friend that a new ethanol plant was being set up in Nawanagar, about 20 kilometres from his village in Bihar’s Buxar district. “I immediately returned and joined the plant,” said the father of three. Kumar has been working at the Nawanagar ethanol plant since then. However, the situation changed towards the end of last year when India&#8217;s Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) — Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited — reduced ethanol procurement quotas for Bihar. The decision led to a 10-day shutdown of the Nawanagar plant in December 2025, where Kumar is employed as a boiler operator. “I am afraid that if this continues (reduced procurement causing shutdowns), I will have to migrate again to Delhi, Gujarat, or Maharashtra,” Kumar said. Murari Chaudhary, another boiler operator at the same plant, shares similar concerns. “If the situation remains the same, the plant will close, and we will become unemployed,” said Chaudhary, who is from Jharkhand. “There are no other employment options nearby. If I have to work, I will&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/policy-shifts-test-bihars-ethanol-led-industrial-revival/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Rooftop solar consumers face uncertainty in Maharashtra</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/rooftop-solar-consumers-face-uncertainty-in-maharashtra/</link>
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					<pubDate>04 Dec 2025 17:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Abhijeet Gurjar]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decentralised energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decentralised solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rooftop solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar panel]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Maharashtra]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Carbon emissions, Clean Energy, Energy, Green Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Renewable Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Maharashtra’s solar energy plans are facing a policy clash. The central government’s PM Surya Ghar Yojana aims to expand rooftop solar by offering households up to 300 units of free electricity each month, while the state government is considering a night-time tariff hike to manage its power distribution costs. Many consumers who turned to solar [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Maharashtra’s solar energy plans are facing a policy clash. The central government’s PM Surya Ghar Yojana aims to expand rooftop solar by offering households up to 300 units of free electricity each month, while the state government is considering a night-time tariff hike to manage its power distribution costs. Many consumers who turned to solar power to cut their electricity bills now worry that new rules will make clean energy less affordable. “We currently only pay ₹130 a month, but we have no idea how much they may charge us in the near future,” says Chandrakant Shelke, a 49-year-old farmer from Shelkewadi. “With new laws, who can predict how the government will tax us and modify the tariff?” Shelkewadi is a 100% solar-powered village in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. It is a model village, self-sufficient in solar energy, progressive, and known for its clean energy status. However, the villagers are now worried with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board’s (MSEB) proposed changes in time-of-day (ToD) tariffs. They worry that these charges could undo their years of efforts in clean energy. This uncertainty is not just confined to one village. Across Maharashtra, many consumers with rooftop solar, small-scale resellers and commercial users are confused about the state government’s shifting strategy and new charges. Industrial and commercial rooftop solar (RTS) consumers are struggling with no offset benefit, prolonged payback periods and heavy upfront investment for renewable energy. A building in Shelkewadi, Kohlapur district, Maharashtra, with rooftop solar. The 106 homes in the hamlet, panchayat office,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/rooftop-solar-consumers-face-uncertainty-in-maharashtra/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Reimagining cooler cities that reduce inequalities [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/10/reimagining-cooler-cities-that-reduce-inequalities-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Oct 2025 11:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Rushalee Goswami]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air conditioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat Action Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat impacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat island effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Heat Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water crisis]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Clean Energy, Energy, Food, Green Energy, Health impacts, and Water]]>
						</topic-tags>
					
					
											<description>
							<![CDATA[Exceptionally hot days in Indian cities are no longer exceptional. They are becoming more common with each passing year. Rapid urbanisation, the removal of green spaces, and the spread of concrete surfaces are trapping heat and contributing to what researchers describe as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. This leaves people with no option but [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Exceptionally hot days in Indian cities are no longer exceptional. They are becoming more common with each passing year. Rapid urbanisation, the removal of green spaces, and the spread of concrete surfaces are trapping heat and contributing to what researchers describe as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. This leaves people with no option but to resort to instant cooling mechanisms such as air conditioning, which are neither inclusive nor sustainable. They strain energy resources, drain our wallets, and, in trying to cool our homes, end up making our cities hotter, trapping us in a vicious cycle. We must imagine a way out. Heat waves, inequality, and the case for rethinking how cities are built Till now, cities have grown with the sole aim of accommodating a rising population. As a result, the natural geographical fabric has been disregarded in the process of urban development. The flooding in Bengaluru this year and the water scarcity in New Delhi’s informal settlements almost every summer, are direct results of unplanned urban growth. Extreme heat is also a consequence of the same problem. To add to that, cities are also sites of deep inequality. People from underprivileged communities, especially those living in informal settlements and working outdoors during peak hours, experience the impacts of extreme heat far more severely. So, as it works currently, those who can afford air conditioners are able to forget about the growing heat outside their homes and offices, meanwhile others are left to constantly bear its brunt. The&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/10/reimagining-cooler-cities-that-reduce-inequalities-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Floating solar projects test India’s just transition promise</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/10/floating-solar-projects-test-indias-just-transition-promise/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Oct 2025 15:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Snigdhendu Bhattacharya]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canal top solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floating solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[floating solar plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just Transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Clean Energy and Just Transitions]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Jharkhand and West Bengal]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Energy, Green Energy, and Renewable Energy]]>
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											<description>
							<![CDATA[On September 7, a few hundred fishers, mostly tribal people, participated in a bike rally to protest a proposed floating solar power project on the Panchet dam. It is a 66-year-old multipurpose project located across the river Damodar, along the border of the eastern states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. The rally started from Maheshnadi [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[On September 7, a few hundred fishers, mostly tribal people, participated in a bike rally to protest a proposed floating solar power project on the Panchet dam. It is a 66-year-old multipurpose project located across the river Damodar, along the border of the eastern states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. The rally started from Maheshnadi checkpost in Neturia block of Purulia district, West Bengal, and travelled a five-km stretch to Panchet Zero Point in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district. The fishers staged a demonstration, shouting slogans like “DVC Murdabaad” (down with DVC), “DVC hosiayar” (beware), and “solar project bandh karo” (scrap the solar project). DVC refers to the Damodar Valley Corporation, a public sector utility that owns and operates the Panchet dam, where floating solar power projects of 105 MW capacity have already been awarded for development. A similar or higher capacity is awaiting the tender process. Fishers who have been relying on the dam&#8217;s waters for their livelihoods allege that nearly 1,500 families would not only lose their livelihoods but also their primary source of affordable nutrition, solely due to the first phase of the project. They have called for a public gathering at Panchet on October 15, calling for the scrapping of the project. “About 1,500 families of three panchayats in Nituria block—Sarabari, Raibandh, and Guniara—earn their living by fishing from the reservoir. The solar power project will make fishing impossible,” said Rajen Tudu, convenor of the southern West Bengal chapter of Prakriti Bachao O Adibasi Bachao Mancha (platform to&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/10/floating-solar-projects-test-indias-just-transition-promise/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>From policy to pushback, India’s &#8216;greenlash&#8217; over ethanol-blended petrol</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/09/from-policy-to-pushback-indias-greenlash-over-ethanol-blended-petrol/</link>
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					<pubDate>26 Sep 2025 13:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol blending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenlash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Clean Energy]]>
						</reporting-project>
					
											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy and Green Energy]]>
						</topic-tags>
					
					
											<description>
							<![CDATA[In July this year, the Indian government announced that it had achieved its goal of 20% ethanol blending in petrol (E20) five years ahead of the 2030 deadline. The announcement triggered a series of debates including online protests, RTI requests seeking clarity on blend ratios, and even a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In July this year, the Indian government announced that it had achieved its goal of 20% ethanol blending in petrol (E20) five years ahead of the 2030 deadline. The announcement triggered a series of debates including online protests, RTI requests seeking clarity on blend ratios, and even a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court, with many arguing that the rollout was rushed and opaque. Criticism also came in from vehicle owners reporting reduced fuel efficiency and vehicle compatibility as well as concerns about no non-blended options. Union Ministers of Road Transport and Petroleum, Nitin Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri, dismissed the criticism of the programme as “vested interests” and “fear-mongering.” Around the same time, in July, the Delhi government stopped fuel access to petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years. Many raised their concerns around this order as well. On August 12, the Supreme Court had to intervene to prevent police from taking coercive action against vehicle owners. Such backlash against environmental regulations reflects a growing global pattern called greenlash, a term popularised by Italian political scientist Nathalie Tocci to describe societal and political resistance to environmental policies. In 2018, for example, French President Emmanuel Macron faced mass protests after his government attempted to raise the carbon tax. Public anger over rising fuel prices forced him to halt the plan. In Europe, the planned phase-out of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars by 2035 has also provoked resistance. While the European Parliament approved&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/09/from-policy-to-pushback-indias-greenlash-over-ethanol-blended-petrol/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Historical climate data helps predict renewable energy “drought” events</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/09/historical-climate-data-helps-predict-renewable-energy-drought-events/</link>
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					<pubDate>05 Sep 2025 13:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nandhini Somasundaram]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Energy]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Clean Energy and Climate Connections]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Clean Energy, Green Energy, and Renewable Energy]]>
						</topic-tags>
					
					
											<description>
							<![CDATA[India’s renewable energy boom may not be immune to weather shocks. A study reveals that combined solar and wind generation can plunge during certain weather conditions, creating &#8216;renewable energy droughts&#8217; that last up to nine days, especially in the winter season in India. The study by meteorologists in the U.K. attempted to identify periods of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s renewable energy boom may not be immune to weather shocks. A study reveals that combined solar and wind generation can plunge during certain weather conditions, creating &#8216;renewable energy droughts&#8217; that last up to nine days, especially in the winter season in India. The study by meteorologists in the U.K. attempted to identify periods of low wind and solar energy availability based on historical weather patterns across India, potentially affecting energy production and demand. Days when the combined production of solar, and wind energy was below a cutoff threshold were classified as ‘renewable energy drought’ events. To understand how historical weather patterns might affect a solar and wind-energy-based grid, the study looked at a 42-year study period from 1979 to 2022. The researchers assumed India’s 2022 renewable energy capacity to be applicable throughout the study period. Using historical weather data, they modelled the weather conditions likely to cause days of low solar and wind energy production. Results show that renewable energy droughts are most commonly expected in India from November to February, and are typically multi-day events. The longest predicted event was 9 days long, and occurred twice during the 42-year study period. Specific weather patterns such as the western disturbances, or the winter dry period were more frequently associated with drought occurrence and can currently be predicted 10–15 days in advance, which makes mapping and following them useful in predicting energy droughts. Hannah Bloomfield, an Academic Track Fellow at Newcastle University and one of the authors of this study,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/09/historical-climate-data-helps-predict-renewable-energy-drought-events/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Fallen pine needles could help India cut carbon emissions</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/08/fallen-pine-needles-could-help-india-cut-carbon-emissions/</link>
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					<pubDate>21 Aug 2025 11:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Vandana K.]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pine]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
						</reporting-project>
					
											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Himalayas and India]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Coal, Energy, Fires, Forest Fires, and Green Energy]]>
						</topic-tags>
					
					
											<description>
							<![CDATA[Every year, an estimated 7.47 million tonnes of pine needles fall across the Indian Himalayan region, creating a fire hazard that climate change is making deadlier. A new study shows these needles could instead become fuel, replacing 4.7 million tonnes of coal and generating electricity to power the region. Pine needle biochar can be co-fired [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every year, an estimated 7.47 million tonnes of pine needles fall across the Indian Himalayan region, creating a fire hazard that climate change is making deadlier. A new study shows these needles could instead become fuel, replacing 4.7 million tonnes of coal and generating electricity to power the region. Pine needle biochar can be co-fired with coal in power plants across Himalayan states — to generate 6.4 terawatt-hours of electricity and cut carbon emissions by 5.8 million tonnes annually, while reducing forest fires, according to the study. The findings are from a research paper published in the journal Bioresource Technology Reports in March 2025 by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. The study addresses a serious concern across the region. Uttarakhand alone recorded over 11,000 forest fire incidents from November 2023 to June 2024. The scientists found that pine needle biochar produced at 600°C with 10°C per minute heating rate shows good potential for coal replacement, because of its high carbon content. The findings of this study could be used to create new jobs and solve frequent forest fires while drastically reducing the share of coal in power plants, in line with India&#8217;s net-zero targets by 2070. “The novel aspect of the research is linking biochar production to power plants and quantifying carbon benefits,” said Priyanka Kaushal, professor at the Centre for Rural Development and Technology at IIT Delhi. She explained the dual benefits of using pine needle biochar &#8212; “One is replacing the dirty fossil coal&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/08/fallen-pine-needles-could-help-india-cut-carbon-emissions/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The price of going green is higher for the Global South</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/08/the-price-of-going-green-is-higher-for-the-global-south/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 Aug 2025 15:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[S. Gopikrishna Warrier]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate adaptation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Energy]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Climate Finance]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Climate Change, Energy, Green Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Renewable Energy]]>
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											<description>
							<![CDATA[If poorer nations pay more than double the interest rates of wealthier countries to fund clean energy, the global green transition risks faltering. Developing countries are expected to demand changes at the climate conference COP30 in Brazil this November, calling out the &#8216;built-in bias&#8217; in global finance that makes green projects vastly more expensive in [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[If poorer nations pay more than double the interest rates of wealthier countries to fund clean energy, the global green transition risks faltering. Developing countries are expected to demand changes at the climate conference COP30 in Brazil this November, calling out the &#8216;built-in bias&#8217; in global finance that makes green projects vastly more expensive in the Global South. The concern related to the cost of capital or borrowing money needed for the green transition was visible in the open consultation events organised recently by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Here, countries were exploring ways to achieve the Baku to Belem roadmap of $1.3 trillion, a term agreed upon in Baku during COP29. Under this term, all parties will work to mobilise $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 from all sources, which will fund climate action in developing countries. This includes loans too, which come with certain costs or interest rates. Experts say that this cost gap, driven by high borrowing rates, could determine whether the energy transition succeeds globally or leaves some regions behind. The International Energy Agency (IEA) tracks the average cost of capital for selected countries, including India. For a 100 MW solar PV project, India’s rate is 10.0-11.5%, compared to the 11.0-13.5% in South Africa. While the IEA does not publish comparable figures for developed nations, other sources indicate that the cost of debt is significantly lower, at around 2.8% in Germany and 5.3% in the United States. The Columbia Center on Sustainable&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/08/the-price-of-going-green-is-higher-for-the-global-south/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>[Explainer] How did India phase out ozone-depleting substances and what lies ahead?</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/01/the-journey-of-phasing-out-ozone-depleting-substances/</link>
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					<pubDate>17 Jan 2025 07:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFCs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlorofluorocarbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HCFCs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HFCs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydrochlorofluorocarbons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydrofluorocarbons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montreal Protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ODS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ozone Depleting Substance]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Environment Explained]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Clean Energy, and Energy]]>
						</topic-tags>
					
					
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							<![CDATA[As 2024 came to a close, India phased out the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbon, an ozone-depleting substance, in manufacturing new equipment. Phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) &#8211; a chemical that breaks down the ozone layer, increasing harmful UV radiation &#8211; is in line with India&#8217;s deadline set in the 2014 amendment to the Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As 2024 came to a close, India phased out the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbon, an ozone-depleting substance, in manufacturing new equipment. Phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) &#8211; a chemical that breaks down the ozone layer, increasing harmful UV radiation &#8211; is in line with India&#8217;s deadline set in the 2014 amendment to the Ozone Depleting Substances (Regulation and Control) Rules, which mandated that all equipment and products relying on HCFCs be discontinued by January 1, 2025. This is also part of India’s commitment to the Montreal Protocol. What is the Montreal Protocol? The Montreal Protocol, introduced in 1987, is an international treaty that aims to eliminate the production and use of ozone-depleting substances. It came into force in 1989, has been termed one of the &#8220;most successful&#8221; multilateral environmental agreements. Parties to the protocol have phased out 98% of the ozone-depleting substances globally compared to 1990 levels. With the continued implementation of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is projected to recover by the middle of this century which, in turn, is estimated to protect two million people from skin cancer annually by 2030. The origins of the treaty can be traced back to 1974 when scientists raised an alarm bell after publishing their first scientific hypotheses that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) harm the stratospheric ozone layer, the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere of the Earth, which protects against excessive ultraviolet radiation. They claimed that the widely used CFCs go to the stratosphere and remain there for decades to centuries, releasing chlorine and breaking down&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/01/the-journey-of-phasing-out-ozone-depleting-substances/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Experimenting with biogas from cactus</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/experimenting-with-biogas-from-cactus/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 Aug 2024 14:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shuchita Jha]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shailesh Shrivastava]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biogas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bundelkhand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cow dung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uttar Pradesh]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India and Uttar Pradesh]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Biofuels, and Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[To enhance the production of biogas in Uttar Pradesh’s semi-arid region of Bundelkhand, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) &#8211; Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI) and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) are pioneering a transformation in agricultural practices with the spineless fodder cactus in Jhansi.  Germplasm of 15 [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[To enhance the production of biogas in Uttar Pradesh’s semi-arid region of Bundelkhand, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) &#8211; Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI) and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) are pioneering a transformation in agricultural practices with the spineless fodder cactus in Jhansi.  Germplasm of 15 varieties of spineless cacti, locally known as Nagphani, were imported from countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Tunisia and Italy back in 2014 to experiment with growing the varieties here to substitute the need for green fodder during summers.  “Apart from fodder, the plant also has several other uses,” said D. R. Palsaniya, Head and Principal Scientist, Agronomy, IGFRI.  “The plant is used for five ‘Fs’ that stand for fodder, food, fibre, fertiliser and fuel. The fruit of this cactus, known as prickly pear, is eaten as fruit in many countries while the cactus has also found uses in manufacturing vegan leather. The slurry of the cactus when mixed with cow dung makes for good, organic fertiliser while also producing biofuel,” he said.  Spineless cactus bearing fruits in Jhansi. The fruits of the cactus, called prickley pear are eaten when ripe. Image by Shuchita Jha. After conducting feeding trials on various herbivores in the IGFRI campus, the scientists found that the cactus could be mixed with any kind of fodder to substitute 30% of the dry-matter requirement of the animals and provide enough water content in summer.  Prince Jain, a local farmer and resident of Sakrar&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/experimenting-with-biogas-from-cactus/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Slow progress hinders Bihar&#8217;s solar street light initiative</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/slow-progress-hinders-bihars-solar-street-light-initiative/</link>
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					<pubDate>01 Aug 2024 15:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Mohd Imran Khan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar streetlights]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy and Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bihar and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Alternative energy and Clean Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[It is not easy for Gurudayal Yadav, an elderly man, to go out at night during the ongoing rainy season as his street, like most others in his village Siriyawan in the Mohanpur block of Gaya district, Bihar, remains dark. Yadav eagerly awaits the installation of street lights under the ambitious Mukhyamantri Gramin Solar Street [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[It is not easy for Gurudayal Yadav, an elderly man, to go out at night during the ongoing rainy season as his street, like most others in his village Siriyawan in the Mohanpur block of Gaya district, Bihar, remains dark. Yadav eagerly awaits the installation of street lights under the ambitious Mukhyamantri Gramin Solar Street Light Scheme. He recalled that when the scheme was launched in September 2022, he and others in his village were hopeful the darkness enveloping their streets for years would end soon. Two years later, Yadav says, &#8220;Our streets are still dark.&#8221; Rajesh Kumar Ranjan, the mukhiya (head of the village body) of Siriyawan, said that some solar street lights were installed in four of the panchayat&#8217;s 13 wards. &#8220;Only 40 of the targeted 140 solar street lights were installed, and a few have stopped working,&#8221; he said. This is not just the story of Siriyawan village, which is hardly 20 km from Bodh Gaya, a Buddhist pilgrimage site. Mongabay India spoke to people in more than two dozen villages across different districts in the state and found that solar street lights were not installed in most rural areas. &#8220;Only 40 solar street lights were installed in four of the 14 wards in Nepa gram panchayat in Gaya,&#8221; said Bulbul Singh, the mukhiya of Nepa. Some villages don&#8217;t even have one solar street light. For instance, Barma gram panchayat in Gaya, Purhara gram panchayat in Aurangabad district, and Belkhara and Pariyari gram panchayat in Arwal district&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/slow-progress-hinders-bihars-solar-street-light-initiative/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Uttar Pradesh to fast-track biofuel production with the right blend of ethanol and biogas</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/07/uttar-pradesh-to-fast-track-biofuel-production-with-the-right-blend-of-ethanol-and-biogas/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Jul 2024 15:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shuchita Jha]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shailesh Shrivastava]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biogas plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol blending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugarcane]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy and Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Uttar Pradesh]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Alternative energy, Biofuels, Energy, and Environment]]>
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							<![CDATA[India has set a target of net-zero emissions by 2070, and to reduce its GDP emission intensity by 45% by 2030 from the 2005 levels. In line with these targets, the country is promoting fuel blending to reduce vehicular emissions. After setting a target of 20% ethanol blending with petrol by 2030 under the Ethanol [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India has set a target of net-zero emissions by 2070, and to reduce its GDP emission intensity by 45% by 2030 from the 2005 levels. In line with these targets, the country is promoting fuel blending to reduce vehicular emissions. After setting a target of 20% ethanol blending with petrol by 2030 under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme, the government is now promoting the blending of compressed biogas (CBG) with compressed natural gas and piped natural gas for transport and domestic sectors respectively. To claim its position as the leader in biofuel production, Uttar Pradesh, one of the leading ethanol producers in the country, is now expanding its potential for green fuel production with biogas. The state, riding on an ample amount of organic biomass availability to produce biomethane, is gearing up to set up 100 CBG plants, the highest in the country so far, in the coming time. Uttar Pradesh has a potential to set up over 1,000 biogas plants, as per a 2022 report by the Centre for Science and Environment. The CBG plant in UP’s Badaun, inaugurated in January this year, has a processing capacity of 100 metric tonnes (MT) of rice straw per day and can generate 14 MT of CBG along with 65 MT of solid manure per day. Addressing the public during the inauguration, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said that upon stabilisation of production, the Badaun plant will help in reducing stubble burning of 17,500-20,000 acres of fields translating&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/07/uttar-pradesh-to-fast-track-biofuel-production-with-the-right-blend-of-ethanol-and-biogas/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Has solar energy been deployed to the point of no return? Some researchers think so</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/01/has-solar-energy-been-deployed-to-the-point-of-no-return-some-researchers-think-so/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Jan 2024 14:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Global, India, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Clean Energy, Energy, and Renewable Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists warn that the earth will cross multiple tipping points and cause irreversible changes to the climate system if global temperatures continue to rise at current rates. Amid the din of projections that say fossil fuel use is still too high in our energy systems, a new study suggests the world may have already crossed [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists warn that the earth will cross multiple tipping points and cause irreversible changes to the climate system if global temperatures continue to rise at current rates. Amid the din of projections that say fossil fuel use is still too high in our energy systems, a new study suggests the world may have already crossed another crucial tipping point – one that offers more hope in the face of climate change. The tipping point in question is the proliferation of solar energy, which the study says may now see widespread adoption even without additional policies supporting renewable energy. According to the latest World Energy Outlook by the International Energy Agency (IEA), investments in clean energy have risen by 40% since 2020 and more than $1 billion per day is being spent on solar deployment. With this, the installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) is poised to surpass coal by 2027 and become the largest installed capacity of energy in the world. Researchers from the U.K., Sweden and the U.S. have used additional metrics to take these projections even further, estimating solar, along with wind, could “irreversibly become the dominant electricity technologies within 1-2 decades, as their costs and rate of growth far undercut all alternatives.” More traditional modelling studies have failed to adequately capture the reach and progress of solar because they don’t, in part, capture changes in innovation, according to the study. “Our analysis establishes quantitative empirical evidence, from current and historical data trends, that a solar energy tipping&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/01/has-solar-energy-been-deployed-to-the-point-of-no-return-some-researchers-think-so/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>First tender for offshore wind energy expected end of this year, but sector wants more time to study sites</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2023/09/first-tender-for-offshore-wind-energy-expected-end-of-this-year-but-sector-wants-more-time-to-study-sites/</link>
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					<pubDate>12 Sep 2023 17:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore wind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Energy]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Gujarat, India, and Tamil Nadu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Clean Energy, Green Energy, and Renewable Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[In a report released last month, the Global Wind Energy Council said India was among the “markets to watch” in the offshore wind energy sector, stating that the country has made “remarkable progress” ahead of the release of its first offshore tender, which is due to come out by December this year. India aims to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In a report released last month, the Global Wind Energy Council said India was among the “markets to watch” in the offshore wind energy sector, stating that the country has made “remarkable progress” ahead of the release of its first offshore tender, which is due to come out by December this year. India aims to set up 140 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy by 2030. So far, India has already achieved an installed capacity of 43 GW of wind energy, all of it onshore. Offshore wind energy will entail wind farms set up in bodies of water, such as at sea. On August 17, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) released a revised strategy paper outlining prime offshore wind spots along the country’s coast and offering three different models for development, in an effort to get offshore wind up and running. The process has been long drawn and marred by delays, but developers and experts are hopeful the latest strategy paper will help boost interest and facilitate investments to the sector. The government intends to award offshore bids worth a capacity of 37 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, an ambitious target given no tenders have yet been released. The first tranche of offshore tenders to survey particular sites are projected to come out by December 1, according to a notification issued by the MNRE, for a capacity of 4 GW along the coast of Tamil Nadu. An additional 3 GW will be awarded in 2024-25. Inder Bhambra, the country&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/09/first-tender-for-offshore-wind-energy-expected-end-of-this-year-but-sector-wants-more-time-to-study-sites/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>As e-mobility gains traction, what’s in store for the friendly neighbourhood mechanic?</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/as-e-mobility-gains-traction-whats-in-store-for-the-friendly-neighbourhood-mechanic/</link>
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					<pubDate>03 Aug 2023 13:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Arathi Menon]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[electric mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just Transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mechanic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vehicles]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy, Environomy, and Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Carbon emissions, Clean Energy, and Industry]]>
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							<![CDATA[In what could be deemed as an encouraging sign of India&#8217;s ambitious goal of decarbonising transport for a net zero future, the sales of electric vehicles crossed the two-million mark in 2022, as per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Over a million electric vehicles were sold in 2022 alone, a sharp contrast from [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In what could be deemed as an encouraging sign of India&#8217;s ambitious goal of decarbonising transport for a net zero future, the sales of electric vehicles crossed the two-million mark in 2022, as per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Over a million electric vehicles were sold in 2022 alone, a sharp contrast from the 16,620 vehicles sold in 2019. Uttar Pradesh saw a 300 percent rise in electric vehicle registrations in 2022 from 2019 while Karnataka saw a 1500 percent rise in the same period. Experts predict that the rising demand for electric mobility will eventually change the way the automobile industry functions, with several parts of the traditional automobile value chain, from manufacturing to sales and service sectors, becoming obsolete as the sector transitions to cater to electric mobility. The customary visits to the neighbourhood mechanic or to the emission testing kiosks, as is common for fuel-based vehicle owners, could wither with the growth of electric vehicles, although this scenario could be well into the future for India. Mechanics at work. As India pushes for more electric vehicles on the road, the transitional tremors are expected to be felt strongly in the manufacturing sector of the automobile industry. Photo by KJ Gourav/Pixahive. Engines, systems and jobs change with electric vehicles “Most of us feel the transition to electric mobility is mostly powertrain change from conventional fuel engines to electric but in reality, most of the OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) accomplish this transition by bringing the change in&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/as-e-mobility-gains-traction-whats-in-store-for-the-friendly-neighbourhood-mechanic/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>What happened to Tamil Nadu&#8217;s model renewable energy village?</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2023/07/odanthurais-renewable-energy-model-holds-valuable-lessons/</link>
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					<pubDate>21 Jul 2023 16:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Gowthami Subramaniam]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[biomass gasifier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decentralised renewable energy (DRE)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odanthurai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street lights]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Tamil Nadu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Alternative energy, Clean Energy, Governance, and Renewable Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the first article in a two-part series on lessons from Odanthurai&#8217;s ambitious renewable energy experiments. Part Two will highlight the attempt at a community-owned windmill that faces an uncertain future, but the village&#8217;s hopes to pursue renewable energy remain. In recent years, Odanthurai, a village in Tamil Nadu, gained recognition as a self-reliant [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the first article in a two-part series on lessons from Odanthurai&#8217;s ambitious renewable energy experiments. Part Two will highlight the attempt at a community-owned windmill that faces an uncertain future, but the village&#8217;s hopes to pursue renewable energy remain. In recent years, Odanthurai, a village in Tamil Nadu, gained recognition as a self-reliant model village and has been appreciated internationally for its use of renewable energy. Its renewable energy endeavours, however, crumbled under neglect and became economically unviable, revealing the complexities of implementing such community initiatives. The transformation of Odanthurai, a village in the Coimbatore district, began in the late &#8217;90s when infrastructure development brought about a spike in the panchayat&#8217;s electricity costs. This triggered the idea of using renewable energy sources for the panchayat&#8217;s electricity needs. &#8220;When I was elected as the president of Odanthurai panchayat, Karamadai Block in 1996, the village was under-developed,&#8221; said R. Shanmugam. &#8220;At that time, our electricity bill for the panchayat was Rs. 2000 per billing cycle.&#8221; Shanmugam, who, as the panchayat&#8217;s president, worked on developing infrastructure in the village, shared, &#8220;We increased the number of streetlights from 55 to 375. We built a water supply station with a filtering unit, ensuring a round-the-clock supply to all the villages. These developments hiked our electricity bill, while our annual revenue was only Rs. 20,000 per year. Despite implementing rigorous tax assessment and collection procedures, the persistent financial deficit made me consider renewable energy options to reduce the financial burden of the panchayat,&#8221; he added.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/07/odanthurais-renewable-energy-model-holds-valuable-lessons/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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