Alternative energy News

Whether India will achieve its solar and wind energy targets – an installed capacity of 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power and 60 GW of wind power by 2022 –…

After Joe Biden took charge as the United States president, climate change is returning as a pillar of its collaboration with India. It emerged in the recently-held online meeting of…

As the ambitious national target of “100 GW solar energy by 2022” draws closer, solar panels seems to be popping up almost everywhere. After spanning agricultural lands, obscuring waste lands,…

While India should prioritise health and economic recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, there will also be an opportunity for clean energy transition as part of coping strategies…

In the last two years, only 15 percent of India’s annual installed wind energy manufacturing capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW) has been utilised, according to the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturer’s…

Most extreme weather conditions, the world over, are attributed to climate change. Now, a recent study suggests that climate change in India is also affecting a major renewable source of…

Winter in north India is almost here and social media is already buzzing with pictures of crop residue burning in northern Indian states. Over the last few years, the national…

Being a coal-obsessed nation with tremendous aspirations for cars and fast bikes, India’s greenhouse gas emissions recorded an annual growth of 5.6 percent between 2005 and 2013 - among the…

Shale oil or gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) could intensify pressure on water resources in some of the shale reservoirs in India that are located in water-stressed and groundwater-depleted areas,…

In the government secondary school, Kanker, Chhattisgarh, children are sitting on floor listening intently. A solar lamp workshop is being conducted for students (classes six to ten) from interior Naxalite-dominated…

A recent series of aerial surveys of Bengaluru, using the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, could possibly be a pioneer project to assess the potential for rooftop solar photovoltaic…

India’s on-shore wind energy sector is often touted as a success story. Now, the Indian government is looking to tap the enormous offshore wind energy potential. The latest move however,…

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) and the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), New Delhi, conducted a survey at 51 locations across the country and found…

India’s push to significantly strengthen the share of renewable energy to fuel its development growth can have other positive spillover impacts. In addition to improving energy security, enhancing energy access,…