After the slow offtake of the PM-KUSUM scheme in the initial few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other reasons, the government of India expects that the solar pump…
The UN takes pride in being "almost entirely climate neutral," but experts beg to differ on that claim. In a year-long investigation, The New Humanitarian and Mongabay found that the…
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…
Two months after the Indian government identified 30 critical minerals, it has proposed to amend the key mining legislation, Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023, allowing private players to…
The use of sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) will grow exponentially as India expands its installed renewable capacity. As the country continues its journey towards the target of 500 GW of non-fossil…
Amid the upcoming G20 summit in New Delhi, where global leaders are poised to deliberate on critical topics including climate change, a study reveals a conflicting trend. Attending countries had…
Earlier in March, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced that it will use 100 percent renewable energy at all its airports by 2024. AAI is India's public sector airport…
This is the second article in a two-part series on energy efficiency of ceiling fans in India. Read the first story here. In an appliance store in Delhi’s Dayanand colony,…
Anjar Ahmed, a truck driver in his fifties, recently embarked on a journey from Dispur in Assam to deliver tiles to Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Over the course of this trip, his…
In what could be deemed as an encouraging sign of India's ambitious goal of decarbonising transport for a net zero future, the sales of electric vehicles crossed the two-million mark…
The draft Green Credit Programme Rules notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is part of efforts towards the ‘Lifestyle For Environment’ concept introduced in COP26…
This is the first article in a two-part series on lessons from Odanthurai's ambitious renewable energy experiments. Part Two will highlight the attempt at a community-owned windmill that faces an…
With the aim to incentivise sustainability and environmental protection, India's environment ministry has proposed a programme to enable individuals, organisations and industry generate “green credits” for voluntary activities deemed beneficial…
On a sweltering Saturday in a scorching May this year, hundreds of people, young and old and from all walks of life, gathered at Goa's Miramar beach, where the river…
The whirring of machines stops for an hour in the afternoon. Before heading for their lunch break, V. Kumaran, a worker, checks the PH levels at the biomethanation plants at…
A streak of blue cuts across the yellow landscape as one takes a turn while travelling through the Mehsana district of Gujarat. The dry smell of dust alerts one about…
Compared to a year ago, Sanjit Biswas now worries less about his profits from farming. A small farmer owning a one-acre farm at Hazarinagar village in Hanskhali block of Nadia…
Instead of building new coal-based thermal power plants, NTPC should acquire stranded thermal plants that will meet India's short-term energy security needs and will improve the balance sheet of lenders,…
The frequency and duration of heatwaves have been increasing in India due to global warming. This year too, the month of April recorded some of the hottest days. Some northern…
India will achieve an installed renewable energy capacity of around 55% of the total energy capacity by 2026-27, according to the country's National Electricity Plan (NEP) estimate. If this is…
