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…
Solar energy has been a significant contributor to India’s energy transition. Over the past decade, the cumulative global capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) has reached approximately 942 GW. But how…
Public sector oil and gas companies in India are actively embracing emission-reduction strategies such as Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) as India targets net zero by 2070. CCUS is…
Given the growth of the renewable energy sector in India and its ambitious goals in the coming years, the question looms about regulation of the sector. Currently, to push the…
Climate change can significantly alter hydropower generation capacity, notes a study published by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar. The study that appeared on February 17, 2023, claimed that…
A recent study by RMI, an international clean energy think tank, analysed the potential of India’s proposed centralised electricity market in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu and found increased prospects of…
The Ministry of Power (MoP) on February 27 released a resolution to introduce a new concept of 'Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO)' for power producers. Now, any upcoming coal or lignite-based…
An early November evening in Punjab's Sangrur district in 2022 was different compared to the last few years. The sky was clear; there was no chill in the air, and…