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Maldhari going to Banaskantha. Photo by Ravleen Kaur.

A decade on, India’s first solar park has many promises left to fulfil

Ravleen Kaur 18 Mar 2022

[Commentary] Will a just transition be the silver bullet for India’s climate action?

Kumer Singh, Sarthak Shukla 17 Mar 2022
The steel sector in India is highly emissions-intensive and contributes almost a third of direct industrial CO2 emissions, a report says. Photo by Jean Beaufort

Energy-intensive steel industry looks to push consumption, reduce emissions

Kundan Pandey 16 Mar 2022
India is bullish about solar power projects but factors such as easy finance are hampering the growth. Photo by Jaipursharma/Wikimedia Commons.

Will making banks obligated to invest in renewables help India’s energy transition?

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Mar 2022

Odisha’s single window mechanism aims to ensure upkeep of solar assets

Manish Kumar 14 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Renewable energy, limited land

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 11 Mar 2022
By 2030, India plans to install 280 gigawatts of solar power. Photo by Prashanthns/Wikimedia Commons.

How India’s public sector units can impact the clean energy transition

Mayank Aggarwal 11 Mar 2022
India has installed about 750,000 solar street lights across the country till now. Photo by iMahesh/Wikimedia Commons.

Decentralised renewable solutions could aid rural energy transition

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Mar 2022

Hydropower project nudges a tribal community out of their land in Himachal Pradesh

Kapil Kajal 3 Mar 2022

[Webinar] Is India’s clean energy quest inclusive of women?

Team Mongabay-India 3 Mar 2022
Korba accounts for about 16 percent of India’s total coal production. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

Repurposing land in Korba’s coal mines can support a just transition

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Clean waste

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 25 Feb 2022
Banner: There are many applications of green hydrogen including its use in the transport sector. Photo by Mirkone/Wikimedia Commons.

India dangles carrots to promote green hydrogen

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Feb 2022
India doesn’t have any national target for the adoption of electric vehicles. Photo by Navaneeth Krishnan S./Wikimedia Commons.

India should focus on procuring minerals crucial for powering EVs: study

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Feb 2022
Solar PVs at the Rosekandy tea estate. Photo by Roofsol Energy.

Assam tea gardens experiment with solar for reliable power supply and cutting costs, emissions

Roopak Goswami 17 Feb 2022

Pavagada solar park busts notions of renewable energy as inherently good

Arathi Menon 15 Feb 2022
Men carry baskets of tomatoes in a field adjacent to the solar park in Pavagada, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Mongabay.

Given land for power, Pavagada residents now powerless

Arathi Menon 14 Feb 2022

[Webinar] Who benefits from India’s clean energy jobs?

Mongabay India 3 Feb 2022

The Leh airport’s journey towards carbon neutrality

Rohin Kumar 26 Jan 2022

Clean energy startups innovate on products to aid farmers, rural areas

Manish Kumar 20 Jan 2022