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Rooftop solar extends deadline for target which is not a promising sign say experts

Kundan Pandey 1 Nov 2022

India needs legal framework for closing mines and power plants

Kundan Pandey 25 Oct 2022

Big gaps in green financing could hamper India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 17 Oct 2022
Image shows a mural depicting coal mine workers

Coal will stay strong even as solar shines in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 21 Sep 2022
Transmission lines near a windfarm in Tamil Nadu. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Upgrading the backbone of India’s power sector

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 6 Sep 2022
A wind turbine in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district.

Lagging wind energy needs attention, says standing committee report

Kundan Pandey 22 Aug 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Transforming lives with decentralised clean energy

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 22 Aug 2022

RBI gears up to deal with climate-related financial risks

Kundan Pandey 19 Aug 2022

India set to build its own carbon credit market, change building bylaws for energy efficiency

Manish Kumar 18 Aug 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Clean-washing by dams?

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 13 Aug 2022

Amid challenges, India announces new climate goals with updated NDCs

Manish Kumar 12 Aug 2022

Rehabilitated away from Jharia coalfields, unemployment challenges emerge for the people

Rahul Singh 11 Aug 2022

A new study from Karnataka evidences the impact of windfarms on biodiversity

Sneha Mahale 18 Jul 2022

Multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab river ring alarm bells

Anzer Ayoob, Mubashir Naik 7 Jul 2022
A wind farm in Tamil Nadu. Open access for green energy could help minimise fossil fuel usage and promote country-wide trade of clean energy.

Discoms and states pivotal to making renewable energy via open access a success

Manish Kumar 4 Jul 2022

How the Sundarbans missed an opportunity to harness solar energy

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Jun 2022
A Great Indian Bustard which allegedly died due to collision with power lines. Photo by Devesh Gadahvi.

Are power lines turning Kutch into a bird graveyard from a bird paradise?

Ronak Gajjar 19 May 2022

The canaries in the coal mine

Saiyam Khosla 11 May 2022
A cement plant in Himachal Pradesh. India is the world’s second-largest cement producer and consumer. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

RBI recommends technology for India’s cement industry to reduce carbon emissions

Mayank Aggarwal 22 Apr 2022

The wind farm paradox in southern Tamil Nadu

Priyanka Shankar 15 Apr 2022