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Sangnara depends mainly on agriculture and pastoralism for livelihood. Photo by Ravleen Kaur/ Mongabay.

Expansion of windmills in Kachchh impact unique thorn forest and wildlife

Ravleen Kaur 8 Apr 2022

Manipur’s push for dams threatens local ecology and communities

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 1 Apr 2022

Increase in ethanol derived from feedstock could burden farms, groundwater

Manish Kumar 29 Mar 2022
A wind farm near Nashik, Maharashtra. Photo by SuyogJoshiPhotography/Wikimedia Commons.

Indian banks found wanting on the climate change challenge and green transition

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Mar 2022

Potential offshore wind project in the Gulf of Mannar leaves fishers anxious

Priyanka Shankar 23 Mar 2022
Improving the efficiency of large solar parks is crucial to avoiding the requirement of installing more projects. Photo by Thomas Lloyd Group/Wikimedia Commons.

Reduce air pollution to avoid land conflicts due to solar projects, recommends study

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Mar 2022
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
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
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
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
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

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
Banner image: The PPSP dams located amidst densely forested hills. Photo by Aniket Bhattacharya.

Purulia pumped storage project shows why pumped hydropower may not be clean

Aritra Bhattacharya 11 Jan 2022

[Commentary] COP26 opens doors for India to push for a just transition

Srestha Banerjee 25 Nov 2021

Rooftop solar prepares prosumers in Odisha for power cuts during disasters

Manish Kumar 19 Nov 2021

India proposes guidelines for decommissioning coal-based power plants

Mayank Aggarwal 11 Nov 2021