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[Webinar] Financing India’s clean energy dream

1 Nov 2021

[Interview] Renewable energy goals can’t be met by excluding people or making them hostile, say founders of LIFE

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Oct 2021
Solar panels in Uttarakhand. State government has launched a solar self-employment scheme to distribute small solar plants upto 25 kilowatt (kW) to 10,000 individuals by the end of March 2022.. Photo by Varsha Singh

Delays and glitches mar Uttarakhand’s solar self-employment scheme

Varsha Singh 22 Sep 2021

[Commentary] Building the future of renewable energy procurement in India

Apoorva Santhosh and Varun Aggarwal 16 Sep 2021

For net-zero by 2050, India needs 2.5 percent of its land for clean energy installation

Mayank Aggarwal 10 Sep 2021

India’s energy security could be at risk due to underutilisation of coal, delays, says panel

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Aug 2021

Is India’s rooftop solar sector being ignored for large-scale projects?

Aathira Perinchery 24 Aug 2021

India’s tidal power potential hampered by high costs and environmental risks

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Aug 2021

About 40 percent of India’s districts have some form of coal dependency

Mayank Aggarwal 1 Jul 2021

[Commentary] Will the COVID-19 second wave buck the trend for the Indian middle class?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 May 2021
Meenakshi Dewan tends to maintenance work on the solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, in Orissa. With solar lighting villagers villagers can move away from traditional oil lamps which burn kerosene – saving them money, and helping to reduce carbon emissions. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development

Net zero debate: Where do Indian states stand on the decarbonisation pathway?

Kundan Pandey 11 May 2021
A group of women from a mountain village in Rajasthan carrying firewood on their heads. They walk for an hour each way in sandals to cut the wood. Photo by Karan Singh Rathore/Flickr

30 years of liberalisation: Existing poor energy access may dive down further with Covid-19

Kundan Pandey 27 Apr 2021

[Commentary] India’s transition to green energy is an opportunity to get it right

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 26 Mar 2021

Solar projects on water could come at a cost to the environment, alert experts

Garima Prasher 12 Mar 2021

[Commentary] Is the Budget’s infrastructure push green?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 5 Feb 2021

Indian government forms national panel to drive Paris Agreement goals

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Dec 2020

Wind-solar parks: Conflicts galore but India wants more

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Nov 2020
Bembatty village where the upper reservoir of the Sillahalla hydroelectric project is expected to be located. Photo by Mathimaran.

Concerns over Sillahalla hydroelectric project coming up in the ecosensitive Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 3 Nov 2020

Proposed rules for power consumers could hurt solar rooftop sector

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Sep 2020

With boiler blast, the Neyveli power station becomes a fiery grave

Sibi Arasu 8 Jul 2020