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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

[Webinar] Rooftops as solar superstores

Team Mongabay-India 24 Dec 2021

Rooftop solar prepares prosumers in Odisha for power cuts during disasters

Manish Kumar 19 Nov 2021

More progress on state-level electric vehicle policies needed to boost India’s transition to EVs

Manish Kumar 12 Nov 2021

[Webinar] Financing India’s clean energy dream

Team Mongabay-India 1 Nov 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, 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

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

[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

Wind-solar parks: Conflicts galore but India wants more

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Nov 2020

Concern for birds grounds Mumbai’s marina project for now

Mayank Aggarwal 8 May 2020

Energy policies could get reset in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Apr 2020

Parliamentary committee concerned whether India will achieve its solar power target

Mayank Aggarwal 12 Dec 2019

Keeping the Mahatma’s light shining

Kanchan Srivastava 30 Sep 2019