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Solar water pumps in Nepal. Representative image by Prabuddha Raj via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Running on sunshine but running out of water

Hanan Zaffar, Jyoti Thakur 19 Jun 2025
Electric scooter manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu. Image by Gnoeee via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India races to secure rare earth minerals as China restricts exports

Kundan Pandey 16 Jun 2025
Solar panels in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. Image by Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Pollution Control Board releases draft guidelines for handling solar panel waste

Kundan Pandey 13 Jun 2025

The future of jobs is green, but getting there is a maze

Aditi Tandon, Sejal Mehta 1 May 2025
An aerial view of Paring village along the Siang river in western Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Hagen Desa.

Caught between a dam and a hard place

Simrin Sirur 18 Apr 2025
An electric vehicle charging station in Begumpet, Hyderabad. Image by iMahesh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Budget boosts EV battery manufacturing plans, but a big leap needed for success [Commentary]

Suresh Seshadri 19 Mar 2025
teesta III hydro electric dam

Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

Simrin Sirur 11 Mar 2025

The potential toxic fallout of herbicide use in solar parks

Gowthami Subramaniam 6 Mar 2025
A flock of migratory brown-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) in Mannar with windmills in background. Image courtesy of Lahiru Walpita.

Adani withdraws from controversial wind power project

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Feb 2025
critical minerals

India approves mission to bridge critical mineral gap in energy transition

Esha Lohia 7 Feb 2025
digital climate technologies

[Commentary] Centring local communities in digital climate technologies

Tanya Kak, Maya Chandrasekaran 5 Feb 2025

Can invisible solar fences prevent elephant-human conflicts in Valparai?

Gowthami Subramaniam 26 Dec 2024

Rooftop solar on the slow lane in Tamil Nadu

Mahima Jain 12 Dec 2024
Tandup Cherring scouting for snow leopards on the Langza Plateau, Spiti. Image courtesy of Munib Khanyari

Solar power looms large over the snow leopards of Spiti

Nikhil Sreekandan 9 Dec 2024
A solar power plant in Gujarat. PV power generation depends on the installed PV capacity and the site's PV potential. Image by Citizenmj via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

Rising pollution, temperatures to impact performance of solar panels, says study

Pallavi Ghosh 2 Dec 2024

Converting carbon dioxide into fuels for the future

Simrin Sirur 11 Oct 2024

India’s hard-to-abate sectors are not walking the talk on their renewable energy goals, report finds

Simrin Sirur 26 Aug 2024

Coal mining degraded 35% of native land cover in India’s central coal belt

Simrin Sirur 16 Aug 2024

Exploratory drilling for hydro, pumped storage should be exempt from clearance: forest committee

Simrin Sirur 8 Aug 2024
Visitors examine green capsicum at the fully elevated Section 1 of the agrivoltaics plant near Parbhani. Image courtesy of NSEFI & GIZ

Agrivoltaics in India get a fresh boost from tech and design innovations

Pallavi Ghosh 5 Aug 2024