
Mongabay series: Clean Energy
In response to global discussions on climate change, India has been steadily increasing the growth rate for renewable energy vis-à-vis conventional energy. The years 2016-17 and 2018-19 averaged an annual growth rate of around 24% for the renewable sector. Reducing the use of coal and increasing the use of renewable energy is the overall objective of the transition to clean energy. For this to happen effectively, a host of factors need to come together, including policy support for renewables, improved grid connectivity, better pricing, etc. It also requires larger public support, which would strengthen the hands of the policymakers. A vibrant and robust discussion in the media on the clean energy transition can support and strengthen the public as well as policy understanding, discussions and decision making. Through the Clean Energy series, Mongabay-India aims to explore the nuances that build the larger picture of India's clean energy ambitions. The series of stories will look at India’s performance in clean energy and whether it is anywhere close to what it is meant to achieve. This would include progress in the generation, transmission, distribution and pricing of renewable power. The series will also look at the efficacy of linking renewable power generation to local grids and the progress made towards making grid-linked systems viable for the producer-consumers. It will analyze the distribution between centralized, utility-scale installations vis-à-vis decentralized, rooftop installations. In addition, the series will also look at whether India’s transition from fossil-fuel based energy production to renewable energy is just towards the environment and society.


A decade on, India’s first solar park has many promises left to fulfil

Will making banks obligated to invest in renewables help India’s energy transition?

Odisha’s single window mechanism aims to ensure upkeep of solar assets

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Renewable energy, limited land

How India’s public sector units can impact the clean energy transition

Decentralised renewable solutions could aid rural energy transition

Hydropower project nudges a tribal community out of their land in Himachal Pradesh

[Webinar] Is India’s clean energy quest inclusive of women?

Repurposing land in Korba’s coal mines can support a just transition

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Clean waste

India dangles carrots to promote green hydrogen

India should focus on procuring minerals crucial for powering EVs: study

Assam tea gardens experiment with solar for reliable power supply and cutting costs, emissions

Pavagada solar park busts notions of renewable energy as inherently good

Given land for power, Pavagada residents now powerless

[Commentary] Green language of the Union Budget may result in net loss for the environment

In Odisha’s first solar village, maintenance issues plague the mini solar plant

[Webinar] Who benefits from India’s clean energy jobs?

Gond women take charge of water and farming in their village
Special series
Wetland Champions
- [Commentary] India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia
- [Commentary] Wetland champions: Promise from the grassroots
- The story of Jakkur lake sets an example for inclusive rejuvenation projects
- Welcome to Tsomgo lake: Please don’t litter

Environment And Health
- Sewing their way to a sustainable menstruation
- Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India
- In a Himachal village, people accuse a waste management plant for contaminating water
- [Commentary] Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us

Almost Famous Species
- From a life among royals, to fighting for survival
- What do bees see? Developing urban gardens to attract pollinators
- [Interview] Whitley Award winner from Nepal emphasises on crossborder collaboration to protect the red panda
- [Interview] Priyan Perera: Shining a light on the little-studied Indian pangolins in Sri Lanka

India's Iconic Landscapes
- [Commentary] Is expansion of aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans an ecological threat or a pathway to sustainable development?
- One year of Similipal forest fire: The hits and misses
- Grasses spur mangroves to grow in an erosion-riddled Sundarbans patch
- Scientists raise caution as mangroves erode faster along the Bengal coastline

Beyond Protected Areas
- Tiger movements between India and Nepal become increasingly restricted, even as numbers rise
- Failure to cut GHG emissions is putting species conservation in eastern Himalayas at risk
- [Commentary] Connecting corridors for tigers in Central India
- Trafficked kangaroos rescued in north Bengal en route to Indore turn the spotlight on Indian zoos

Conserving Agro-biodiversity
- Farmers fear low fruit production as Kashmir records decline in precipitation
- Scientists sequence chickpea genome which could inform crop improvement efforts
- [Video Explainer] What is the significance of the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill and why did it face opposition?
- Tackling agrobiodiversity loss in Odisha’s Similipal protected area
