The eastern state of Odisha has solar energy potential around seven times more than the estimates of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), claims a recent study published…
Odisha, which has typically not been considered a state with high renewable energy potential, is aiming to incentivise and focus on clean energy development within the state, as reflected in…
Talcher in the Angul district of Odisha is merely 123 kilometres away from the state capital Bhubaneswar and is well connected with two long stretched roads -- one is a…
Rairangpur is a city in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, which recently came into the limelight when Droupadi Murmu, who hails from the city, was elected as the 15th President…
Uppada is a coastal village in the East Godavari district, around 18 kilometres north of the Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh. The village has faced ingress of seawater over the…
Barapitha, a tribal village situated close to the metro city of Bhubhaneshwar in Odisha, had no access to electricity until 2015. On Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, that year, the…
Dhinkia village in Jagatsinghpur district lies around two kilometers away from the Bay of Bengal coast in the eastern state of Odisha. Last month, after the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Saraju Nayak is a woman farmer based at Jirabadi village under the Bhanjnagar Block of disaster-prone Ganjam district in Odisha. Her family owns around 10 acres of land in the…
As winter was about to set in the coastal state of Odisha, Batakrushna Sahoo, 71, was preparing to travel to New Delhi for an event he had never earlier imagined…
Piyush Ranjan Rout is an urban planner based in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of the eastern Indian coastal state of Odisha. He had installed a 1kW off-grid solar panel on…
At the ongoing Glasgow climate summit, several countries including India, global and local automobile manufacturers and other stakeholders have agreed to work together to move towards zero vehicular emissions by…