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Part of the bike rally taken out by fishers dependent on the Panchet dam on September 7. Image courtesy of Rajen Tudu.

Floating solar projects test India’s just transition promise

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 9 Oct 2025

Historical climate data helps predict renewable energy “drought” events

Nandhini Somasundaram 5 Sep 2025
A weather monitoring station at Randullabad, Maharashtra. Representative image by India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Improved weather forecasting can help manage renewable energy grid

Kundan Pandey 11 Jul 2025

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

Simrin Sirur 26 Aug 2024

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

Simrin Sirur 8 Aug 2024

Just transition policy should focus on social infrastructure, apart from alternative jobs: report

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2024
A spinning mill in Tamil Nadu. Spinning mills that manufacture yarn/thread for weaving the fabric, constitute one of the most power-intensive stages in textile manufacturing. Photo by Gowthami Subramaniam.

Harnessing clean energy for Tamil Nadu’s spinning mills is not as easy as it seems

Gowthami Subramaniam 16 Nov 2023

Investments in renewables need to triple to meet demand sustainably: report

Simrin Sirur 27 Oct 2023

India needs to face challenge of funding thermal power plant closure, says new report

Simrin Sirur 5 Oct 2023

First tender for offshore wind energy expected end of this year, but sector wants more time to study sites

Simrin Sirur 12 Sep 2023

The balance between expanding renewable projects and feeding India’s population

Zoya Ada Hussain 4 Sep 2023
The first wind power project was planned to be developed at the site in the Bidda village of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo arranged by Tauseef Ahmed.

A wind project has been waiting to power up for a decade in Jammu and Kashmir

Tauseef Ahmad 12 Jul 2023
Nordsee One is an offshore wind farm in the German part of the North Sea. India is also planning to bid out 37 gigawatts (GW) equivalent of offshore wind projects by 2029-30. Photo by Capmat007/Wikimedia commons

Miles to sail to harness offshore wind

Pranav Sinha 29 Jun 2023

Ballari’s former mine workers look for space in emerging renewable sector

Manish Kumar 9 Jun 2023

Electricity rules amendment could improve green energy access for small consumers

Pranav Sinha 5 Jun 2023

As renewable sector grows, need for regulating it comes to the fore

Kundan Pandey 20 Apr 2023
Nagarjuna Sagar dam across the Krishna river in Telangana. Photo by Sumanth K/Wikimedia Commons.

India’s norms for pumped storage hydro projects aim to facilitate energy storage

Manish Kumar 2 Mar 2023

Green building regulations give impetus to sustainable data centers in India

Rashmi Singh 28 Feb 2023

Decentralised solar is transforming rural India, needs an extra push

Manish Kumar 27 Feb 2023

[Interview] Purnima Jalihal on the evolution and future of ocean energy systems in India

Sahana Ghosh, Priyanka Shankar 24 Feb 2023