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The potential toxic fallout of herbicide use in solar parks

Gowthami Subramaniam 6 Mar 2025
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
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

Has solar energy been deployed to the point of no return? Some researchers think so

Simrin Sirur 11 Jan 2024

Glare hazard from solar panels, a safety concern for the airports switching to clean energy

Ravleen Kaur 30 Aug 2023

As temperatures increase, India’s solar sector feels the heat

Arathi Menon 21 Jun 2023

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

Kundan Pandey 20 Apr 2023

Rooftop solar extends deadline for target which is not a promising sign say experts

Kundan Pandey 1 Nov 2022
Image shows a mural depicting coal mine workers

Coal will stay strong even as solar shines in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 21 Sep 2022
Transmission lines near a windfarm in Tamil Nadu. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Upgrading the backbone of India’s power sector

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 6 Sep 2022
Community members of Chug CCA discuss on the issues of human-animal negative interactions. Photo by Manisha Kumari.

[Commentary] Solar fencing to combat human-animal negative interaction in Arunachal

Manisha Kumari 23 Aug 2022
A wind turbine in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district.

Lagging wind energy needs attention, says standing committee report

Kundan Pandey 22 Aug 2022
A destructed belt of mangrove plants in the erosion prone coast of Pentha in the Kendrapara district of Odisha. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Climate change could impact India’s renewable energy potential over the next 50 years

Manish Kumar 19 Aug 2022

Amid challenges, India announces new climate goals with updated NDCs

Manish Kumar 12 Aug 2022
A wind farm in Tamil Nadu. Open access for green energy could help minimise fossil fuel usage and promote country-wide trade of clean energy.

Discoms and states pivotal to making renewable energy via open access a success

Manish Kumar 4 Jul 2022

[Video] Why rooftop solar is struggling in Bengaluru

Mohit M. Rao and Dheeraj Aithal 17 Jun 2022
Boy in Bihar, using solar pump to bath. Solar pumps can save upto 20 percent of input cost. Image by Ayush Manik/Flickr

Decentralised solar setups give power access to small farmers, facilitate innovations

Manish Chandra Mishra 10 Jun 2022

After starting off slow, Jharkhand eyes mega projects to boost clean energy in state

Manish Kumar 6 May 2022
A woman walks across a mini-solar grid plant in Gumla district. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Manish Kumar 22 Apr 2022

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

Manish Kumar 14 Mar 2022