The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Indian government has now come forward with its latest draft policy, aimed at repowering old and low-performing wind turbines to maximise…
The transmission infrastructure is the backbone of India's power sector as the power generated from different plants, passes through the transmission structures to reach the consumers. India's transmission infrastructure is…
In 2014, the installed capacity of wind energy was eight times that of solar energy in India. Now, eight years later, in 2022, the solar energy installed capacity has not…
The expanse and success of wind energy in India is concentrated in a few states because of the commercial viability and favourable wind and climate conditions they offer. About 95…
India has approved its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) which it will submit to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). NDCs, which are long-term voluntary commitments made…
Despite the increasing expansion of wind energy in India, research on the impact of windfarms on terrestrial mammals is limited. A recent study, published earlier this year, addresses this knowledge…
In an old wind farm in the wind-rich region of Kayathar in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, there are 30 wind turbines, each with a 200-kilowatt (kW) capacity. Many…
In the windy village of Radhapuram, in the Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, Aditya Ganesh, who works with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and The Environment (ATREE), is studying…
Driving southward from Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli city, one crosses many towns and villages with all the typical scenes one would expect – busy buses and trains, students in a rush,…
A protected geographical location between the southern tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka, the Gulf of Mannar is a sensitive ecological zone as it is home…
Renewable energy projects require vast tracts of one limited resource - land. The second episode of Mongabay-India’s podcast series, GigaWhat, explores the challenges of land conflicts and renewable energy projects.…
Sandeep Acharya, a 23-year-old college student from Pargi, a small hilly city in Vikarabad district of Telangana, is a witness to the state’s focus on clean energy and its impact…
The Indian government has been attempting to boost the solar sector in its pursuit of ambitious renewable energy targets. However, the sunshine sector could be eclipsed by the flip-flop on…
