New wave

Better alternatives

Goa set to soar

Sky bus project promises to be environment-friendly and economical

Windward shift

Renewed focus

But the next one year is crucial to renewable energy in India

Microbial fuel cell

A device that helps generate electricity from human faeces

Union Budget 2019-20: Power access still in focus, what about solar rooftop?

Here’s taking stock of what the Union Budget 2019 had for renewable energy and access to energy

After 4 years of high-intensity rains, Kerala inching towards drought with 45% deficit rainfall

Lack of sufficient rains is likely to impact farming expenses and yields this time; drinking water, power generation affected

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

South Africa can expect intensified discussion about the impact of energy shortages on agriculture, food, fibre & beverages production

Ukraine: 213 attacks on power infrastructure by Russia spark disaster fears

Disruption of power supply to the Donbas coal basin has potentially led to high levels of water pollution  

Devil’s Advocate: Are solar electricity and electric vehicles really ‘clean’

A behind-the-scenes look helps one know that human as well as economic costs need to be paid upfront to make either solar grade silicon or put …

India's industrial production shrinks 1.1% in August

Quick estimates show declines in manufacturing, electricity andnegligible growth in mining

Costa Rica beating its own records on renewable energy usage

The nation went 300 days using only renewable energy this year. It beat its own 2015 record in doing so

Are Lithium-ion batteries too pricey for India’s renewable market?

Currently, it is the more exorbitant option and there are reasons to question economic sense of using Li-ion technology

Current global emissions: who is emitting what

Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment analyses the total, per capita and sectorwise greenhouse gas emissions of different …

Why AAP’s subsidies mean increased cost of living for me

Rich house owners, the urban minority, will benefit from AAP's power and water subsidies and they will certainly not pass on this benefit to the …

Insistence on dollar payments delays ocean power project

A US firm proposing to set up a project off the Tamil Nadu coast that will supply electricity and potable water from the ocean wants to be paid …

Turning an old leaf

Power from plants Walt Patterson Publisher: Royal Institute of International Affairs Price: Not stated

Power the future

Coal and nuclear power plants are pass; invest in micropower technologies, says a Worldwatch report

Skin-deep Hinduism

Desperate Hindu extremists are making a mockery of the real problems that the river Ganga faces

Russia-Ukraine conflict pushing world towards clean energy, finds World Energy Outlook 2022

Switch to renewables means natural gas no longer a viable transition fuel

India’s growing power crisis: Newer, efficient plants lying idle may have role to play

Newer plants that are idle or underutilised have cumulative capacity of 11,140 MW

Africa's first grid-connected biogas plant makes energy affordable, cuts carbon emissions

The biogas plant in Kenya is converting waste into biogas to provide energy

Getting smart

...with materials that can sense changes in the environment and adjust accordingly

Caught in a crossfire

A proposed power generation project in Laos has become the target of environmentalists' ire