Power to the environment

India needs to rethink its power generation strategies for the sake of environment

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South Asia

Electricity grid to get smart

Performance-based funds to half power distribution loss

Smart cards to buy electricity

Power company claims it will save money spent on raising bills  

Renewables lose favour

Regulators to cut trading prices of renewable energy certificates

Dark side of the coin

Injudicious state policies are not the only ones responsible for California's blackouts

Green substitute

Of props and power

In Court

Double legal action

Home grown power

More and more villages are opting for affordable, manageable micro-hydel projects

Dependence on power subsidies hampers efficiency in India

Towards subsidy-free power

Undue profits

UK's flawed carbon pricing

Realising low carbon infrastructure dream

IDFC report puts forth an assortment of diverse solutions

Can biomass co-firing offer a viable solution to coal shortage and stubble burning?

It is a win-win solution for the farmers and the environment

Solar, wind power

Cooling tactics

Water body and trees around the building provide cooling effect

N-plant weeded out

The snag-ridden past of Rajasthan Atomic Power Station's unit-I may have caught up with it

Salt farmers

Save power the smart way

India gets smart grid that monitors electricity use in real time

New study maps how much energy, nutrients and water are locked in world’s wastewater

Efficiently treating wastewater can help meet SDGs: UN-backed research

Union Budget 2020-2021: Suggests closure of carbon-intensive coal power plants

But mere suggestion may not work for these repeat offenders

Nepal declares energy emergency

To generate 2,500 MW of electricity by 2016

Recycling spree

After paper and plastic, it is the turn of car parts to be recycled