WATCH: Why we should use a fan with air conditioners?
The draft of air from the ceiling fan can help remove hot air from over the skin and help the sweat evaporate during humid days
Renewable energy provided jobs to 11 mn people in 2018: IRENA report
Solar photovoltaics (PV) industry emerged as the top employer with 3.6 million jobs
Global industrial emissions: Steeling through?
The sector is not adopting cutting-edge technologies, switching fuels, or even working on energy efficiency and demand reduction
How a Kerala couple built a sustainable mud house of their dreams
Hari and Asha built their eco-friendly home at just Rs 4 lakh
Half of Indian states lags national average in first energy, climate index
Small states perform better on environmental sustainability
Energy demand can be lowered with efficient appliances, behavioural change: Study
If old fans are exchanged for efficient 5-star ones, it can help households in saving money and reduce the load on the power grid, the study said
Energy transition holds key to tackle global energy and climate crisis: IRENA
World Energy Transitions Outlook outlines priority actions till 2030 to keep 1.5°C alive; calls on governments to fast-track energy …
India needs an energy disclosure policy
BEE needs to revisit, revive, and expand its star rating system for all designated consumers, especially buildings. It can’t be kept …
Not so green: Developing countries raise clean energy targets, but implementation remains incomplete
Disparity between long-term objectives and short-term execution strategies indicates that policymakers still have a lot of work to do
India needs to triple energy generation by 2070 to achieve development, net-zero: Study
Previous estimates of India’s minimum energy intake did not consider that India would have to simultaneously attain net-zero by 2070 and a …
How 10 billion people could live well by 2050 – using as much energy as we did 60 years ago
Achieving such a world requires radical action on all fronts, including the mass rollout of the best technologies available
COVID-19: Three charts study power demand a week after lockdown
Peak electricity demand plummeted 27% — to 123,000 MW on March 31 from 169,000 MW on March 4
Making India energy-independent by 2047: A look at PM Modi’s blueprint
The PM’s remarks come a few months before India is projected to miss its goal of reducing crude oil import dependence by 2022
COVID-19 candle plan: Delhi power demand dropped 37% in 25 min
Delhi’s power demand fell down to 1,257 MW at 9:10 pm from 2,008 MW at 8:45 pm on April 5
Learning curve: E-Mobility stories from India’s hilly terrains
Shimla, Agartala, Guwahati are steadily switching to electric buses for public transport
Clean hydrogen can cut carbon emissions 34%: Study
Can be achieved at manageable costs using wind and power energy, according to the study
G20 energy ministers call for cooperation on nuclear energy & low-emission hydrogen
A tripling of renewable energy has been changed to “tripling of clean technology capacity,” says expert
Africa’s energy sector will need to transform radically — these are the five biggest challenges
The relatively high risks that investors assign to most African countries, as compared to the rest of the world, mean they demand a higher return …
Why rooftop solar and storage offers a viable future for India
Energy storage represents a huge economic opportunity for India. Concerted strategies could help India meet its emission reduction targets
PAT: Centre’s decarbonisation scheme not effective enough, says new CSE report
There has been very feeble reduction of CO2 emissions in the thermal sector under this scheme during the last ten years, finds CSE report
Small step, wrong direction
CDM ensures that the first step taken in Kyoto towards a climate change convention was actually in the wrong direction. The Kyoto Protocol, the '…
MPs can drive home policy changes — by asking the right questions
Question on non-compliance by thermal power plants in Rajya Sabha should have driven home a bigger point. Problem, however, was the question …
COVID19: Green stimulus should step in to counter oil price crash
There is no inevitable link between oil prices and carbon emissions, a lot depends on responsible policy
BIMSTEC region can provide green, affordable energy access to all
It is necessary to develop renewable energy in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner
Physicists hunt for superconductors that can revolutionise world’s energy system
Superconductors can address the problem of unwanted heat produced from electrical energy. But there is a rider: they operate at ultra-low …
