‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’
Amit Gupta, director of legal and corporate affairs, Vikram Solar, talks to Down To Earth about the solar industry’s perspective on …
Carmichael approval a death-knell for the Great Barrier Reef
The go-ahead for the Adani Carmichael mine in Australia will be the end of the world’s ocean jewel
World’s 60 largest banks pumped $5.5 trillion into fossil fuels after the Paris Agreement: Report
$673 billion spent on fossil fuel financing in just 2022; clean energy finance has been largely stagnant
New CSE report advocates incentives and penalties for getting clean power
‘First Run’ urges incentivising power stations that meet revised pollution norms and penalising those that don’t
Union Budget 2022-23: National biomass co-firing policy mooted by CSE in focus
Co-firing to cut CO2 by 38 million tonnes annually, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in budget speech
What the Asia-Pacific needs to leap forward on climate action
To break their 'two steps forward, one step back' routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets
Oceans absorb 90% of human-induced planet warming: Study
Earth’s energy is out of balance; planet to warm more if imbalance persists or increases, paper warns
Record demand for coal power in 2021, way off Net Zero: IEA
Carbon emissions from coal will be 3 gigatonnes higher in 2024 than required to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050
These countries plan to throw a spanner in CoP26 works, warn BBC
A comment from India cited “tremendous challenges” to say that coal will remain the main source of energy in the coming decades
Coal here to stay, but measures can cut down emissions by 22%: CSE
Coal to contribute around 50% of electricity generation mix even in 2030, according to CSE analysis
Biden, Keystone XL and a Green New Deal could shake up Canada’s energy industry
Biden’s comments emphasise the need to transition away from fossil fuels, echoing calls for a Green New Deal
Why is there a coal crisis in India?
International coal prices started reaching record highs from 2021 because of the rise in industrial demand, international price fluctuations and …
EV manufacturers fined over non-indigenous components: Misappropriation of subsidy or notional loss?
Basic necessities for making an EV battery, like aluminum and copper current collectors, are not available in India. Firms making them are …
World Environment Day 2021: Greenwashing will not help anybody
The political-industrial complex has been slowly hijacking the new global narrative of transformation and building back better
Visiting the Trinity Site featured in ‘Oppenheimer’ is a sobering reminder of the horror of nuclear weapons
The main attraction at the Trinity Site is a simple obelisk made of volcanic rocks marking Ground Zero
India’s vehicle industry needs EV mandate, finds CSE study
The government must bring in regulations that mandate the vehicle industry to have a certain percentage of their production and sales as zero-…
US Department of Energy announces breakthrough in nuclear fusion, sets path to clean energy source
Stepping stone to clean energy; Commercialisation of nuclear fusion technology still decades away
Nord Stream leaks: Where will Europe get its gas from now?
The next two winters are going to be very challenging for all of Europe’s gas consumers
India’s MSMEs must pare emissions and climate finance may be the nudge they need
Traditional funds are not enough for the MSME sector to achieve decarbonisation; we need to unlock international climate funds as well
Ronaldo’s latest action is making people rethink their love for Coca Cola
Carbonated sweet drinks are a major contributor to obesity, lifestyle diseases and heart conditions
Solar power in Asia
The Philippines will get a solar power plant with the largest ever capacity in southeast Asia by 2002
Researchers produce power from wet clothes
IIT Kharagpur researchers generated power in natural ambience using the intrinsic surface energy of the fabric
National Electricity Plan: No coal expansion, renewable capacity to dominate in India by 2031-32
Emissions from power sector in a decade expected increase by 10 million tonnes; efficienty of plants to be improved
Coal’s share in India’s power mix to decline to half by 2030, renewables to meet new demand: CEA
Solar is expected to lift the load in the future power mix, while projections for large hydropower and wind remain modest
Study finds eight coal-fired thermal plants in India stranded liabilities, recommends acquisition by NTPC
In 2018, 34 stressed plants were identified; 26 resolved fully or partially