For border villages in Rajasthan, electricity remains elusive

While electricity poles have been installed in some villages, lines have not been laid

Double standards of the world's green helmets

Fly-ash phoenix

Tax on fly ash

Power play

There is growing opposition to the setting up of a power plant in Madhya Pradesh

STRONG WARNING

PROTEST AGAINST POWER

Brickbats

Manufacturers won't mix fly ash in bricks; to go on strike

Deja vu

Coal based thermal power plants come back to haunt villages in Udupi district, Karnataka

Flawed yet needed

Solar energy is everybody's business

Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it

Free the air of mercury

Newly launched Minamata Convention weak on mercury released by thermal power plants

Stubble burning crisis: Why thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR have been slow in adopting biomass co-firing

Only three plants have reported higher quantities of biomass co-firing since December 2022 till August 2023

How about solar units on lakes if land is scarce?

It will prevent water loss through evaporation, while producing clean energy

Power plant resurrected

ASHES TO DUMP

BRAZIL

Lights out in Hong Kong to protest polluted air

Shut and opened

Energy in news on May 4

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Renewable energy in India: Tamil Nadu one of the world’s top 9 green power markets

But a stagnation in wind energy generation and payment delay might derail this

Renewable energy use is growing, but at a slow pace

New report notes that renewable energy is mostly being used in the power sector

Power problems

Gasping on flyash

Burgeoning flyash dumps in Kolaghat spread silicosis

Food for thought