Dipping levels

WB chokes Lake Victoria

Is the Babudom reformed?

Uranium Rush

It is imperative to improve water efficiency in India’s coal-fired thermal power plants

Massive water withdrawal will not only have repercussions on the watersheds across India but will ultimately interrupt the functioning of …

Reliance gets CERC nod to spend Rs 1,663 crore on device to reduce pollution

This approval would allow the company to recover the cost of its system from its customers

Renewables will be cheaper than coal in the future. Here are the numbers

In coming decades, price of renewable energy will fall significantly relative to new-build coal, making an all-renewable electricity system more …

Sun burnt

In a panic to meet its solar energy target Karnataka changed its policy. The move has almost destroyed the initiative

Past their prime

Around 20 per cent of India's coal-based power plants have completed their life. It is time these highly inefficient and polluting units were shut

Just what is heavy water?

Down To Earth explains the importance of the culprit behind the leak at Kakrapar on Friday

Why solar power rates touching a historic low could be bad news

Though power rates have fallen substantially, capacity of projects that are bid for has not increased

How viable is nuclear energy

>>The Power of Promise, Examining Nuclear Energy in India, by M V Ramana, Penguin, Rs 699

Power play

In 1999, Spencer Abraham tried to close down the US department of energy. Thanks to George W Bush, he now heads it

Nuclear power plant

Chain reaction

Missing the target

More nuclear freedom for Brazil

Disaster's relics on sale

Delhi takes back Supreme Court plea to shut down 10 thermal power plants

Delhi govt wanted polluting electricity plants to first fit in pollution-curbing technology

24X7 electricity for all is an impossible target

With a projected population of 135.2 crore in 2022, the required electricity in India will be 4,759 billion units

Who US, what sanctions?

By conducting nuclear tests, India was only asserting its sovereignty. Now, if it gives in to US pressure tactics, it will tantamount to begging …

The truth about solar mission

For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to …

India’s coal power fleets under-utilised, says report, amid auctions

Performance of coal power fleets declined by 21 per cent from 78 per cent in 2010 — a historical low

Going off-grid to power solution

Dams in the north-east will also ruin livelihoods

After neglecting the north-east for years, Delhi now feels the need to initiate "developmental" activities in the region. There is good reason. …

Maharashtra's tariff structure renders solar power unviable

State electricity regulatory commission's power tariff structure favours private wind energy producers