Wind sector in India needs an overhaul — here's why

Transparent and closed bids, bundling of tarrif some ways in which wind energy sector can go up again 

UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering from fossil fuels amid global energy crisis

Calls for windfall tax to fund fair policies and sustainable energy solutions  

Smokestacks lightening?

Emissions are bound to increase. The power sector improves, but others will spew more, especially iron and steel

Energy security: China has its capital but India can focus on partnerships

Rather than putting an end to what China is doing, India should try to come closer to reaching some degree of parity, says Michael Kugelman  

A dull year for renewable energy

While the increase in solar capacity has been stated clearly, it is unclear what direction the currently faltering renewable industry will take …

Practical matters

Despite growth in renewables, coal-based power will continue to fulfil a large share of India's power needs. Instead of resisting the new …

Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

How smart metering infrastructure can help distressed power sector

When electricity demand is expected to rise by 95% by 2030, India’s power sector is marred with high Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&…

Germany in transition

From an economy addicted to coal and nuclear energy, Germany is fast transforming into one driven by renewables. Its aim is to demonstrate to the …

Mahan at all costs

How government bent all rules to ensure Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh goes to Essar and Hindalco for mining coal

Coal quandary

In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …

No evidence of policy-driven fall in US emissions post-2005, says new book

'Capitan America', a comprehensive analysis of the US climate action plan, says US INDCs are neither equitable nor ambitious  

Energy access goals need greater effort in post-COVID-19 world: Report

Report calls SDG 7 progress of last few years regarding access to electricity insufficient; says pandemic will make things worse

SC refuses to extend pollution norms deadline for power producers

The association of power producers sought extension to deadline for meeting pollution norms to 2024 from 2022

Why better policies are needed for sewage water use in thermal power plants

Thermal power plants within 50 km of STPs are required to use treated sewage; but there has not been any positive move on ground

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 …

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 …

Resource war India after 2020

If the developing world today is the locus of climate change  mitigation, including reduction in emissions, then there surely must exist a …

Indian villages are 100% electrified, but what’s next?

Government must introduce policies that focus on utility of quality electricity than just connections

Switching off power

Australia's "some polluters pay" principle

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