Bringing technology to women

As part of women's welfare programmes, various NGOs are promoting the use of renewable and alternative energy.

Current solutions

This time round, US secretary of energy Hazel O'Leary's visit to India was a successful business trip

Renewable energy: India’s wind power sector is in a downward spiral

The sector is losing its sheen, with dropping capacity addition, lukewarm response to new auctions, and a plummeting manufacturing sector

Renewables ministry guidelines for PM-KUSUM fail to address key concerns

The scheme aims to provide energy security along with financial and water security to farmers

'Renewable energy sector employment increased in 2015'

The total number of jobs in renewables worldwide continued to rise even as the growth in jobs slowed down compared to previous years, says a new …

Telangana announces new solar power policy

State offers many incentives to project developers, including allowing the acquisition of agricultural land for solar projects

New solar technology from Sweden claims to be the most efficient

The plant needs no water to generate electricity, unlike other concentrated solar power plants

Green taxes won't leave taxpayer in the red

Environmental protection will work only if it makes economic sense. And, one good way of making sure it does is by introducing a …

"We have completely ignored our biomass sector"

A M GOKHALE, secretary. Union Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, in conversation with KUSHAL P S YADAV

India’s renewable energy race: MP, UP will take more than 50 years to meet 2022 target at current pace

India needs to focus on its strengths of biomass, hydel power & have an accountability structure for meeting targets  

Energy market glitch

Why new renewable energy trading policy could be a win-lose rather than a win-win instrument

Is solar sector truly achieving grid parity?

Given the huge dependence on subsidy, can the trend of reducing solar tariffs be deemed as an achievement of the renewable energy or solar sector?

Flickering ray of hope for hill areas

Although small hydro electric schemes are considered ideal for remote hill villages, planners have overlooked crucial factors and not all …

Tracing a path from the sun

Present-day interest in solar power has arisen mainly because of rapidly dwindling energy resources. But the quest for tapping the sun's energy …

Plastic prowess

There is immense promise in it. It is rechargeable, non-toxic and flexible. It is the new plastic battery

Winds of change in Scotland

Wind farms have the Scots swept off their feet. A recent study by Mori Scotland, a market research agency in the uk, has found overwhelming …

Economic Survey 2022-23: Production of coal to cross 900 million tonnes next financial year

Coal industry is expected to grow at 6-7 per cent annually to reach a production level of one billion tonnes by 2025-2026

Will mandates change fate of distributed renewables post COVID-19? 

Even as distributed renewable energy sector faces downfall, expert consensus is that situation will be short-lived

Burden of relief: The cost of letting captive plants off green power grid

The Union government’s decision to exempt captive power plants from meeting renewable energy targets will upset India’s climate …

Get on the ray

Book>> A Solar Future For India • edited by G M Pillai • World Institute of Sustainable Energy • Rs 1,200

Technology gives traditional water-mills a lift

The gharat, a water wheel used for centuries by the Himalayan people, has now been modified so that it can empower several machines simultaneously.…

World's state as precarious as ever

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"Some power is better than none"

With the country, reeling under an intensifying power crunch, and various authorities only predicting a darker future, the search for …

Green power

The seed of a humble tree may be a substitute for diesel and could hasten rural electrification

CDM path cleared

The Union cabinet has given the green light for setting up a 'designated national authority' to clear projects being executed under the Clean …