Learnings from the German storage model: How it is helping stabilise the grid
Almost 70 per cent of home solar PV in Germany comes with battery energy storage attached
Solar irrigation can transform Indian agriculture, enhance livelihoods of small to marginal farmers
Farmers can have control over water and electricity supply through solar water pumps
Renewable Africa: Turbine for first Sudanese wind plant arrives from the Netherlands
The project is expected to serve as a role model for other African countries keen on enhancing their renewable energy capacity
Wind-dominated renewables will be key to limit electricity sector emissions: Report
India’s carbon emissions from electric power industry can be held at the 2018 levels in 2030 at costs comparable to a fossil fuel-dominated …
Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward
An emissions intensity scheme would provide a stable carbon policy that the electricity sector needs to have investment confidence
Let's chemically rebuild fossil fuels to create sustainable energy
By taking a leaf out of how plants produce energy, we must combine hydrogen with carbon to produce artificial fossil fuels
Solar Power Tree
Solar Power Tree is a structure that is designed like a tree with branches made of steel to hold the photovoltaic panels. India's first solar …
Extractive industries review
An independent review the World Bank commissioned wishes the Bank to stop funding all coal and oil mining projects in developing countries, …
2022: Looking back to move ahead for clean energy transitions
The presence of the goods and services tax impedes the country’s voluntary carbon market
'Breakthroughs in material sciences key to sustainable economy'
Peter Littlewood is the associate laboratory director for physical sciences and engineering at the Argonne National Laboratory in the USA. He …
Making sense of climate debate
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Big US firms form group to buy more renewable energy at competitive prices
Companies including Bloomberg, General motors sign Renewable Energy Buyers' Principles to meet power purchase goals
Concentrated solar power projects may get second extension
Lack of experience in handling new technologies and dearth of funds have been cited as reasons for delay in commissioning projects
Greenest of all
Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement
Pressure point
At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in …
Incentives needed for cleaner energy from thermal power sources
The Electricity Act, 2003 needs to address the issue of incentivising adoption of cleaner fuels to generate power
Can developing world adapt to climate change like Germany?
Experts doubt if countries whose shorelines are being fast eroded by the sea level rise and coastal regions being battered by extreme weather …
G-20 countries deceive the world by promoting fossil gas production
Shifting reliance from one fossil fuel to a relatively lesser polluting fossil fuel will not lead to de-carbonization
‘If Agenda 2030 is not achieved, the world faces threat to stability’
Several businessmen, investors and experts are of the opinion that energy transition is the key to keeping the world peaceful and stable
What’s derailing growth of solar energy in some US states?
Despite facing widespread opposition from people, Indiana legislators have been trying to slow the growth of solar for years
Record renewable power capacity installed in 2016
Installed renewable capacity touched the 2,000-gigawatt-milestone, on the back of a growing solar sector
Highest-ever solar capacity added in 2016, claims report
Around 70 gigawatt of solar power was added in 2016, taking the total global power capacity from solar sector to nearly 300 gigawatt
Time for green hydrogen in India is now, says RK Singh; invites private players to invest
The prime minister had launched the National Hydrogen Mission August 15 last year, which aimed to make India a green hydrogen hub
An unusual contest: Great Indian Bustards vs great Indian green energy quest
Rajasthan's state bird, the great Indian bustard, might lose its last natural habitat to wind and solar power plants