Beads that can heat water
With fossil reserves fast depleting, new technologies promising more efficient use of renewable energy sources, especially the sun, are flooding …
'I don't think future generations will be very happy with our performance'
Michael Jefferson is vice-president of the London-based World Energy Council (WEC), an international association covering all energy forms. …
Sunshine sector loses sheen
About 40 kilometres from Delhi, in the bustling real estate market of Noida-Greater Noida, lies the biggest irony that the renewable energy …
THE RACE TO GO SOLAR
Arnab Pratim Dutta details about a public hearing to fix capital cost of solar power project to be sanctioned under JNNSM
The sun's there but the gizmos aren't
Despite readily available loans, industry is wary of producing solar photovoltaic devices on a large scale
Zambia awards solar capacity at record low tariff
The tariff of less than $0.04 per kWh shows that globally-competitive low tariffs are possible in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chemical traps
Harnessing solar energy has been a long-standing scientific goal. The latest approach employs chemicals that, like the leaves of a tree, soak up …
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
Ministry refuses to learn from experience
The MNES has proposed the establishment of a solar thermal power plant near Jodhpur, even though such plants have proved commercially unviable in …
Out in the cold
It is possible to design buildings that stay cool in summer and warm in winter and save energy. But interest in solar passive architecture …
Sun city
Architectural features that eliminate artificial heating or cooling of a building are becoming de rigeur
A better alternative
Cheaper and more easy to operate models of solar devices have been developed and these can also be built by the people who use them
Delhi rolls out first-ever solar policy, aims at 1,000 MW by 2020
Policy introduces novel initiative such as virtual net metering that has been especially framed for the city residents
The halo is hotter than the star
An astrophysicist tries to explain why, in violation of the laws of thermodynamics, the corona is hotter than the Sun.
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 …
Is SECI offering too much support to slowing solar sector?
Transformation of Solar Energy Corporation of India from a unit that manages distribution of solar subsidies into a trader of solar power can be …
Get on the ray
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Forecast: Clement climes
Given proper economic policies that fuel technological change, the world can rapidly switch over from fossil fuels to solar energy. In that case, …
‘You feel like superman’
Guim Valls Teruel and his wife Nguyen Thuy Anh travelled across 14 countries on hybrid solar electric bicycles before landing in Delhi. Between …
Starting off on the wrong foot
A non-conventional energy complex set up in Brahampur village lies in a shambles today because authorities disregarded the people's requirements
Nine African nations on track to join solar ‘gigawatt club’
Algeria emerging as the continent's third ‘solar champion’ after South Africa and Egypt
Researchers produce kerosene from sunlight, CO2 and water
The technology can be useful for the transport sector, especially for aviation and shipping, that will remain dependent on liquid fuels for long …
India is now the lowest-cost producer of solar power
The total installed costs of utility-scale solar PV in India is as low as $793 per kilowatt
Taming the Sun – Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet
How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation—creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and …