In Odisha, regular cyclones push people to turn towards renewable energy

Lack of consumer awareness, timely approval of net metering applications and tax increase hinder further growth of solar in Odisha

Solar Impulse's biggest legacy will be in your home – not in the skies

Solar Impulse has raised the profile of solar power and people might consider how they can do their bit to use cleaner energy

Adani, Azure Power win solar bids in Uttar Pradesh

Solar energy is significant for the energy mix because of its decentralised and modular nature

Bihar to delist solar and thermal projects worth Rs 2.25 lakh crore

Companies have drawn government’s ire after their failure to start nearly 50 approved projects

Little to show for crores of rupees spent

Inefficient use funds, not lack of resources, is responsible for the failure of scientific departments to meet their targets, says a recent CAG …

The first farmer under PM-KUSUM scheme now earns Rs 4 lakh per month

He is the 1st person in India to generate income by selling clean energy to power distribution companies using PM-KUSUM

New method to fabricate graphene sheet fabricated from camphor

With the new technology, the layer can be extracted and transferred to other substrates depending on the application

How to set up a solar plant on your roof and earn money

The ministry of environment subsidises grid connected roof top solar power systems. With as little as 10 square metres of roof space one can …

Things you must know about world's largest solar plant

The largest solar plant in the world is up and running in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. Here's some things you must know about it

The Tesla battery heralds the beginning of the end for fossil fuels

Tesla has introduced the Powerwall, a wall-mounted energy storage unit that can hold 10 kilowatt hours of electric energy, and deliver it at an …

The liquid heat trap

A giant pond at a dairy in Gujarat is the world's largest water storehouse of the sun's energy and heats about 80,000 litres of water everyday

Harnessing renewables

Auroville moves ahead on the road to energy sufficiency by using non-conventional energy sources

Largest hybrid renewable energy system to be set up in Jamaica

80 kiloWatt installation will generate more than 106,000 kiloWatt hours of energy every year

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  

Repowering: Why Tamil Nadu’s old wind turbines are still awaiting replacement

Benign environmental conditions, low maintenance costs among factors resulting in Tamil Nadu’s 2-decade-old turbines still being in use &…

The promise and reality of renewable energy

This is not the time to be complacent with green power growth in India because the challenges have grown too

10 interesting facts on India’s largest solar power plant

When this solar power plant will work to its full capacity, it will account for nearly 10 per cent of India’s installed solar capacity

Breakthrough in thermal storage technology

The plant will use a technology that will be able to produce electricity for about 20 hours in a day

The same stale nostrums

Energy Options for Africa -- Environmentally Sustainable Alternatives Edited & Introduced by: Stephen Karekezi & Gordon A Mackenzie …

Jaswant Singh keeps up the tokenism

Breaking with tradition, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh chose not to conform to the two-part format while delivering his maiden budget …

As told to Parliament (December 23, 2022): India building 11 nuclear power reactors with 8,700 MW capacity

India currently has 22 nuclear reactors with an installed nuclear power capacity of 6,780 megawatts, Jitendra Singh tells Rajya Sabha  

Another batch of solar projects up for grabs in India

The government races ahead by announcing guidelines for new solar projects, with 3,000 MW worth of solar energy already opened up to stakeholders

Budget 2023-24: Centre lacks clarity on India’s climate change obligations

Government should not allow the ageing units to operate endlessly and instead consider the environmental damage and GHG emissions from such units

Report shows ways to achieve sustainable, off-grid lighting in Africa

The number of people in the continent living in areas without access to power grids is expected to rise to about 700 million by 2030

The sunny side

Another 100 years and the world will begin to suffer from high fever. Utilising solar energy may prevent a catastrophe