May 25, 2023
 
Dear Readers,

Greetings from the Centre for Science and Environment!

We are very grateful for your continued support to this Newsletter over the past 6 months. It gives us immense pleasure to share with you the revamped Energy Transitions newsletter from the Renewable Energy Unit of CSE. I hope you like the new, revised look.

CSE has been actively pursuing promotion of novel technologies in RE with an overall objective of enhancing access to clean and affordable energy. As an ongoing effort, we continuously produce web articles and publications with insights focusing on key aspects of the energy transition story for India and Africa. I hope you enjoy reading some of the web articles produced recently along with the publications we have included in this newsletter.

RE in India has been going through a consistent developmental phase with continuously evolving policy landscape striving for a level playing field for the concerned stakeholders. Although, concerted efforts have been paying off yet a lot needs to be done to narrow the gap between energy demand and supply of affordable power with the help of a bucket of technology options and supply mechanisms. Africa, however, is seeing a humble beginning of a journey that is thousands of miles long to address the basic challenges in providing access to clean power and fuel to its people.

The Newsletter includes information on the upcoming learning programs of CSE too. CSE provides learning opportunities to professionals through tailor-made training programs on various thematic areas. Links to some of the upcoming training programs are provided below. We recommend you to please glance through the links and register if it interests you.

Please do let us know about your experience of this revised Newsletter! We would be grateful to receive your invaluable feedback and inputs to improve the newsletter further.
   
 
Down To Earth
 

Jay C. Shiv

Programme Director
Renewable Energy, CSE
 
 
 
 
 
CSE WRITES
 
Shift to clean energy means race for minerals is accelerating
by Maitreyi Karthik, CSE
Water is Nature
 
   
 
Water For All Clean(er) cooking in India: We need a transition to better solutions along with smarter policies
by Noble Varghese, CSE
 
   
 
Napier grass: A game-changer in bio-CNG production
by Rahul Jain, CSE
Water is Nature
 
   
 
Water For All Coal to decline to half in India's power mix by 2030, renewables to meet new demand: CEA
by Avantika Goswami, CSE
 
 
 
 
FIGURING IT OUT
GREEN TRANSITION: WHAT’S THE COST?
According to RBI’srecent report on climate change, Report on Currency and Finance, “cumulative total expenditure for adapting to climate change in India is estimated to be 85.6 lakh crore” by 2030 or around 2.5 per cent of the annual GDP. Read the coverage by Down To Earth’s Pulaha Roy here.
 
     
 
GREEN TRANSITION: WHAT’S THE COST?
 
 
 
 
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
     
 
 
 
 
 
QUOTE UNQUOTE
 
REPORTS
 
 
 
  NEWS  
   
 
Down To Earth
India Amends Power Policy Draft to Halt New Coal-Fired Capacity (Reuters, May 5, 2023)
India plans to stop building new coal-fired power plants, apart from those already in the pipeline, by removing a key clause from the final draft of its National Electricity Policy (NEP), sources told Reuters.
 
   
 
Down To Earth
Is Europe’s plan to import African solar energy sustainable? (InHabitat, May 16, 2023)
In the scramble to find energy, Europe is turning to North Africa for sustainable energy solutions. Solar and wind farms are popping up all over North Africa, but that presents some threats to the environment.
 
   
 
Down To Earth
Ukraine Is Planning Its Green Reconstruction Even as War Rages On (Bloomberg, May 15, 2023)
Ukrainian activists, scientists and architects are pushing for a post-war recovery unlike any in history, with a focus on climate resilience and clean energy.
 
 
 
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