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Trump’s freeze on wind energy projects sparks backlash from industry, advocates
By: Binit Das
Government’s love affair with renewable energy is seemingly over as it sways towards a nuclear-led diversification strategy
By: Binit Das, Arvind Poswal, Nivit Kumar Yadav
Power Ministry’s answers to Rajya Sabha pinpoint India’s energy surplus and infrastructural bottlenecks — an analysis
By: Binit Das
How a mini-grid boom is rewriting Africa’s energy story
By: Binit Das
Zakariyapura — India’s climate-smart model village for biogas production & utilisation
By: Rahul Jain
India’s compressed biogas sector present opportunities for startup entrepreneurs
By: Rahul Jain
New Government’s Agenda: It’s now or never
By: Nivit Kumar Yadav, Binit Das, Rahul Jain, Arvind Poswal, Vaani Khanna
DTE Coverage: Agenda for new government
By: Trishant Dev, Tamanna Sengupta, Avantika Goswami, Nivit Kumar Yadav, Binit Das, Rahul Jain, Arvind Poswal, Vaani Khanna, Anumita Roychowdhury, Parth Kumar, Shreya Verma, Anubha Aggarwal, Depinder Kapur, Sushmita Sengupta, Sumita Singhal, Rajneesh Sareen, Mitashi Singh, Atin Biswas, Vibha Varshney, Amit Khurana, Richard Mahapatra
Budget 2024-25: Will measures taken for the renewable energy sector help achieve 2030 goals?
By: Binit Das, Arvind Poswal, Rahul Jain
DTE Coverage: Budget 2024-2025
By: Paresh Kumar, Rajat Ghai, Binay Panda, CP Rajendran, Vivek Mishra, Rohini Krishnamurthy, Manas Agrawal, Yasaswy Turlapati, Shagun, Himanshu Nitnaware, Vibha Varshney, Binit Das, Arvind Poswal, Rahul Jain, Anamika Yadav, Mohd Imran Khan, Raju Sajwan
Sustainable aviation fuels are crucial for global Net Zero
By: Rahul Jain, Priyanshi Saxena
Indian villages are 100% electrified, but what’s next?
By: Vaani Khanna
Convergence of government schemes has tripled profits in Rajasthan
By: Vaani Khanna
Crop Residue Management Guidelines 2023-24 welcome move for bioenergy industry but concerns remain
By: Vaani Khanna, Rahul Jain
Africa’s ambitious journey towards renewable energy – the ifs & buts
By: Binit Das
30 sub-Saharan Africa countries among 38 that fail to provide basic electricity access
By: Binit Das
India faces stiff challenge with management of 187,200 tonnes of solar PV waste
By: Binit Das
Offshore wind energy: India set to harness coastal breezes
By: Binit Das, Jay C Shiv
PM-JANMAN for tribal electrification: Beacon of hope or mirage?
By: Binit Das
Union Budget 2024-25: Why India’s rooftop solar plan fails to spark interest
By: Binit Das, Arvind Poswal
Floating solar: Opportunities abound, but so do obstacles
By: Binit Das
Shadows over solar: Rajasthan’s PM Surya Ghar Yojana faces implementation issues
By: Binit Das
Is viability gap funding enough to power India’s offshore wind dreams?
By: Binit Das, Arvind Poswal, Rahul Jain
Budget 2024-25: Will measures taken for the renewable energy sector help achieve 2030 goals?
By: Binit Das, Arvind Poswal, Rahul Jain
Why Madras High Court’s decision to strike down resource charges on wind power projects is a landmark one
By: Binit Das
The 500 GW switchover
By: Sunita Narain, Nivit Kumar Yadav, Binit Das, Arvind Poswal
From ambition to action: How Africa is harnessing solar energy
By: Binit Das
Can new guidelines for rooftop solar through utility-led business models accelerate adoption of PM-Surya Ghar scheme?
By: Arvind Poswal
New Government’s Agenda: It’s now or never
By: Nivit Kumar Yadav, Binit Das, Rahul Jain, Arvind Poswal, Vaani Khanna
Decentralised renewable energy is bringing this Odisha village’s energy aspirations to life
By: Vaani Khanna
India faces energy-economic growth paradox for achieving $10 trillion economy goal
By: Jay C Shiv
To venture or not to venture: Emerging compressed biogas sector lucrative for enterpreneurs but present dilemmas
By: Jay C Shiv
Unlocking power of pumped storage hydropower: A sustainable energy solution
By: Binit Das
PM-JANMAN for tribal electrification: Beacon of hope or mirage?
By: Binit Das
Crop Residue Management Guidelines 2023-24 welcome move for bioenergy industry but concerns remain
By: Vaani Khanna, Rahul Jain
High time to recreate biogas development & training centres to sustain India’s compressed biogas sector
By: Rahul Jain
Can rooftop solar projects help states achieve their renewable purchase obligation targets?
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Grid-scale storage can play vital role in boosting India’s renewable energy transition
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Decentralised renewable energy solutions may be the answer to Tanzania’s energy gap
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Clean(er) cooking in India: Country should explore e-cooking but address these challenges before switching
By: Noble Varghese
Global Biofuel Alliance can power India’s energy transition drive, but must have time-bound targets
By: Rahul Jain, Soumya Saraf
Bio-CNG projects as carbon credit generators
By: Rahul Jain, Soumya Saraf
Lithium titanate battery technology a boon to the energy storage market
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Let decentralised renewable energy be the solution to the Northeast’s energy woes
By: Jay C Shiv
We’re way off track to meet sustainable energy goals
By: Jay C Shiv
India’s compressed biogas sector needs a big push, says ETAC report
By: Rahul Jain
Can ALMM mandate bolster India’s renewable energy sector
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Can ALMM mandate bolster India’s renewable energy sector
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Shift to clean energy means race for minerals is accelerating
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
More domestic renewable energy generation, regional ties can help Thailand’s green transition
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
Myanmar, India’s gateway to ASEAN, can solve its power issues by shifting to renewables
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
Energy storage has a vital role to play in the green transition of BIMSTEC countries
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
BIMSTEC region can provide green, affordable energy access to all
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
India, Japan to improve bilateral cooperation towards clean energy transition
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
Can India’s G20 Presidency tackle climate change while ensuring energy access, security & transition?
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
Here are some new trends in electrolyser tech to catalyse green hydrogen production
By: Maitreyi Karthik
2022: Looking back to move ahead for clean energy transitions
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Mini-grids: Africa’s new tool to improve energy access, empower livelihoods
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Improvising power trade in South Asia can ease renewable energy access in the region
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
How South Asia’s massive renewable energy potential can boost green hydrogen production
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Rajiv Ratna Panda
Here is how demand aggregation can improve rooftop solar installation in India
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Innovative finance mechanisms can scale up clean cooking
By: Maitreyi Karthik, Binit Das
Policy enablers needed to strengthen India’s Bio-CNG sector
By: Rahul Jain
Uttar Pradesh’s Bioenergy Policy: Good on paper, execution may be tricky
By: Rahul Jain
Will algae biofuels become viable?
By: Rahul Jain
India’s green push for second-generation bioethanol
By: Rahul Jain
Will algae biofuels become viable?
By: Rahul Jain
India’s renewable energy race: MP, UP will take more than 50 years to meet 2022 target at current pace
By: Noble Varghese
Germany’s emissions-free trains: Is hydrogen fuel really a better alternative for transport?
By: Noble Varghese
Europe hypocrisy: Amid shift to coal, what about climate goals?
By: Binit Das
India’s wind energy sector struggles despite SECI’s oversubscribed bids
By: Binit Das
Recycling solar panels needs boost from Indian policymakers
By: Binit Das and Pooja Kumari
Wind sector in India needs an overhaul — here's why
By: Sapna Gopal
Production linked incentives no silver bullet for India’s solar sector
By: Sapna Gopal
A tool that identifies gaps, makes energy access a reality
By: Sapna Gopal
Will the Bill on Electricity Amendment change the power sector for the better?
By: Sapna Gopal
India’s renewable shift: Why re-training the coal-dependent society is key
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Closing the gender gap in clean energy transitions
By: Maitreyi Karthik
India’s evolving carbon market: Eye on policies for uniform emissions trading, Net Zero
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Achieving green steel: How India can bridge the gaps to decarbonise the sector
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Closing gap in international green financing important for India’s transition to clean energy
By: Koshy Cherail
Stockholm+50: We need decentralisation of ‘power’
By: Koshy Cherail
Decentralised renewable energy vital for strengthening Jharkhand's health sector
By: Maitreyi Karthik
India’s clean cooking transition: Why development financial institutions play major role
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Paving the way to sustainable energy generation with microgrids
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Achieving green steel: How India can bridge the gaps to decarbonise the sector
By: Maitreyi Karthik
India’s wind energy sector struggles despite SECI’s oversubscribed bids
By: Maitreyi Karthik
India’s wind energy sector struggles despite SECI’s oversubscribed bids
By: Binit Das, Pooja Kumari
Mumbai Climate Action Plan aims to remove carbon emissions by 2050. Can it be done?
By: Binit Das
Electric vehicles have a dark side too: Blood batteries and child labour
By: Binit Das
India’s wind energy sector struggles despite SECI’s oversubscribed bids
By: Binit Das
All you need to know about the energy conservation bill
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Role of hydrogen as a clean fuel for sustainable mobility
By: Maitreyi Karthik
Europe hypocrisy: Amid shift to coal, what about climate goals?
By: Binit Das
Decentralised renewable energy solutions offer great promises for healthcare facilities
By: Binit Das
It is time to move on to next phase of power reforms
By: Binit Das
Energy crisis: Expensive, unreliable source of electricity, coal in spotlight
By: Binit Das
Energy consumption, related emissions expected to increase through 2050: IEA
By: Binit Das
Union Budget 2022-23: Where does renewable energy fit in this year?
By: Binit Das
Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally
By: Binit Das
Is the Union Budget 2022-23 renewable energy friendly?
By: Binit Das
MNRE’s new policy framework recognises distributed renewable energy as solution for uplifting rural economy
By: Binit Das, Pratyush Sinha
Time’s running out: Is India ready to handle 34,600 tonnes of solar waste by 2030?
By: Jasleen Bhatti, Swati Sharma
Repowering: Why Tamil Nadu’s old wind turbines are still awaiting replacement
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Supply 24x7 power to reduce diesel genset use: Draft electricity rules
By: Sumedha Awasthy
Renewable Energy Certificates: How new amendments provide safety net to renewable power developers
By: Binit Das
India adds highest rooftop solar capacity for a quarter in July-Sept: Mercom
By: Sumedha Awasthy
Planning to install rooftop solar panels? How about some grass beneath it
By: Sumedha Awasthy
No offshore wind project has commenced in India: Are we on track for 30 GW by 2030?
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Power demand is back and it is not all green
By: Samrat Sengupta
Rooftop solar generation: Why Delhi government schools fare better than others
By: Sumedha Awasthy, Binit Das
Making India energy-independent by 2047: A look at PM Modi’s blueprint
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Second-generation bioethanol: It is time to launch it headlong
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Renewable energy integration in India: Ways to maximise solar, wind power system
By: Binit Das
Why India should pay attention to decentralised renewable energy sector
By: Samrat Sengupta
Wind power in India: There is a case for reviving the sector
By: Samrat Sengupta
Renewable energy estimated to attract 70% global energy investment in 2021: IEA
By: Samrat Sengupta
Clean cooking: Can we think beyond LPG?
By: Samrat Sengupta
Wind-dominated renewables will be key to limit electricity sector emissions: Report
By: Pratha Jhawar
China’s climate pledge and the 2020 irony
By: Pratha Jhawar
Why green hydrogen may be the clean fuel for future
By: Pratha Jhawar, Godwin Adams
Solar power: From a decade of acceptability and growth to one of innovations
By: Pratha Jhawar
Will the recent SECI bid help unlock the complete potential of renewable energy?
By: Pratha Jhawar
Renewable energy: Curtailment is a bane
By: Pratha Jhawar
Rooftop solar energy: Revised net metering cap in the new draft electricity rules means good news
By: Binit Das
Solar irrigation can transform Indian agriculture, enhance livelihoods of small to marginal farmers
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Can drones help spot faults in offshore wind turbines?
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Can painting a blade black save Great Indian Bustards from wind turbines?
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Why flooding raises alarm over bearing of hydropower plants on the Himalayas The need of the hour is to put halt large
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021: How it can play out
By: Binit Das
Learnings from the German storage model: How it is helping stabilise the grid
By: Sumedha Awasthy
Is ethanol blending in petrol really green?
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Is ethanol blending in petrol really green?
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Why rooftop solar and storage offers a viable future for India
By: Sumedha Awasthy
India’s offshore wind energy: A roadmap for getting started
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Europe bans disposal of decommissioned wind turbine blades in landfills: A step towards life cycle sustainability
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Solar irrigation can transform Indian agriculture, enhance livelihoods of small to marginal farmers
By: Jasleen Bhatti
Rooftop solar : How will India's new net metering norms play out
By: Sumedha Awasthy
Green hydrogen can drive India’s transition to clean energy, combat climate change
By: Jasleen Bhatti
There is a demand-supply mismatch in solar manufacturing. Is India making the right choice?
By: Binit Das
How the renewable energy ministry’s new order will impact India’s solar energy target
By: Binit Das
Rise in Chinese solar PV module price: The implications on global solar growth story
By: Binit Das
Switching to renewables will save cost for operators while saving the environment : Study
By: Binit Das
Over $1 trillion needed by 2030 to put world on track to reach net-zero by 2050
By: Binit Das
Distributed renewable energy: How to make it work for India
By: Binit Das
Decarbonising faster can save India 200,000 deaths from particulate matters: Report
By: Pratha Jhawar, Ishan Kukreti
India to lead global energy demand over next decade: New report
By: Pratha Jhawar
Is time ticking for coal
By: Pratha Jhawar
Conclave on compressed biogas underlines future energy potential
By: Soundaram Ramanathan
A sneak-peek into a renewable energy-powered future
By: Pratha Jhawar, Godwin Adams
India’s non-fossil fuel contribution peak: It’s a seasonal trend
By: Ashish George
Japan to commercialise hydrogen energy transport by 2025
By: Soundaram Ramanathan
Four agreements signed at meet organised by International Solar Alliance
By: Pratha Jhawar, Ashish George
Future of electricity in India lies in local solutions
By: Pratha Jhawar
How smart metering infrastructure can help distressed power sector
By: Pratha Jhawar, Godwin Adams
Solar power: From a decade of acceptability and growth to one of innovations
By: Pratha Jhawar
One Sun One World One Grid: A journey of ironies?
By: Sapna Gopal

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