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Getting the electric vehicle policy right

Set an ambitious target, finalise the incentives, drive it from the top and avoid flip-flops in policy decisions

Vandana Gombar: Are we serious about e-cars?

The electric vehicle market in India needs a policy push that goes beyond targets

The Rs 100-billion wager

Here's what India can learn from China's electric vehicles programme

'Lego-like' solar and driver-less cars

A huge transition is underway in electricity, transport and green finance

The 1-in-10 achievement

The share of renewable energy in generation is reaching 10 per cent, and the country's first gigawatt-scale floating solar tender is out

Look who is embracing renewables

Besides Infosys, three companies have committed to 100 per cent renewables usage under the RE100 umbrella: Dalmia Cement, Tata Motors and Hatsun Agro

Second half of 2018 begins with a bang

Solar tariffs in India made headlines again, dropping to the record low levels seen last year

Vandana Gombar: The India-first energy plan

The new way is to lock in maximum amount of super low-cost clean power, or 'base-cost renewables'

Vandana Gombar: The three themes in energy

New financing, more auctions and some risks are the talking points

Vandana Gombar: Who wants a coal power plant?

81 companies commit to 100% renewable electricity

Vandana Gombar: A new avatar for utilities

Giant companies are now becoming lean, mean and agile

Vandana Gombar: Another month, another milestone

Record low renewables tariffs could head even lower, despite slowdown in global investment this year

Vandana Gombar: Solar to dominate global power map

An aggressive build-up of renewables is expected over the next 25 years

Vandana Gombar: Gauging the transparency of a power supplier

There is a case for simplification in power tariffs, and also for transparency in power supply sources

Vandana Gombar: The home, the plant and the car

Should you store solar power at home, at the power plant or in your electric car battery? How big can the vehicle-to-grid market be?

Vandana Gombar: When an Indian city shut down coal plants

Pollution is not merely the price to be paid for growth; it is also a drag on the same growth

Vandana Gombar: How low solar prices can go

The record low bid of Rs 4.63 per unit for a 500 Mw project in AP indicates that rates will fall further as more firms seek opportunities in the solar power sector

Vandana Gombar: Climate finance on the upswing

A report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development pegs the climate finance mobilised by the richer nations at $62 billion in 2014, up from $52 billion the preceding year

Vandana Gombar: Where is the $100-billion climate finance?

Financing for the Green Climate Fund is still in the initial resource mobilisation phase, with only about $10 billion pledged to it

Vandana Gombar: Cost down, efficiency up

A host of companies secured solar power projects at lowest-ever tariffs. They insist low tariffs are sustainable