Page 12 - Clean Energy

Amazon drives renewable energy push with 71 new projects

The new projects include three large-scale plants in Rajasthan with a capacity of 420 megawatts, rooftop solar projects in France and Austria, and its first solar farm in Poland

Climate change as business: Crisis, opportunity and everything in between

As the world changes with changing realities, some businesses will suffer. But in any case India has an unplanned advantage: It has to destroy less of the old to make way for the new, writes T N Ninan

Coal India, NTPC, Railways can help meet clean energy goals by 2050: Report

Three of India's biggest central state-owned enterprises, Coal India Limited, NTPC, and Indian Railways can help the country reach its climate goals while seizing a share of the clean energy market

Adani to build 3 giga factories in India as part of $70 bn green investment

Asia's richest man Gautam Adani on Wednesday said his ports-to-power conglomerate will build three giga factories for manufacturing solar modules, wind turbines, and hydrogen electrolyzers as part of a USD 70 billion investment in clean energy by 2030. Adani group is stepping up investments across the green energy value chain as it aims to become the world's top renewable energy producer by 2030. "The Adani Group has already committed USD 70 billion (for climate change and green energy). This will see us building three giga factories in India leading to one of the world's most integrated green-energy value chains," he said after receiving the USIBC Global Leadership Award here. These giga factories will "extend from polysilicon to solar modules, complete manufacturing of wind turbines, and the manufacturing of hydrogen electrolyzers," he said. This, he said, will generate an additional 45 GW of renewable energy to add to Adani group's existing 20 GW capacity, as well as 3 million t

The world of clean hydrogen buzzing with activity

Interest on the buyers' side is rising too

India can generate $212 bn by investing in renewable energy: Report

About 3.4 million jobs can be created if ventures worth $350 billion is invested in initiatives dedicated to renewable energy and cleantech, said study

Saudi betting on EV batteries may prompt others to announce ambitious plans

The world's oil capital, Saudi Arabia wants to go electric and get clean. To do so, it's getting its hands on minerals critical for batteries and taking a stake in the electric vehicle-supply chain

L&T to work across green energy value chain; to pump in $2.5 bn in 3-4 yrs

Investment to help it tap the entire value chain from manufacturing to EPC projects

GAIL to double share capital; add specialty chemicals, clean energy to biz

GAIL has sought shareholder approval to increase authorised share capital of the company to Rs 10,000 cr from current Rs 5,000 cr to help raise finance for its expansion plans over the next 3-4 years

Amended Energy Conservation Bill seeks to build carbon credit market

Will also embrace green fuels, industrial energy efficiency

Raj, Goa and Gujarat lead in placing govt trained solar panel technicians

Spending on research and training of solar panel technicians (suryamitras) was halved in 2022-23 compared to 2019-20

Hybrids vs Electric vehicles battle to hot up in India's car market

The strong hybrids offer a great solution over pure EVs, as they take care of all the barriers of the pure EVs, maintain Japanese carmakers

Adani Group to invest $70 bn in green energy, infra: Gautam Adani

Group leads the make India a net exporter of clean energy, says billionaire in speech to shareholders

Japan plans to expand clean energy transition support to India

Japan's 'Asia Energy Transition Initiative' initially targeted supporting countries in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) pushing towards net-zero carbon emissions

Germany's lower house approves package to expand renewable energy

In order to realize the more ambitious expansion goal, 2 per cent of Germany's surface area is to be made available for onshore wind turbines

Norway has key opportunities to advance clean transition, says IEA

Norway is a significant and reliable international supplier, exporting close to 90 per cent of its energy production

G7 commits to boost India's clean energy transition in collaboration

They have committed to achieving a fully or predominantly decarbonised electricity sector by 2035, recognising that emissions from coal power generation is the single biggest cause of global warming

Make green hydrogen manufacturing affordable, accessible: Govt to industry

The government aims production of 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030 and the related development of renewable energy capacity under the National Hydrogen Mission

Rapid transition to clean energy could create 15 mn jobs by 2025: Report

'India could witness eight dollars or 10 per cent reduction in per capita energy expenditure by 2025 when compared with business as usual scenario'

Rich-poor divide on clean power getting wider and hurting climate fight

Investment in clean energy has only accelerated in the years since Covid-19 struck. In the second half of the last decade, it grew at a 2% annual rate