Page 13 - Clean Energy

India plans to classify clean activities, tech under new policy: Report

India projects $10 trillion to $15 trillion in investment is needed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070

The gas paradox: Govt encouraging huge investment to push demand

But imposing policies that deter domestic exploration and production

Need to forge pacts to attain India's net-zero targets: Industry leaders

"India can be the world platform for green energy but regulation needs to be accelerated"

Toyota Motor to roll out products based on multiple clean technologies

Toyota Kirloskar Motor aims to roll out products based on multiple clean technologies while also reinforcing its internal combustion engine based model range to cater to all kinds of emerging customer requirements in the country, according to company's Managing Director Masakazu Yoshimura. Terming India as one of the most important markets for Toyota globally, he noted that the automaker will keep rolling out products based on eco-friendly technologies considering various factors such as the country's energy mix, consumer needs and infrastructure readiness. The automaker, while acknowledging the government support in manufacturing in terms of various schemes like Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME II) and Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes, also pitched for a carbon-based taxation system. In an interaction with PTI on the sidelines of the Auto Expo here, Yoshimura noted that the automaker is conscious of the fact that a huge amount of fore

Puri asks automakers to start introducing green vehicles in market

Puri said India is a place where it's not just economies of scale but where "when we do something hundreds and thousands of people will follow"

India sets targets for green hydrogen consumption by some industries

Green hydrogen is a zero-carbon fuel made by electrolysis, using renewable power from wind and solar to split water into hydrogen and oxygen

India's EV battery challenge to China hampered by lithium, copper crunch

India has only a fraction of the raw materials needed to satisfy domestic demand for lithium-ion batteries - forecast by Crisil to grow 100 fold by 2030 - let alone produce on a global scale

Mukesh Ambani to focus on green energy as scions helm other Reliance units

Reliance is seeking billions of dollars of investments in India's energy sector and has approached potential investors including Middle Eastern funds, two of the people said

Cabinet approves Rs 19,744 cr for National Green Hydrogen Mission

Plan to have four components; domestic manufacturing of electrolysers key focus area

Being pragmatic about energy sources

The clean energy journey is going to be a messy one, with plenty of missteps, side turns and dead ends before the destination is reached

Sterling and Wilson RE promoters to sell up to 10 mn share for Rs 270 cr

Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy promoters Shapoorji Pallonji and Company and Khurshed Yazdi Daruvala will sell up to one crore equity shares through the offer for sale route at a floor price of Rs 270 per piece on Wednesday and Thursday. Khurshed Yazdi Daruvala proposes to sell up to 30,00,000 equity shares representing 1.58 per cent of the total issued and paid-up Equity Share capital of the Company on December 20 and 21, 2022 at a floor price of Rs 270 per share, a BSE filing showed. Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Ltd proposes to sell up to 70,00,000 Equity Shares representing 3.69 per cent of the total issued and paid-up equity share capital of the company on Wednesday and Thursday at Rs 270 per share. The offer for sale is being undertaken to meet the minimum public shareholding norms. Promoters hold around 76.69 per cent stake in the company as of September 2022. Shares of the company declined by 1.87 per cent to close at Rs 283.40 per piece on BSE on Monday.

Here's why Indian renewable energy plan pales in front of Europe and China

An International Energy Agency report suggests that New Delhi's action on renewable deployment on the ground pales in front of Europe and China

Why is nuclear fusion in the news?

Scientists in the US on Tuesday claimed to have found the key to tame the unruly power of nuclear fusion - which fuels the sun. But what is nuclear fusion? Can it help us fight climate change?

India to attract $10 bn in green energy investment in 2023: Bank of America

India could attract close to $10 billion in renewable energy investment in 2023, a bright spot as public markets remain largely shut to big-ticket capital raising, according to Bank of America

Tata Projects to build EPC solutions as it steps up green hydrogen focus

MD Vinayak Pai says firm will not deploy its own capital in this space, but will work with customers who are ready to invest in these projects

India to build more nuclear power plants to boost clean energy production

India plans to build more nuclear power plants to increase the production of clean energy, the government said on Wednesday.

Carbon sinks: The good and the bad

The oceans have caught the attention of climate policymakers, but many of their ideas are too radical

A slow and flawed transition

The developed world's energy transition efforts are making the problem worse by moving energy-intensive manufacturing to the developing world

Top Headlines: Air India on metro-to-metro routes; RBI rate hike & more

A Business Standard poll shows that the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to announce a 35-basis point (bp) hike in the repo rate on December 7

India's electricity shortage erased by growth of renewable energy: Analysis

There was no repeat of the widespread blackouts which plagued many parts of India in late September and early October last year when coal-fired power plants ran short of fuel