Page 20 - Clean Energy

A good climate year

From record low tariff for solar power in India to Joe Biden making climate change his core agenda, 2021 will mark events that will prove to be a good year for the climate

PM's energy roadmap: Double natural gas share, diversify energy sources

PM Modi set out his government's energy roadmap, envisaging more than double the share of cleaner natural gas in the consumption basket, connecting the nation with one gas pipeline grid

Covid impact: Coal India to diversify into non-coal mining areas in 2021

CIL is set to diversify into non-coal mining areas as well as make major investments in clean technology in 2021 after demand for the dry fuel remained muted for most of this year

RIL, BP find gas from KG Basin's R-cluster, Asia's deepest offshore field

The two companies are developing three deepwater gas projects in block KG D6, which together are expected to meet 15 per cent of India's gas demand by 2023

NIIF to hold majority stake in CDC's Ayana Renewable after fresh infusion

CDC will put in $70 million as addl equity, NIIF $284 million and GGEF $36 million. The commitment is subject to final approval processes

Rs 12.5 tn investment needed to realise India's 2030 EV targets: Study

The study is an initiative of think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

NABARD, Agri Infra Fund Loans to be made available for PM-KUSUM scheme

PM-KUSUM or Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan Scheme is a flagship scheme of the central government to solarise agricultural areas and irrigation activities

Singapore, Saudi companies push Indian solar tariffs to record low

India, the world's third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has set a target of raising its renewable energy to 175 GW by 2022

UK to ban diesel, petrol cars from 2030 for new Green Industrial Revolution

The ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, with hybrid cars to follow in 2035, brings forward a previous deadline of 2040

India gradually moving towards an economy based on Clean Energy: Official

As part of reforms oriented towards providing cleaner auto fuels in the country, government will soon launch a pilot on hydrogen CNG or HCNG soon, a senior government official said on Saturday

Lessons for the world from green transitions in India, China and Brazil

Based on these unexpected clean-energy transitions, researchers have identified three insights relevant across emerging economies

India's delayed approval of hydrogen as a fuel: Implications and road ahead

While the country's work on hydrogen has trailed leaders, it could gather speed once the labelled buses roll around Delhi. Private sector firms too are starting to show interest

Covid-19 crisis an opportunity for transition to clean, cheap energy: Goyal

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has said the current crisis should be used as an opportunity to make the transition to clean energy smoother, faster, more resilient and affordable. Goyal, also the minister of railways, further said Indian Railways is committed towards 100 per cent electrification by December 2023and becoming a net zero emitter by 2030, an official statement said on Monday. He was speaking at the launch of a report on 'Sustainable Recovery Post COVID-19' by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Niti Aayog on September 18. "This is the right time to move forward and prepare ourselves for a resilient and sustainable future, as rightly pointed out in the report... the current crisis should be used as an opportunity to make energy transitions smoother, faster, more resilient and affordable," the minister said. Speaking at the event, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said post the 2008-09 financial crisis, green initiatives accounted for around 16 per cent of the total ...

How US-China split can affect the shift towards sustainable energy

There is a compelling logic to link Covid-19 and its geopolitical makeover to a change in energy fortunes

North India's energy systems can be moved to clean power by 2050: Report

The study found that north India's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced from 825 MtCO2eq in 2020 to zero by 2050

Switch to clean energy could employ 5 million north Indians by 2050: Report

Finland's LUT and Delhi-based 'Climate Trends' in a new report shows how northern India's energy systems, comprising the world's largest metropolitan area, can be switched to 100% clean energy by 2050

Power equipment companies changing tack in push for green energy

The second of a two-part series talks about how stiff competition in thermal projects is forcing manufacturers to focus on renewable sector

India-US announce new research areas on transformational power generation

This emerged at a virtual ministerial meeting of the US-India Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP) on Friday to review progress, highlight major accomplishments, and prioritise new areas for cooperation

Clean energy can shore up Indian economy from current downturn: Niti Aayog

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said India offers an exciting long-term market for both domestic and international investors in clean energy space

RIL to replace auto fuel with clean energy; aims to become carbon-zero firm

Reliance has proprietary technology to convert transportation fuels to valuable petrochemical and material building blocks