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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

India is now seen as most attractive market for clean energy: PM Modi

The Prime Minister inaugurated Asia'a largest solar power park in Rewa, MP

Mukesh Ambani pushes for clean, affordable energy; tech to decarbonise

"It's not only imperative for us to be net carbon zero but I think that we should opt to recycle carbon," Ambani said.

The mood is positive

Clean energy shows resistance to virus disruption

How India can make its economic recovery clean, sustainable post Covid-19

The renewable sector holds the key to not only offsetting the job losses due to the pandemic, but also making the recovery sustainable

Paving the way: Rajasthan student builds road using non-biodegradable waste

Fly ash, dye-containing water, marble slurry and small bits of plastic were used to build the road

NTPC to invest Rs 50,000 crore to add 10GW solar energy capacity by 2022

The source also said the company intends to capitalise on real time power market, which is just three months away

Coal Min to set up sustainable development cell to promote clean mining

This move gains significance as the new private entities are now going to form a significant part of the future

Govt's 175-Gw clean energy goal in peril after repeated missed targets

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has also asked the ministry to take up the issue of ambiguity and disputes related to GST on renewable energy devices with the finance ministry

New clean energy investment in developing nations slipped in 2018: Report

However, the volume of coal-fired power generation produced and consumed in developing countries increased to a new high of 6,900 terrawatt hours (TWh) last year, from 6,400 TWh in 2017

A 'Shell' for Indian start-ups to solve energy challenges of the future

Royal Dutch Shell nurturing young Indian firms to develop futuristic energy solutions, such as green propulsion systems for satellites specially designed electric vehicles and energy storage systems

Batteries may rewire world's power grids, spell trouble for utility firms

Battery storage technology is nearing a tipping point like the one that accompanied the 'massive' adoption of solar power some years ago, say experts

A five-passenger electric airplanes start to take off: All you need to know

Aerospace giants and startups are developing electric aircraft that can navigate autonomously and take off and land vertically, and potentially shuttle thousands of commuters around cities and suburbs