Page 26 - Green Energy

Green energy capex on a charged-up rebound, says CRISIL analysis

Credit profiles seen stable, given strong accruals and investor interest

How govt, pvt sector readied to steer India to path of sustainable energy

Experts agree that the challenge will come from the ground, especially state-level departments and consumers

Best of BS Opinion: China's political roadmap, green themes of 2022 & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Wednesday

Green themes of 2022

Expect to see more local manufacturing announcements in 2022

Australia's Fortescue CEO to step down as miner expands green energy push

Gaines, who oversaw a tripling in the share price of the world's fourth-biggest iron ore miner in the last four years, will remain on Fortescue's board

Green energy goals achievable with right steps taken now: Sunil Mittal

Mittal said the telecom sector as a whole was working to become carbon neutral by 2030, and at India's scale, even reaching 80% of that would be a huge achievement

Green Electricity can become the cheapest energy by 2050, says study

Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over fossil-based combustion fuels in the world's energy supply by mid-century, a study finds

JSW Energy reorganises itself into 'Green' and 'Grey' businesses

The company said that all the existing and upcoming renewable energy businesses will be housed under JSW Energy Neo, its wholly-owned subsidiary

Getting the green strategy right

India is now among the countries committed to net-zero emissions by 2070

L&T looks to tap green business, more infra projects in West Asia

Over 30% of L&T's power order book is from green energy. It has also electrified 10% of Indian villages over the last decade and modernised systems in several towns

Bosses of HSBC, Tata, Macquarie urge govts to do more for green transition

The leaders of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, HSBC Holdings and Macquarie Group urged governments to get more involved in the green transition by providing incentives to develop new technology

One Sun, many hurdles: Why cross-border flow of green energy won't be easy

Establishing the cross-border flow of green energy under the One Sun declaration will involve many complexities

Best of BS Opinion: The energy headwind, entrepreneurs of green era & more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

US backs India-UK led solar Green Grids Initiative launched by PM at COP26

The US has partnered with the UK and India-led Green Grids Initiative of a global energy grid launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. At a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Green Grids Initiative One Sun One World One Grid' (GGI-OSOWOG) earlier this week, US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said that the US is excited to be back in the climate conversation and to partner with the new initiative. All the energy humanity uses in a year is equal to the energy that reaches the earth from the sun in a single hour, said Granholm. The GGI-OSOWOG is focusing on the two most important pieces of the puzzle. We at the US Department of Energy are happy to be a partner with GGI-OSOWOG, she said. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) under India's presidency and the UK's COP26 Presidency had launched GGI-OSOWOG during the World Leaders' Summit of COP26 on Tuesday. The Steering Committee of GGI-OSOWOG comprises five members besides India and

Four promises to keep: How achievable are India's 2030 climate goals

Are the four near-term targets very ambitious? Business Standard maps the country's performance so far, on these fronts

The green issues of tomorrow

Even while these efforts are underway, new threats to the environment are cropping up.

A disappointing G20

Its failure to agree on climate casts a shadow on COP26

Climate change talks incomplete sans green energy focus: ISA's Ajay Mathur

In an interview with Jyoti Mukul & Shreya Jai, International Solar Alliance (ISA) Director-General (D-G) Ajay Mathur says India and the UK have combined their green grid initiatives

Centre proposes new rules to push green energy use in industries

The announcement comes just days after India rejected calls to announce a net zero carbon emissions target

US President Joe Biden unveils plan to invest $555 bn on green energy

Amount part of $1.75-trillion tax and spending blueprint, which represents a historic investment in fighting climate change