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Green hydrogen: India Inc's next big thing even as policies take shape

Undeterred by the absence of policy or supply chain, conglomerates, and RE companies are investing heavily in this new fuel.

Google Doodle: Who is Anna Mani and what is she famous for?

Google marks Anna Mani's birthday by sharing a Google Doodle. Who was Anna Mani? What are her contributions to the country? Why is she famous? Read this article to know more

JSW Energy unit to buy Mytrah Energy's renewable assets for Rs 10,530 cr

This is the third-biggest acquisition in the renewable energy space in India

Not so fast: California's last nuke plant might run longer than 2025

An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the lights on in California, where the largest utility is considering whether to try to extend the lifespan of the state's last operating nuclear power plant. California is the birthplace of the modern environmental movement that for decades has had a fraught relationship with nuclear power, which doesn't produce carbon pollution like fossil fuels but leaves behind waste that can remain dangerously radioactive for centuries. Now environmentalists find themselves at odds with someone they usually see as an ally: Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a green energy advocate who supported the 2016 agreement calling for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant to close by 2025 but now is a leading voice to consider a longer operating run. Newsom often is mentioned as a possible presidential candidate and an attorney for a consumer advocacy group that routinely challenges plant operator Pacific Gas & Electric in

Headwinds, tailwinds and renewables

The global energy story could see some positive twists yet

Amended Energy Conservation Bill seeks to build carbon credit market

Will also embrace green fuels, industrial energy efficiency

Only decentralised renewable energy can help achieve 2030 targets: Experts

According to the Ministry officials, India's RE installed capacity increased 286 per cent in the last 7.5 years but it had a share of just 26.53 per cent in the total installed generation capacity

TMS Ep212: Tata renewables, Pronab Sen, markets, current account deficit

Is Tata copying Adani, Reliance with its green turn? What's Pronab Sen's take on the state of economy? Will retail stocks survive the wave of inflation? What is current account deficit? Answers here.

Is Tata copying Adani, Reliance with its green turn?

A host of Tata companies have come together to create an EV ecosystem. Tata Power has committed a $9.5 bn investment for its renewable energy business. Let us find out more

IREDA may raise up to Rs 15,000 crore via long-term bonds in FY23

IREDA has a well-diversified borrowing profile, with access to funds through tax-free bonds, taxable bonds, bank/financial institution (FI) loans, masala bonds and foreign currency loans

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

NTPC signs MoU for 10 GW renewable energy park with Rajasthan govt

According to the Ministry of Power, in less than two years since its inception, NTPC Renewable Energy Limited has won 4 GW renewable energy capacity by bidding in various tenders

ReNew partners with UNEP, SEWA to train 1,000 women salt-pan workers

Under 'Project Surya' initiative, women salt-pan workers, who work in the challenging and extreme temperatures at Rann of Kutch marshes, will be trained as solar panel and solar-pump technicians

JSW Steel earmarks Rs 10,000 cr for carbon emission reduction initiatives

Group chairman Sajjan Jindal said that the company has contracted for about 1 GW of renewable energy, of which 225 MW became operational in April 2022, and the balance will come on stream in phases.

RE capacity hits 2 GW with operation of Floating Solar project: NTPC

Spread over a 480-acres reservoir, this floating solar project would generate electricity from more than 3 lakh solar PV modules

Renewable energy auctions to attract large developers: IEEFA Report

Large developers in the renewable energy sector have enough options to boost returns even as challenges mount and will fight aggressively in the various auctions scheduled in 2022

Open access: A game changer for green energy?

While India's target for 2030 is 500 GW of non-fossil generating capacity, the present grid connected installed capacity (including large hydro) is about 165 GW

Taxing times for solar power as govt frowns at imports, pushes local

A new tax on solar equipment imports plus mandatory purchase of local modules will raise costs significantly and dim the outlook for meeting green energy targets

Centre permits green open access for smaller electricity consumers

Threshold brought down to 100 kW from 1 Mw; open access allows consumer to buy power from a source of its choice

India's power crisis deepens as policy issues eclipse rooftop solar

A streamlined policy could have helped save coal reserves, cut emissions & averted embarrassment of dealing with frequent power crises