Large developing countries such as China, India, Brazil and South Africa have informally decided not to seek further inflows from the Green Climate Fund till there is clarity over the situation
The disagreement between the US and the other 19 countries at the recent G20 summit at Hamburg has put a question mark over the sustainability of the Green Climate Fund…Read More
The latest edition of the report shows that India added 678 MW of rooftop solar capacity in the financial year ended March 31, growing at 81% year-on-year and reaching a total installed capacity of 1.4 GW. Strong market fundamentals including falling costs and improving debt financing mean that the segment will continue its strong growth trajectory…Read more
India is poised to balance its electricity transmission and distribution system in the next five years to account for the inherent variability of solar and wind power; a friendly policy environment will help
When the sun shines brightly, it’s manna from heaven for a solar producer. But for the electricity distributor, the surge in the power lines can be a nightmare. This unpredictability of solar and wind energy…Read More
The Indian government’s policy of using treated sewage water to run operations in coal-fired power plants is not economically viable and will do little to resolve conflicts over water use
An ambitious plan to reduce the dependence of India’s coal-fired power plants on freshwater has stalled in its starting blocks. The policy for some plants to use treated sewage water…Read More
Pune-based Swayam Shikshan Prayog has won the United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize for promoting ecologically sustainable agriculture in drought-prone Marathwada
Till 2012, 60-year-old Vanita Sahebrao More used to spend INR 40,000 every year to cultivate soybean, sorghum and cotton on seven acres of land in her village in drought-prone Nanded district…Read More
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