While India’s small hydropower sector is showing signs of revival, especially in the Himalayas, it is threatened by too many policymakers from different central and state governments
India’s small hydropower (SHP) sector has picked up pace in 2015, but only for projects of up to 25 MW per station. The reason is that the central government’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) does not have the…Read more
The Indian government has released a draft plan to push small hydropower and some projects have been revived; what do these developments mean for the sector?
The year 2015 has been a significant one for the small hydropower (SHP) sector in India. In February, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) released some details of a new National Mission on Small Hydro. It announced plans to…Read more
As glaciers in the Himalayas melt faster due to global warming, pollutants buried under them are finding their way down to the north Indian plains
Pollutants carried from lands far away and buried for decades under glaciers in the Himalayas are now finding their way into the Ganga and its tributaries, a new study has found. The pollutants are being released as the glaciers are melting faster due to climate change…Read more
Deep decarbonisation required to avoid runaway climate change would deliver clear economic benefits for India and others, says report commissioned by UN secretary general
India and other big emitters can slow and then reverse climate-changing gases by mid-century so the world has a good chance of avoiding the worst of climate change, said a new report published Thursday by a network of research…Read more
India has for the first time admitted to air pollution deaths but its figure of 35,000 in nine years is a fraction of independent estimates. Is the government doing enough?
It is official now. Air pollution is taking its toll on the lives of people in India. The government has finally admitted that over 35,000 Indians have died in the last nine years due to health problems related to air pollution. In a written reply to the…Read more
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