COVID-19 could not stop the decline of solar cost: IEEFA, IRENA
COVID-19 has failed to stop the cost of renewables from falling, according to agencies IRENA…
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Blown out OIL well in Assam catches fire
The Oil India Limited (OIL) operated oil well which suffered a blowout in the end…
Planet of the Humans comes close to being serious
The new Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore documentary on the business of environment has been…
ACME cancels record ₹2.44 tariff Rajasthan contract citing COVID-19 uncertainties
Project delays and uncertainty over COVID-19 are why India’s ACME Solar cancelled its record ₹2.44…
India approves ‘no eligibility’ commercial coal mining, PFC & REC funded 8.8GW of new capacity in 2019
The Indian government has approved a new mechanism for commercial coal mining under which any…
For India’s energy sector, a long road divides stimulation from transformation
The economic argument for increasing investments in clean energy and sustainable technologies received a massive…
Ultra Mega Power Plants brought down solar power tariffs, kick-started clean energy transition in India: IEEFA Report
A new report prepared by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis shows that…
India’s CO2 emissions fall for first time in four decades amid coronavirus: Carbon Brief analysis
An economic slowdown, renewable energy growth and the impact of Covid-19 have led to the…
ReNew bags India’s first round-the-clock solar power supply tender, vows power cost will be lower than $0.038/kWh
India’s first tender for round-the-clock solar power supply, with storage, was bagged by Goldman Sachs-backed…
India backtracks on washing coal, now says it doesn’t lower pollution
India’s government has backtracked on its 2014 directive to wash freshly-mined coal for power producers…