Rat hole mining for coal has the poor risking their lives to earn a living
Twenty-nine days on, there is no trace of 15 miners yet, trapped in a 370…
Energy
Study: Indian Renewable energy to grow by 50% in 2019
Renewable energy capacity will increase in 2019 in India, by 50%, after a slowdown experienced…
India’s fossil-fuel subsidies still dwarf subsidies for renewables
India’s subsidies for renewable energy rose by a record USD 0.8 billion from FY16 to…
42% of world’s coal plants running on losses, phase-out could save India’s taxpayers $76billion
Carbon Tracker’s new study revealed that 42% of the world’s 6,685 coal power plants are…
India to bid 80 GW of renewable projects by 2020
India said it will bid 60 gigawatt (GW) of solar energy and 20 GW capacity…
COP24: Global carbon dioxide emissions set to hit record after rising strongly in 2018
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry are projected to rise for…
India’s environment ministry mandates workplace health measures for new thermal power plants
India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has mandated that all new thermal…
BNEF: Indian renewable auction market world’s largest
India is now world’s largest market for auction of new renewable energy projects and the…
IEA: Global coal use possibly peaked in 2014
IEA’s World Energy Outlook (2018) estimates that global coal use may have peaked in 2014,…
US: New wind and solar now cheaper than coal power, could wreck Trump’s promise to revive coal
A new report estimates that generating power from new wind and solar energy projects in…