Carbon Tracker: Solar and wind energy could strand coal power worth $60billion in SE Asia
Carbon Tracker has warned that tighter controls on carbon emissions – and cheaper solar and…
Energy
Developers skip solar-wind hybrid auction for fifth time, ‘tariff ceiling’ the main issue
The Centre’s solar-wind hybrid power auction has failed to attract bids for the fifth time,…
Railways to expand India’s coal freight corridors, Centre prioritizes coal supplies to publicly-owned plants
Indian Railways is planning 84 new projects – spanning 9,259km — to boost the country’s…
World’s largest coal firm forays into solar energy, renewables rise up
World’s largest coal firm forays into solar energy, renewables rise up Coal India, the…
World Bank drops Kosovo C, Delhi shuts down Badarpur coal plant
World Bank has announced it will not be financing the 500MW Kosovo C coal plant…
Standard Chartered to quit direct financing of new coal power, joined by CANDRIAM
Standard Chartered PLC has announced it will stop financing any new coal-fired power capacity –…
World Bank pledges $1 billion for renewable storage
In a ‘game changer’ for developing countries, the World Bank has committed $1billion to boost…
Supreme Court orders Centre to reduce emissions from 57 coal plants by Dec ’21
Fifty-seven Centre-owned thermal power plants in some of India’s most polluted areas now have 28…
India’s apex court lifts stay on 25% safeguard duty on solar imports
The Supreme Court has allowed the Centre to impose 25% safeguard duty on solar imports – overruling…
Tata and Adani Power likely to buyout two major stressed assets
Two major coal-fired stressed assets – Pragyaraj Power’s 1,980MW super-critical plant in Uttar Pradesh and GMR Infrastructure’s 1,370MW…