Reliance AGM 2023: RIL chalks out roadmap for $1/kg green hydrogen production target in India
RIL will simultaneously set up a fully-integrated, automated, giga-scale electrolyser manufacturing facility, Ambani said
Emissions: How China’s downturn could save the world
Since it joined the WTO in 2001 and became the world’s factory, China has contributed nearly two-thirds of the growth in carbon pollution globally. As China reorients itself towards more productive activities, the country has an opportunity to reduce its energy intensity
Bullish on India | Lot of global capital looking to tap Indian clean energy space: Sumant Sinha of ReNew
The India opportunity is so attractive right now, and the next 25 years are truly going to be India's years, says Sumant Sinha, founder, chairperson and CEO of ReNew. We'll need almost $500 billion just for the electricity sector over the next 7-8 years, he says.
Explainer: How climate change is exacerbating inflation in India, and worldwide
Rising temperatures could add 1 percent to global inflation every year until 2035.
Jharkhand govt inks pact with TCPL GES for India's 'first' hydrogen fuel project
There are several advantages of hydrogen fuel, as it is available in abundance and does not emit harmful substances, the officials added.
Climate change fingerprints all over monsoon this year, say experts
From a cyclone with the longest lifespan in the Arabian Sea to devastating floods in parts of northwest India and the adjoining Himalayan states, as well as a prolonged break in the monsoon, the unmistakable imprints of climate change are evident this year, asserted Mahesh Palawat, vice president (Climate Change and Meteorology) at private forecasting agency Skymet Weather.
Green hydrogen mandates for hard-to-abate sectors to be put up before cabinet soon: RK Singh
The Union minister said in just about 10 months India already has a pipeline of 5.8 million tonnes of green hydrogen and 37 million tonnes of green ammonia orders that have already been backed or are in the pipeline.
Bharat 2047: Leverage technology and markets for development in the age of climate change
Beyond economic and geopolitical factors and linear development paradigms, technological and climate change will determine the scope, scale and sustainability of development in 2047, the 100th year of India’s independence
Exclusive: Government to invite bids for green ammonia-based energy storage systems
While the cost of BESS remains the highest at Rs 10 per kWh, the cost of pumped hydro has now come down from about Rs 8 to about Rs 5 kWh. A tender for green ammonia to be used for energy storage will be a first in India
Boycotting COP28 only hurts Africa and the global South
The UAE’s leadership at the UN’s climate summit is controversial, but it’s also a milestone
Floating solar projects gain traction as land remains a limited resource in India
Floating solar, or floatovoltaics, are solar panels mounted on a water body such as a reservoir or a lake. Floating solar photovoltaic power plants can be 15-30 percent more expensive than land-based ones, but they can generate about 10 percent more capacity than land-based PV systems.
Vision 2047: Scientific landfills, AI, bioeconomy will change how India manages solid waste
India's population is expected to grow to 1.6 billion by 2047. This will have a direct impact on its waste generation. So, how do we reduce municipal solid waste and lower the burden on landfills?
In Pics: Climate change causing havoc across the world
According to scientists, climate change caused by the usage of fossil fuels has resulted in more frequent and powerful extreme weather incidents.
Net zero is stalling out. What now?
Pledges to slash carbon emissions are well and good. But governments need to start delivering concrete benefits
PowerWatch | India's peak power demand hits record 234 GW on Aug 17 on rising temperatures
The demand that could not be met on August 17, also known as the peak demand deficit, stood at 7,255 MW. The unusually high peak demand deficit reflects that several parts of the country are facing power cuts.
Diversification: CIL and its subsidiaries to use de-coaled land to build new thermal power plants
Given the country’s growing shift to renewable energy, the coal ministry has decided to foray into thermal power plants, and not just mine coal.
Lex: How investors are underpricing climate risks
The costs of inaction on global warming are potentially vast and often not sufficiently factored in to asset values
Climate: Consumers are seizing the energy transition from big business
Demand-side clean energy investment — equipment used by energy users, such as electric vehicles, heat pumps and sustainable materials — was running ahead of supply-side investments such as solar, wind, nuclear and battery power, hydrogen and carbon capture last year
Vision 2047: Natural habitats teeming with wildlife to cover half of India: K Ullas Karanth
‘An India with 50 percent of the land clothed in natural habitats and teeming with abundant native wildlife species and natural biodiversity, coexisting with a prosperous and harmonious human society’, is the vision of K. Ullas Karanth.
Robust and transformative adaptation measures can make our cities climate-resilient, say urban experts
Integrated urban planning where climate change adaptation is woven into urban development plans and not seen as an add-on should be the way ahead if we want our cities to be resilient by 2047.
Bullish on India | An air pollution-free India by 2047 is not a Utopian dream
Airshed-level planning where the fight against air pollution crosses state boundaries and urban-rural divides, strict enforcement of emission standards, switch to renewables, building green infrastructure could help to significantly improve air quality nationwide in the next 24 years to India@100.
Bullish on India | Tiger@2047: 'Amrit Kaal Ka Tiger Vision'
Tiger@2047 envisions the tiger as a mascot of livelihood, ecosystem well-being, and model for green investments.
Independence Day 2023 | Extinction of a ‘Great Indian’ by 2047? When the Great Indian Bustard lost out to the peacock as the national bird of India
The IUCN listed the Great Indian Bustard as endangered in 1994, but by 2011, it was Critically Endangered.
Power sector will play a big role in India’s $5 trillion economy goal: Tata Power CEO & MD
Considering that India is one of the fastest-growing economies and there is an aspirational India, which is expecting a lot of improvement in the quality of life, this is the decade of India, and maybe even the next few decades, said Praveer Sinha.
Will add 5 GW capacity, increase coal production by 47% in FY24: NTPC Head
NTPC has also decided not to go ahead with its plan a stake sale in NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) through a strategic investor, said Gurdeep Singh
