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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.
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
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
The UAE’s leadership at the UN’s climate summit is controversial, but it’s also a milestone
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.
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?
According to scientists, climate change caused by the usage of fossil fuels has resulted in more frequent and powerful extreme weather incidents.
Pledges to slash carbon emissions are well and good. But governments need to start delivering concrete benefits
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.
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.
The costs of inaction on global warming are potentially vast and often not sufficiently factored in to asset values
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
‘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.
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.
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.
Tiger@2047 envisions the tiger as a mascot of livelihood, ecosystem well-being, and model for green investments.
The IUCN listed the Great Indian Bustard as endangered in 1994, but by 2011, it was Critically Endangered.
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.
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
Wildlife enthusiast Saad Bin Jung has a suggestion to improve the cheetahs' chances in India: "Let the villagers become the protectors and conservators of our immense and diverse eco-biospheres."
"Despite the cheetahs deaths, India still offers a safer habitat for these animals than most places in Africa. If this project fails, there will be very few viable options for the conservation of cheetahs." - Dr Adrian S.W. Tordiffe
Images taken on August 11 show the extent of the damage in Lahaina, the Maui town that was entirely torched by a merciless wildfire.
From Hawaii in the US to Himachal Pradesh in India, hopes of riding out climate change in tropical paradises or verdant hill landscapes are fast receding. The long arm of global heating will find you everywhere. Get cracking on flood-proofing infrastructure to updating water and fire management, and making homes and other buildings more resilient
Total power generated in India by at least 8 percent YoY in 2021-22, and 9 percent in 2022-23, the minister said. Singh further said that electricity generated by coal-based power plants grows by 10 percent between 2021-22 and 2022-23
The country is the biggest supplier of materials vital for the energy transition. That could give it geopolitical leverage
