Fossil Fuel

The state-owned miner has already won approval for 4.7 gigawatts of generation to be built over the next six to seven years, with most of the facilities to be in the state of Odisha on India’s east coast, Business Development Director Debasish Nanda said in an interview

Fossil fuels could have been left in the dust 25 years ago

If only we’d followed Wright’s Law, solar tech could have been cheaper much sooner

At 11.4 GW, India's coal proposals hit record high since 2016: Global Energy Monitor

Along with the government’s pledge to double coal production within the next four years, these developments make it clear that, despite recent progress toward increasing India’s renewable energy capacity, the country has no intentions of phasing coal down or out, the report stated.

Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is preparing for a long goodbye

India is the one country where the IEA forecasts coal output to grow this year, with production set to top 1 billion tons for the first time. Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to meet growing energy demand while reducing reliance on expensive imports.

MNRE issues guidelines for pilot projects on use of green hydrogen in transport sector

A budgetary outlay of Rs 496 crore has been allocated for the scheme till the financial year 2025-26. The scheme will support development of technologies for use of green hydrogen as a fuel in buses, trucks and 4-wheeler

COP28 plays with words to clinch consensus

Face-saving phrase averts disaster at Dubai summit, but may not be enough to save the Earth from a climate catastrophe

COP28 ends: A look at key decisions from the world’s biggest climate summit

Transitioning away from fossil fuels, accelerating efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, setting up of the loss and damage fund, tripling renewable energy by 2030 and pledges by major oil and gas firms to curb methane emissions are some of biggest takeaways from COP28

In last hours of Dubai climate talks, most important draft document omits 'fossil fuel phase out'

Until now, statements from a large number of countries suggested a consensus on the need to phase out fossil fuels at COP28, but a small minority of countries have been blocking this text, observers said.

COP28: India must highlight perils of a one-size-fits-all strategy on phasing down fossil fuel use

As an ardent advocate of the Global South, India must harp on the fact that denying developing countries greater latitude on clean energy transition could hinder their ability to become energy secure, achieve rapid and inclusive growth, and promote the economic security of their citizens

Fossil fuel lobbyists attended UN climate talks over 7200 times, claims coalition against big polluters

The analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition comes amid a controversy over the appointment of Sultan Al Jaber, the head of the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, as the president of the upcoming UN climate talks (COP28) in Dubai. Al Jaber has, however, argued that having the oil and gas industry at the table is essential.

‘India’s net zero-by-2070 goal means that fossil fuel phase out will be inevitable’: Madhura Joshi

Energy transition expert Madhura Joshi explains why clean energy is essential for a stronger economy, sustainable development, better air, and a climate-safe future.

Global fossil fuel production plans threaten climate goals, says report

This comes despite 151 countries having pledged to achieve net-zero emissions and the latest forecasts that suggest global coal, oil and gas demand will peak this decade, even without new policies.

Fossil fuel demand must fall by a quarter by 2030 to limit global warming, says IEA

Governments need to step up clean energy supply to avoid shortages and price jumps, agency warns

India would require $15 trillion to achieve net-zero by 2070: FICCI-Deloitte report

India faces challenges related to the availability of resource-rich sites and land for deploying more than 2,000 GW of grid-scale renewable energy and an additional 1,000 GW for green hydrogen, raising concerns about land acquisition, the report said.

Exclusive: Focusing on the ‘cooling’ sector will bring the biggest and fastest gains, says EESL chief

Vishal Kapoor said Energy Efficiency Services Limited is looking to expand its client base to MSMEs, offering them 35 energy-efficient technologies.

G20 Summit 2023: Climate-energy talks among most fiercely negotiated topics

G20 countries have been divided over commitments on phasing down fossil-fuel use, especially coal; tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030; doubling the global rate of emission technologies; and finance for a just and green energy transition in the developing nations.

The world is unwilling to give up on fossil fuel subsidies

These pernicious forms of subsidies not only divert public and private funds from other useful economic activities, but also harm the environment

Our addiction to fossil fuels is killing baby Penguins

As polar sea ice melts, the fluffy chicks are drowning before they can learn to swim

India’s just transition from coal is complex, messy and politically difficult

The biggest problem around a just transition is that coal can’t be pushed out with a precise end date, nor can the massive socio-economic ecosystem that coal creates be replaced easily

Rising share of non-fossil fuels to make power generation in India cleaner

Renewable energy sources will likely account for 64 percent of India’s installed capacity mix for power generation by FY30, according to official estimates.

Fund managers thirsty for oil despite green vows: Report

Carbon Tracker, the organisation behind the report, found that last year many of these asset managers even increased their exposure to the fossil fuel sector, which has seen profits surge as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

India's heatwave problem getting worse is a warning to cut down on fossil fuel consumption

Protectionism towards coal is going to be increasingly hard to sustain for India when people begin to pay with their health, wealth and futures when rising day-time temperatures make lives unbearable and a cleaner path to energy transition is at hand

IPCC report urges renewable energy and efficiency to mitigate climate crisis

The report stated that energy efficiency and renewable energy are the most affordable path to faster emission reduction. Scientists in the IPCC said that as per their study, providing energy access to low-income sub-Saharan Africa could be one of the highest return opportunities for developed countries.

India’s incipient power crisis needs a non-fossil fix

With demand set to grow nearly by a third in absolute terms, generation and storage of renewable energy is the only sustainable solution to meet volatile summer demand

EU plans reform to make power bills less tied to fossil fuel prices

By Kate AbnettBRUSSELS Upcoming European Union proposals to overhaul the bloc's electricity market will attempt to make consumer energy bills ..