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IEEFA: Ultra-mega solar parks driving India’s clean energy transition

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2020

Ultra-mega solar parks have attracted foreign capital as well as top global developers to India, and in return provided investors with an opportunity to join a US$500-700 billion renewable energy and grid infrastructure investment boom in the coming decade, says a new IEEFA...

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India Up at 74th Place on WEF's Global Energy Transition Index

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2020

India has moved up two positions to rank 74th on a global 'Energy Transition Index' with improvements on all key parameters of economic growth, energy security and environmental sustainability, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Wednesday. Releasing the annual rankings,...

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BRICS nations must adapt clean energy transition, says report

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2019

As the BRICS leaders' summit starts in Brazil, a first-of-its-kind report on Wednesday brought together data on both revenues and subsidies related to fossil fuels. In India, revenues from fossil fuels stand at 17.8 per cent, compared to 4.2 per cent in China. The report -- '...

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Power from non-coal sources on rise in India

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 6, 2019

When economies stumble, slackening electricity demand is a very common symptom, and in India's case, the current rapid decline is quite specific to coal, an international researcher said on Tuesday. Collectively, power from all non-coal sources grew by about 24,000 gigawatt...

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Hyderabad-based Cellestial E-Mobility developing Electric Tractors

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 24, 2019

Cellestial E-Mobility, a Hyderabad based start-up, is set to tap into the promising current generation E-Vehicles market. The company is developing Electric Tractors with a long battery life. It...

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French MNC EDF upbeat on India across renewables, nuclear, T&D sectors

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 22, 2019

French power multinational EDF (Électricité de France) is upbeat on India across several areas including renewables, nuclear power, transmission and distribution systems, and smart grids. The...

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US Clean Energy Cooperation in Asia

By : Sustainability ..., May 8, 2019

Energy demand in Asia will continue to climb in the coming decades, which will have critical economic, climate, and geostrategic implications for the United States. Over the next 20 years, India and Southeast Asia are expected to record the world’s highest carbon dioxide...

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Tata Power to create renewables-based future

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 24, 2019

India's largest private integrated power company -- Tata Power -- recently made it publicly clear that it will cease building new coal-fired power capacity, a report by US-based Institute for...

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Switching to electric vehicles may improve air quality: Study

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 17, 2019

Adopting electric vehicles (EVs) could improve overall air quality and lower carbon emissions, according to a study. ...

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BP commits $100 million to fund new emissions reduction projects

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 27, 2019

 BP today announced it has established a $100 million fund for projects that will deliver new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in its Upstream oil and gas operations. The new Upstream...

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