In 2015, India announced an ambitious plan of installing 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity. Since then, the targets have only gotten bolder and stronger. India is now eyeing a goal of 450 GW of renewable energy by 2030, which includes 280 GW of solar power and 140 GW of wind power. However, achieving […]
In June, Mongabay saw how communities across the world are continuing to take things into their own hands and restore landscapes surrounding them. Watch stories from three different countries with vastly different landscapes or seascape, in one case where the local people are restoring native ecologies. In Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula coast, a group […]
Across the world, communities with a strong connection to the environment are taking up projects to restore landscapes or participating in planting native trees to conserve biodiversity. In Jordan, environmentalists, with the help of volunteers, are planting Miyawaki-style ‘baby’ forests, while in the Philippines, a community’s aggroforestry land survived the brunt of Typhoon Rai last […]
Rooftop solar – where solar panels are placed on top of buildings – is an important aspect of India’s clean energy journey. India has set a target of 500 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by the end of the decade. Though many factors affect the efficient functioning of this system, among residential consumers solar rooftop […]
A recent report by the parliamentary standing committee pegged that the country needs Rs. 2.61 trillion (Rs. 261,000 crore) to achieve the next big target of 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022 and 450 GW by 2030. An undisturbed flow of funds, hence, becomes very crucial for the Indian renewable industry. But does India […]