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Investment in the renewable energy sector is on surge due to the revival of electricity demand and net-zero emissions goals by corporations

Investment in renewable energy in India reached a record $14.5 billion in the last fiscal (2021-22), an increase of 125 per cent compared to FY2020-21 and 72 per cent over the pre-pandemic FY2019-20, a new report by the Institute for Energy ...

India has pledged “net zero” carbon emissions by 2070 – but the searing summer has seen India's coal imports rise in the past month.

Amidst the coal crisis where the Centre has invoked an emergency law to operate idle coal import-based utilities, energy transition experts believe the electricity generation for 1.35 billion people based on expensive imported coal for blending ...

India is projected to fall "well short" of its target for 2022 of having 100 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar capacity, largely due to slow uptake of rooftop solar, a new report by JMK Research and the Institute for Energy Economics ...

A report by a committee of the Parliament has recommended a renewable finance obligation for the country’s financial institutions.

India needs at least twice the amount of its current investment in clean energy, to meet its targets by 2030. Considering this, a parliamentary committee has recommended tools to facilitate financing for the sector. To achieve its goal of 500 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity of non-fossil-fuels-based energy projects by 2030, India requires about Rs. […]

All indications point towards large-scale EV adoption in the country in the near future. But will the challenges outweigh opportunities in the long run?

According to environmentalists, the budget's thrust on development through infrastructure and megaprojects could aggravate the environmental degradation that India already faces.

These were the views of climate experts and negotiators who participated in several international diplomatic meets, including the just concluded UN Climate Change Conference or COP26, chaired by the UK, in which nearly 200 nations pledged to ...