Clean Energy
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A centralised electricity market in India will be of immense help to green energy producers
The new model promises savings and benefits for renewable generators but faces transition challenges.
Manish Kumar
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This village in Manipur has become a green energy model
The pumped hydro storage project in Hengbung, the first project in India to integrate hydro with solar, has been consistently providing lighting to 350 people.
Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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India wants its new coal plants to generate at least some energy from renewable sources
The Renewable Generation Obligation mandate will help India ensure that 50% of its energy comes from non-fossil fuel sources by the end of 2030, claim experts.
Manish Kumar
Trending
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Indian visa services in Canada suspended as rift widens over Sikh leader’s death
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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A celebrity fitness instructor offers five rules of fitness for everyone
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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In the poetry of Amir Khusrau, food is served with style and flourish
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In India, the future of water-intensive green hydrogen ironically lies in water-scarce regions
Green hydrogen production requires renewable energy and water, but in India renewable energy-rich states suffer from water stress.
Manish Kumar
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Which Indian states are leading the transition to clean energy? A new report has the answer
The report by the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis contains some surprises.
Manish Kumar & Manish Mishra
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A new tech can reduce India’s pollution levels as well as fuel imports. What is standing in its way?
Bio-CNG converts agricultural residue into highly concentrated methane that can replace compressed natural gas mined from the Earth.
Ravleen Kaur
Video
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Watch: A surprise visit from a therapy pony delights UK nursing home resident
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Watch: When Cristiano Ronaldo’s free kick hit a cameraman behind the goalposts on the head
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Caught on CCTV: Masked robbers hold pharmacy staff at gunpoint, flee with cash and chocolates
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India wants a clean energy transition deal – and its coal too
The mixed signals indicate the country will phase out coal only when it is sure the transition won’t cause power disruptions.
Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Decentralised solar power is scripting scores of success stories in rural India
Beneficiaries say renewable energy solutions have helped them reduce trade-related drudgeries and increase their income.
Manish Kumar
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India needs regulations and guidelines to encourage construction of net-zero buildings
In real estate parlance, net-zero buildings are the ones that produce the same amount of non-fossil fuel energy that they consume from the grid annually.
Manish Kumar
The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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Lithium reserves were first mapped in Jammu and Kashmir in 1999. So why is everyone excited now?
It took India two decades to move from the reconnaissance to the prospecting stage. The extraction of the mineral, if feasible, may still be far off.
Manish Kumar
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In hot Rajasthan, solar-powered coolers help herders earn more from camel milk
Instant milk chillers are helping pastoralists in Thar Desert keep their dairy fresh as temperatures rise.
Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Trouble in Joshimath raises questions about hydroelectric projects in fragile mountain ecosystems
Officials regard hydropower as essential for India to meet its renewable energy goals but recent events have cast a shadow on the viability of the power source.
Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Field
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Misplaced priorities: India’s preference for multi-sport events needs a relook
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Watch, Asian Games highlights: India stun three-time champs Korea to make it to volleyball knockouts
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Asian Games, Boxing: Deepak Bhoria – once undernourished and counted out, now India’s best medal bet
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