India needs $10 billion and higher tariffs to clean up its polluting thermal power plants

Thermal power accounts for 80% of India’s industrial emissions of particulate matter and sulphur and nitrous oxides, which often create lung diseases.

Kuwar Singh, qz.com

· Aug 08, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Making money while the sun shines: Farmers in a Gujarat village are selling solar energy

Surplus energy is bought by Gujarat’s power distribution company.

Athar Parvaiz

· Feb 04, 2019 · 09:30 pm

International Solar Alliance can be OPEC of the future, says Narendra Modi

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries at present supplies about half the world’s energy requirements.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 02, 2018 · 09:19 pm

India diverts Rs 56,700 crore from the fight against climate change to Goods and Service Tax regime

Unused money in the National Clean Energy and Environment Fund has been diverted to compensate states for loss of tax revenue.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Jul 24, 2017 · 09:00 am

How the Ganga and GST are hijacking India’s clean energy fund

The National Clean Energy and Environment Fund is being used to finance the government’s pet projects even as mining-hit Adivasi communities are neglected.

Aruna Chandrasekhar

· Jul 04, 2017 · 10:30 am

Watch: Meet two women engineers bringing cleaner energy to India's villages

And don't miss the solar cooker song.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 09, 2017 · 05:00 pm

China plans to use renewable energy to tackle poverty – but will it succeed?

By installing solar home systems in the poorest villages, China hopes to boost the incomes of 200 million households.

Sam Geall and Shen Wei

· Nov 07, 2016 · 08:30 pm

India is becoming one of the world's largest solar markets – but is reliant on China for imports

India’s rush to add solar power is being aided largely by a manufacturing overcapacity in China, driving down costs of photovoltaic cells and other equipment.

Soumya Sarkar

· Aug 29, 2016 · 07:30 pm