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Pavagada Solar Park As we drove on the untarred road, passing through brick walls sparsely covered with cow dung cakes, ...

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Podcast on Gender and Energy with Prof Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt.

Women are already playing diverse roles in renewable energy activities as energy consumers and beneficiaries, as micro e...

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Smart City Deadline Looms But Targets Remain Distant

Mumbai: Imagine clean air all-year round in currently pollution-racked New Delhi, with sensors monitoring its air qualit...

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कोरोना वायरस: ठेका श्रमिकों की बढ़ीं मुश्किलें, ऐसे कर रहे गुजारा

हमारे देश में बिजली पैदा करने का प्रमुख संसाधन कोयला है, पर धरती की छाती चीरकर उसे निकालने वाले मजदूरों की बदहाली जहां-क...

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The State of Energy Finance in India

Wind and solar electricity costs have fallen so much that buildingnew renewable generation is now cheaper than operating...

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How India is making a way for coal: Energy Sector Updates

Coal has not been only always costlier from the perspective of socio, economic, and ecology, but it has also been one of...

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World Bank Group and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project

The World Bank directed its resources to the removal of key barriers to private investment. It played a fundamental ena...

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Press Release on the inaugural of Energy Finance Conference India

The Inaugural Session of the 2nd Energy Finance Conference India 2020 builds the blueprint for an economically and soci...

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Draft power bill promotes privatisation, ‘impedes’ social, environmental safeguards

In an appeal to the chairperson, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, and its members, 90 ci...

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‘सरकार’ को चाहिए महंगी बिजली !

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August 5, 2021

Bhargavi S. Rao

Reminiscing an annotated page from my field notes

Pavagada Solar Park As we drove on the untarred road, passing through brick walls sparsely covered with cow dung cakes, we reached the village of Valluru. A rather sunny day in January 2019. It was here that I gained a good understanding of the upcoming solar park. Having been on the field since the...

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March 11, 2026

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Podcast on Gender and Energy with Prof Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt.

Women are already playing diverse roles in renewable energy activities as energy consumers and beneficiaries, as micro entrepreneurs, extension workers and caretakers, and as leaders, networkers and lobbyists. As energy consumers and end-users, women have also contributed to the design of household ...

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July 14, 2021

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Smart City Deadline Looms But Targets Remain Distant

Mumbai: Imagine clean air all-year round in currently pollution-racked New Delhi, with sensors monitoring its air quality 24×7. Think of parched Chennai receiving 24×7 water supply through a smart metering system that conserves water. Or Bengaluru’s traffic chaos disciplined via digi...

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June 10, 2021

Rohit Shivhare

कोरोना वायरस: ठेका श्रमिकों की बढ़ीं मुश्किलें, ऐसे कर रहे गुजारा

हमारे देश में बिजली पैदा करने का प्रमुख संसाधन कोयला है, पर धरती की छाती चीरकर उसे निकालने वाले मजदूरों की बदहाली जहां-की-तहां है। पिछले साल कोविड-19 के कारण देश भर में लगे ‘लॉकडाउन’ के दौरान कोयला खदानों में काम कर रहे ठेका मजदूरों का रोजगार तो कमोबेश नहीं छीना गया, पर आसपास की बदहाली ने उन्हें मौत...

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May 26, 2021

Tanya Thomas

The State of Energy Finance in India

Wind and solar electricity costs have fallen so much that buildingnew renewable generation is now cheaper than operating 39% ofthe world’s existing coal capacity, and this will increase to 60% ofexisting capacity in the next two years, according to the UN. Half ofIndia’s current coal capacity will b...

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July 30, 2021

Rajesh Kumar

How India is making a way for coal: Energy Sector Updates

Coal has not been only always costlier from the perspective of socio, economic, and ecology, but it has also been one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the energy sources. Despite that, post-pandemic, India is aggressively pushing coal than ever before. On the other hand, the newly elected P...

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December 28, 2020

Gaurav Dwivedi

World Bank Group and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project

The World Bank directed its resources to the removal of key barriers to private investment. It played a fundamental enabling role by financing key environmental and social management and institutional strengthening activities, as well as the solar park’s evacuation infrastructure. Rewa Ultra Mega S...

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December 8, 2020

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Press Release on the inaugural of Energy Finance Conference India

The Inaugural Session of the 2nd Energy Finance Conference India 2020 builds the blueprint for an economically and socio-politically feasible sustainable energy transition A distinguished panel of academics, policy experts and activists pitches for restructuring the energy systems to drive home ...

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September 4, 2020

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Draft power bill promotes privatisation, ‘impedes’ social, environmental safeguards

In an appeal to the chairperson, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, and its members, 90 civil society group have sought cancellation of the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020, proposed by the Union Ministry of Power in April. I am sharing for your reference, regret...

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