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Neither New Nor Renewable

Analyzing why the MNRE should scrap the subsidy for waste-to-energy incineration plants. “Destructors”, “incinerators” a...

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Follow the Money, As Funding Shifts Completely to Renewables Over Coal in 2021

A study titled “Financiers Prefer Wind And Solar Over Coal” has been released by CFA (Center For Financial Accountabilit...

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Financiers now back renewable energy projects more: Study

For the first time, 100% of the value of the project finance loans identified last year went to renewable energy project...

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Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

In early August, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that have hen...

Coal Energy General Publications Renewable

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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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The setting sun on India’s solar dreams

Caught in an economic slowdown, India’s clean energy transition is likely to go for a toss. What will be the cost? The ...

Energy Smitu Kothari Fellowship For Young Writers 2019

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Asia Digs up and Burns Three-quarters of the World’s Coal

That must change if the climate is not to A LARGE SIGN in the city hall of San Carlos, on the island of Negros in the Ph...

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Renewable Energy Projects Accounted for 80% of all Energy Financing in 2018

A new report has revealed that renewable energy projects took up a vast majority, nearly 80 percent, of the total energy...

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Coal Power Unsustainable, Sharp Decline in Lending by Financial Institutions, Says CFA Report

The Centre for Financial Accountability has found that only five coal power projects with a total capacity of 3800 MW re...

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Massive Decline in Lending to Coal Power Projects in 2018: Report

For Immediate Release Massive Decline in Lending to Coal Power Projects in 2018: Report CHENNAI, 16 August 2019: The Coa...

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March 5, 2024

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Analyzing why the MNRE should scrap the subsidy for waste-to-energy incineration plants. “Destructors”, “incinerators” and “waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration” all mean the same thing – indiscriminate burning of garbage! Having a history of about one and a half centuries, WTE incinerators have...

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December 13, 2022

Saur Energy International

Follow the Money, As Funding Shifts Completely to Renewables Over Coal in 2021

A study titled “Financiers Prefer Wind And Solar Over Coal” has been released by CFA (Center For Financial Accountability). According to the Coal vs. Renewables Financial Analysis 2022, L&T Finance overtook SBI as the largest financier of renewable energy project financing in 2021. The annual en...

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December 12, 2022

MANKA BEHL

Financiers now back renewable energy projects more: Study

For the first time, 100% of the value of the project finance loans identified last year went to renewable energy projects. This is a considerable increase compared to 2020, where renewable energy loans accounted for 74%. This was revealed in the fifth edition of Coal Vs Renewable Financial Analysis,...

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December 12, 2022

CFA and Climate Trends

Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

In early August, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that have hence been formally communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These include goals like reducing the emission intensity of India’s G...

Coal Energy General Publications Renewable

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December 8, 2020

CFA Admin

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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March 5, 2020

Tanya Thomas

The setting sun on India’s solar dreams

Caught in an economic slowdown, India’s clean energy transition is likely to go for a toss. What will be the cost? The ongoing slowdown in economic growth and electricity demand has worsened the deep stress in India’s renewable energy industry, sending it into a tailspin MUMBAI : In September, whi...

Energy Smitu Kothari Fellowship For Young Writers 2019

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August 22, 2019

The Economist

Asia Digs up and Burns Three-quarters of the World’s Coal

That must change if the climate is not to A LARGE SIGN in the city hall of San Carlos, on the island of Negros in the Philippines, lays out the local government’s ambitions. It wants San Carlos to be “a model green city”, “a renewable energy hub for Asia” and “a sustainable tourism destination”. But...

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August 20, 2019

Saur Energy International

Renewable Energy Projects Accounted for 80% of all Energy Financing in 2018

A new report has revealed that renewable energy projects took up a vast majority, nearly 80 percent, of the total energy financing in 2018 A new report has revealed that renewable energy projects took up a vast majority, nearly 80 percent, of the total energy financing in India last year, while fina...

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August 20, 2019

News18

Coal Power Unsustainable, Sharp Decline in Lending by Financial Institutions, Says CFA Report

The Centre for Financial Accountability has found that only five coal power projects with a total capacity of 3800 MW received financing of ₹6,081 crore in 2018. New Delhi: Amid economic slowdown, a latest report reveals a sharp decline in lending to coal power projects of country in 2018. According...

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August 20, 2019

CFA Admin

Massive Decline in Lending to Coal Power Projects in 2018: Report

For Immediate Release Massive Decline in Lending to Coal Power Projects in 2018: Report CHENNAI, 16 August 2019: The Coal vs Renewables 2018 – an annual energy investment trend report – reveals a significant drop in lending to coal power projects compared to the lending received in 2017....

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Neither New Nor Renewable

Follow the Money, As Funding Shifts Completely to Renewables Over Coal in 2021

Financiers now back renewable energy projects more: Study

Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

Press Release on the inaugural of Energy Finance Conference India

The setting sun on India’s solar dreams

Asia Digs up and Burns Three-quarters of the World’s Coal

Renewable Energy Projects Accounted for 80% of all Energy Financing in 2018

Coal Power Unsustainable, Sharp Decline in Lending by Financial Institutions, Says CFA Report

Massive Decline in Lending to Coal Power Projects in 2018: Report

Neither New Nor Renewable

Follow the Money, As Funding Shifts Completely to Renewables Over Coal in 2021

Financiers now back renewable energy projects more: Study

Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

Press Release on the inaugural of Energy Finance Conference India

The setting sun on India’s solar dreams

Asia Digs up and Burns Three-quarters of the World’s Coal

Renewable Energy Projects Accounted for 80% of all Energy Financing in 2018

Coal Power Unsustainable, Sharp Decline in Lending by Financial Institutions, Says CFA Report

Massive Decline in Lending to Coal Power Projects in 2018: Report