According to a report, the share of renewables in the power mix needs to climb to 90%, a more than eight-fold increase from now, for India to meet its net-zero goal.
Special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry said the US has set up a consortium of countries eager to help India produce 450 gigawatts of renewable power by 2030.
The global energy storage market needs to grow 100 times its current size to accommodate increasing demand. But hillsides are a potential source of power.
According to UK-based clean energy group Ember, there is a chance coal power never has to breach 2018 levels again if the Indian govt meets its renewable energy goals.
Saudi Arabia Energy Minister said the kingdom is working with many countries on green and blue hydrogen projects and those to capture carbon emissions.
Foreign investments are key to India meeting its goal of nearly doubling renewable energy capacity by 2022 and raising it five-fold to 450 gigawatts over the next decade.
India's debt-burdened distribution utilities have been reluctant to agree to long-term contracts, particularly with prices of solar power expected to continue to decline.
Shutting down one copper smelting plant has made India a net importer for the first time — and that’s bad news if we want to compete with China’s resource nationalism.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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