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Sunday, July 27, 2025
TopicRenewable energy

Topic: renewable energy

UP Global Investors’ Summit: Renewable energy bags maximum commitment of Rs 4.4 lakh crore

According to UP govt data 19,000 MoUs were signed & close to Rs 35.5 lakh cr pledged in investments. Gautam Buddha Nagar got 27% of commitments, followed by Agra, Lucknow & Gorakhpur.

India sees 8-fold rise, adds over 52k workers in solar & wind energy sectors in FY22, study shows

India’s clean energy sectors employ 164,000 workers as of FY22 showing a 47% increase from FY21, finds the study jointly conducted by three organisations — CEEW, NRDC India, & SCGJ.

India’s green hydrogen dream: Businesses are raring to go clean, but cost, safety are concerns

With the aim to become hub for manufacture of green hydrogen — ‘fuel of the future’ — Union cabinet approved ‘National Green Hydrogen Mission’ last month with an outlay of Rs 19,744 cr.

Green hydrogen & shipping focus of delegation visiting India next week, says Norwegian ambassador

Norway has already made investments worth $200 million in India, says ambassador Hans Jacob Frydenlund, foresees ‘concrete cooperation’ on green hydrogen & other renewable energy areas.

Green hydrogen steps in where the limits of renewable ends

Currently, more than 100 pilot and demonstration projects using hydrogen or its derivatives to fuel shipping, are underway globally.

Uruguay punches above weight not just in football. It’s also a sustainability success story

The country runs on 98 per cent renewable energy. Investment in renewables and electrification of transport are some methods through which Uruguay has achieved that.

Sustainable transition to green energy is a challenge the world faces. Chile has a playbook

The country’s energy transition strategy has evolved in recent years due to a combination of broad-based political support and innovative green technologies.

Green hydrogen in SIGHT, India has taken a leap. Now ensure it doesn’t end up being hot air

Hydrogen’s ability to service carbon-heavy industries might be limited by the sheer volume of the gas needed to run cells, planes, ships compared to traditional sources.

Biomass to ethanol, IIT study finds enzyme that breaks forest scraps into renewable energy

The study by IIT-Guwahati & University of Lisbon found the enzyme, RfGH5_4, to effectively break down the cellulose and hemicellulose in woody biomatter and converted it into bioethanol.

India’s subsidies for renewable energy nearly doubled in 2021 fiscal after 4-yr lull, report finds

Data from International Institute for Sustainable Development highlights higher subsidy allocation to renewables comes despite 3% drop in subsidies to energy sector as a whole in FY 2021-22. 

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.