Budget 2022: Plenty Parley, Paltry Provision!
In the key features of the Budget 2022 document, there is the mention of the terms energy transition and climate action twice. Particularly under the goals of the Amrit Kaal and the four priorities.
The National Capitalās Experience with Waste to Energy
Waste to energy plants (WTEs) use waste as a fuel for generating power like other power stations use coal, oil or natural gas.
Finance, Plastics & Land: What are Plastic Parks? Inside the Assam Plastic Park
Big money is set to fuel the making of more plastics in India. The production of phenolics in India began in 1947 and the first thermoplastics (polystyrene) were made in 1957 (PlastIndia, 2019). In...
Making Plastics in India: Trends in the industry
Big money is set to fuel the making of more plastics in India. But how and where is plastic made? The production of phenolics in India began in 1947 and the first thermoplastics (polystyrene)...
Coal Vs. Renewable | Financial Analysis, 2021
At COP26, India announced its objectives to reach net zero by 2070. In addition, the country aims to install 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030, 450 GW of which would come from renewable...
3rd Energy Finance Conference India 2021 | How Clean is Green Finance | December 14-17, 2021
Speakers & participants from the industry, banking, think tanks, executive, academia and trade unions, along with researchers, climate justice activists and local community members coming together to share, reflect and learn from each other....
ADB Energy Policy: Lack of Intent; Absence of Commitment
Asian Development Bank has approved a new energy policy ostensibly to support universal access to reliable and affordable energy services, while promoting the low-carbon transition in Asia and the Pacific. However a closer look...
The Mirage of Clean Power
A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to unsatiable demand for the fuels that produce it.
Green Hydrogen as India’s Next Clean Energy Source
Billionaire Gautam Adani, who runs a ports-to-power corporate empire that rules much of India's infrastructure landscape, said in his TiE Sustainability speech this week that he's training his sights next on the green hydrogen...
Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity
India's power ecosystem, which depends overwhelmingly on coal to meet the country's baseline electricity demand, is suddenly faced with an acute coal shortage. Even when the Coal Ministry tried to play down the coal...
Are Mega Solar Projects Really the Energy Alternatives We are Looking at?
In 2014, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, launched the Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects to meet some of the targets for building large-scale solar-power plants in...
Tidal Energy in India? Are We Ready?
Renewable energy commitments of India have been in focus in the various government policies. India has seen major investments in technology research and development of various kinds of renewable energy. Tidal energy is one...
Energy Finance Conference India 2020 – Conference Report
The Energy Finance Conference āIndia which began in 2019 and continued its journey into 2020, emerged as a response to the ongoing dialogues on theĀ need to judiciously maximise the security of energy supplies...
Running on the Renewable Route: Why RE Matters
In line with the attempts of Centre for Financial Accountability to work towards exploring the possibilities and handicaps in the much touted energy transition from fossil fuels to Renewable energy, world over in general...
Reminiscing an annotated page from my field notes
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...
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