India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy (RE). The Government of India set an ambitious target in 2015 of installing 175GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. Since then, as part of the...
Major investments are coming up in Ladakh, and the Himalayas at large, much of it in Renewables. But how ‘Clean’ and ‘Just’ is this path towards Energy Transition? What is the toll of the...
In year 2022, solar, wind and hybrid project finance lending amounted to INR 18,577 crore ($2.36 billion). On the other hand, like in 2021, not a single coal power plant received such funding. Not...
As representatives from nearly 200 nations gather for over a week for COP28, this year’s annual UN climate conference, being held in the oil-producing UAE and led by the head of the country’s state...
Energy Transition has been the talking point in recent years thanks to the alarming climate change events and the atmospheric CO2 levels. India has the third highest carbon emissions in the world.
India’s installed capacity for power generation has also seen a tremendous rise, standing at 405.77 GW. What is also readily observable is the dominant share of coal in the installed capacity equalling 204 GW,...
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...
𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠 & 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 Here is our monthly newsletter on Renewables, RE Matters, from the Centre for Financial Accountability. An extension of CFA’s work to understand and critically analyse the global energy...
22nd April 2022 will be the 52nd year since the observation of Earth Day. A day that marked the birth of the modern environment movement across the West in the back drop of protests against war...
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...
Listen to a conversation with Prof. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Professor, Resource, Environment and Development Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, talking to Bhargavi Rao and Aswathi Nair, from Centre for Financial Accountability.
As India struggles through battling a pandemic and subsequent shut down, the government seems to be in no mood on pausing in stifling controversial issues that majorly impact the economy of the country. After...
Investors are leading the climate change charge towards zero emissions and cleaner fuels while governments lag behind Financial giants are redirecting massive money flows away from fossil fuels as slow movers report losses. But...
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...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A financial assessment on Friday revealed a massive 90 per cent decline in coal power investment in India in 2018 compared to the previous year. The report looks at coal...