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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 Accountability). According to the Coal vs. Renewables Financial Analysis 2022, L&T Finance overtook SBI as the...

Read more December 13, 2022 at 4:04 pm Saur Energy International

Oil Security or Oil Dependency?

Mr. Amit Bhandari, in his article “A sovereign wealth fund for oil security” published in the Financial Express on February 1, 2022 suggests that despite the push for renewable energy and electric vehicles, the...

Read more March 14, 2022 at 1:30 pm Swathi Seshadri

A Failed Approach: Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on Energy

The Twenty First report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2021-22) titled ‘FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR’ that was presented to Lok Sabha on February 03, 2022 Laid in Rajya Sabha on...

Read more February 23, 2022 at 12:30 pm Bhargavi S. Rao

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.

Read more February 22, 2022 at 1:26 pm Bhargavi S. Rao

The National Capital’s 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.

Read more February 10, 2022 at 3:10 pm Ashi Datta

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...

Read more February 10, 2022 at 1:18 pm Varsha Patel

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)...

Read more January 24, 2022 at 6:39 pm Swathi Seshadri and Varsha Patel

Indian lenders reduce funding for coal projects, clean energy gets more loans for 3rd straight year

Clean energy projects got 74% of the total funds from financial institutions last year, or ₹24380 crore, according to a report by Climate Trends and Centre for Financial Accountability. Indian lenders channeled more funds to...

Read more December 24, 2021 at 12:44 pm CFA

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...

Read more November 5, 2021 at 7:41 pm CFA

The State of Energy Finance in India

Wind and solar electricity costs have fallen so much that building new renewable generation is now cheaper than operating 39% of the world’s existing coal capacity, and this will increase to 60% of existing capacity in the...

Read more February 12, 2021 at 1:49 pm Tanya Thomas

How India is making a way for coal: Energy Sector Updates

Coal has not been only always costlier from the perspective of socio, economic, and ecology, but it has also been one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the energy sources. Despite that, post-pandemic,...

Read more January 22, 2021 at 11:58 am Rajesh Kumar

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