RE Matters | August 2022

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 transition from coal to renewables and...

Read more September 8, 2022 at 1:05 pm CFA

Solar parks – casting shadow over already ignored open natural ecosystems

In December 2020, when my friend, a forest department staff- Keshava and I were on a bird walk, around one of Asia's largest solar parks in Pavagada, we saw a dog-like creature with a...

Read more September 7, 2022 at 8:08 pm Santosh Pavagada

How is Plastic Made?

Ever wondered how plastics are created from crude oil and other raw materials? Check out this 1-minute video to find out!

Read more August 22, 2022 at 12:09 pm CFA

RE Matters | July 2022

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कोराड़ी थर्मल पावर : कोयले से बिजली, बिजली से राखड़ और राखड से तबाही

पिछले महीने, 16 जुलाई 2022 को सुबह हुई दुघर्टना में, 1974 में शुरू हुए (47 वर्षीय) महाराष्ट्र के नागपुर स्थित ‘कोराड़ी थर्मल पावर स्टेशन’ के राख-तालाब का एक हिस्सा टूट गया और उसमें जमा हुआ पानी और राख गावों में, नदी-नहर, पीने के पानी के...

Read more July 25, 2022 at 11:20 am Deepmala Patel

RE Matters | June 2022

वापस आया बिजली संशोधन बिल | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

किसानों के लंबे आंदोलन की वजह से बिजली बिल को वापस ले लिया गया था। लेकिन अब सरकार इसे पार्लियामेंट के अगले सत्र में वापस लाना चाहती है।

Can Renewable Energy Projects Help in Saving India’s Protected Areas?

India’s Protected Areas play a crucial role in preserving our precious biodiversity. India is home to 89,000 species of animals and 46,000 species of plants and nearly half the world’s aquatic plants. Conservation of...

Read more July 1, 2022 at 12:20 pm Nishank

Designing a low energy home

Residential energy consumption takes up about 25% share of the total energy consumption in India, a majority of which is drawn from faraway power plants. India is working to achieve its COP 26 goal of...

Read more June 27, 2022 at 11:23 am Janani S

The Great Indian Power Crisis

The power crisis, triggered by the coal shortage, has been in the news for the past few months. Almost the whole of India was caught in a serious power crisis from early May 2022.

Read more June 25, 2022 at 1:40 pm Soumya Dutta

वापस आया कोयला संकट! क्या है इसके पीछे की असली कहानी?

भारत बिजली की कमी और कोयला संकट से जूझ रहा है। दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा कोयला उत्पादक देश अपने बिजली संयंत्रों को माल उपलब्ध कराने में लगातार विफल क्यों हो रहा है? केंद्र...

Lithium Generated Energy: A Renewable Boon or a ‘Green’ Hoax

Introduction Electric vehicles (EVs) have recently become the buzz word for all the wrong reasons. Almost half a dozen incidents of EVs catching fire have been reported in India since late March of this...

Read more May 30, 2022 at 7:02 pm Shreshta Chowdhury

RE Matters | 30th April, 2022 | In Focus: Earth Day

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent.

Read more May 4, 2022 at 11:15 am Bhargavi S. Rao

Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power

India is aggressively promoting the growth of renewable energy in its quest to be a global leader on climate action, but it continues to ignore concerns about the social and environmental impacts of promoting...

Read more April 28, 2022 at 1:17 pm Malvika Kaushik

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