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India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015)...

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The Mirage of Clean Power

A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to insatiable dema...

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A Push on Large RE Projects to Achieve Paris Pledge

After making a pledge in the Paris Agreement to increase the share of renewable energy, India is not only pushing large ...

Energy General

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Joint Statement denouncing the controversial Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020

Press Release| Bangalore| Dated: 13th May 2020 As the nation and the world struggles with the unplanned lockdown im...

Energy National Consultation on The Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 Press Releases

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It’s not just an energy issue; it’s also a justice issue

15 years back power sector witnessed a huge expansion. Between 2005 and 2011, thermal projects with 700 GW were given ei...

Blog Energy Renewable

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Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

“We live in an age of urgency… We cannot remain silent onlookers while corporate profiteers, financiers, and their...

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Statement: The False Promises of Hydropower

A Joint Statement The False Promises of Hydropower: How dams fail to deliver the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sust...

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PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

A new analysis of energy project lending in India shows that majority of government-owned banks and financial institutio...

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Indian State-run Banks Financed more Coal than Renewable Energy in 2017: Study

The report, prepared by Delhi-based Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), finds that coal received Rs 60,767 crore ...

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India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal

India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal Even as the Narendra Modi government pushes fo...

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May 8, 2024

Soumya Dutta

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015) on climate change, the Indian government had pledged that 40% of its installed electricity capacity would be from Non-Fossil fuel energy sources (as these fossil fuels, Coal, petr...

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October 29, 2021

Vismay Basu

The Mirage of Clean Power

A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to insatiable demand for the fuels that produce it. The latest coal crisis, causing possibilities for electricity blackouts, is a bleak reminder of that fact. As the economy started recovering from ...

Coal Energy General Renewable

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June 11, 2021

Rajesh Kumar

A Push on Large RE Projects to Achieve Paris Pledge

After making a pledge in the Paris Agreement to increase the share of renewable energy, India is not only pushing large scale renewable energy projects including solar and wind projects, but it has also eased many rules and regulations in a hurry to bring back large hydropower projects to achieve it...

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January 3, 2022

CFA Admin

Joint Statement denouncing the controversial Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020

Press Release| Bangalore| Dated: 13th May 2020 As the nation and the world struggles with the unplanned lockdown imposed to fight COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet Ministers have been promoting a range of structurally serious changes in law and policy that has irreversible ...

Energy National Consultation on The Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 Press Releases

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January 24, 2020

Joe Athialy

It’s not just an energy issue; it’s also a justice issue

15 years back power sector witnessed a huge expansion. Between 2005 and 2011, thermal projects with 700 GW were given either TOR or EC by the government in around 570 projects, with estimated investments of Rs. 35 trillion. 15 years later, the realisation of those projects are less than 50%, leaving...

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May 17, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

“We live in an age of urgency… We cannot remain silent onlookers while corporate profiteers, financiers, and their allies peddle false solutions for addressing climate change and implementing sustainable development,” declared the joint statement issued by over 250 Civil Society Organisations ...

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May 22, 2019

CFA Admin

Statement: The False Promises of Hydropower

A Joint Statement The False Promises of Hydropower: How dams fail to deliver the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals by Civil Society Organizations on occasion of the 2019 World Hydropower Congress in Paris, France. The organizations called on the members of the Internat...

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February 24, 2026

CFA Admin

PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

A new analysis of energy project lending in India shows that majority of government-owned banks and financial institutions continued to fund coal projects in 2017. The same analysis also reveals private financial companies are comparatively investing more in renewable energy (RE) projects compared t...

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November 20, 2018

The Economic Times

Indian State-run Banks Financed more Coal than Renewable Energy in 2017: Study

The report, prepared by Delhi-based Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), finds that coal received Rs 60,767 crore ($9.35 billion) in lending whereas renewable energy received Rs 22,913 crore ($3.50 billion). New Delhi: A majority of state-owned banks and financial institutions in India continu...

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November 20, 2018

The Quartz

India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal

India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal Even as the Narendra Modi government pushes for renewable energy, Indian financiers are backing coal-based power projects. Around 73% of all funding in 2017 went towards coal-based plants, according to a study of 72 renewable ...

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India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

The Mirage of Clean Power

A Push on Large RE Projects to Achieve Paris Pledge

Joint Statement denouncing the controversial Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020

It’s not just an energy issue; it’s also a justice issue

Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

Statement: The False Promises of Hydropower

PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

Indian State-run Banks Financed more Coal than Renewable Energy in 2017: Study

India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

The Mirage of Clean Power

A Push on Large RE Projects to Achieve Paris Pledge

Joint Statement denouncing the controversial Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020

It’s not just an energy issue; it’s also a justice issue

Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

Statement: The False Promises of Hydropower

PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

Indian State-run Banks Financed more Coal than Renewable Energy in 2017: Study

India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal

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