RE Matters | May 2022
Here is our monthly newsletter on Renewables, RE Matters, from the Centre for Financial Accountability.
RE Matters | 30th April, 2022 | In Focus: Earth Day
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...
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...
Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day
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...
Engaging the youth this Earth day on Energy Transition
The youth of today are both the most optimistic and pessimistic generation. Some of us have given up and accepted the inevitable doom of climate change and certain others remain apathetic. Considering where they’re...
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...
India’s Renewable Energy Promise at the COP-26 in Glasgow
One of the most important climate summits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the CoP-26 recently took place in the Scottish city of Glasgow in United Kingdom.
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.
A Peopleless Budget: Budget 2022 Analysis
The government has over the years made its priorities clear as to whose interest it serves. It is evident from the fact that the government continues with its gross underspending on key social sectors...
PFC was the sole coal financier in 2020 | Press Release
New Delhi, December 14, 2021: Coal vs Renewables Financial Analysis 2020 identifies PFC, and its subsidiary REC, as the sole state-owned financial institutions that provided project financing to coal power projects in 2020.
Coal Vs. Renewable | Financial Analysis
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...
RE Matters | October 2021
News & Views on Renewable Energy Introducing an exclusive monthly newsletter on Renewables, RE Matters, from Centre for Financial Accountability. An extension of CFA’s work to understand and critically analyse the global energy transition from...
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...
RE Matters | September 2021
News & Views on Renewable Energy September issue
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