The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) states that the average concentration of carbon dioxide is the highest since measurements began in Hawaii in 1958, which is in contrast to the reports of improvement in the localised air quality measurements…more

Constitutional reforms, innovative and connected technology in all types of public and private transport, from rail to road (metro, train, tramway, suburban, bus, HCV, LCV, CV, two-wheelers), increasing forest cover and adopting clean and sustainable mobility we can achieve carbon neutrality…more

The Chinese Photo-Voltaic module manufacturer has developed a solar panel module with a whopping output of 580W and the modules are based on monocrystalline PERC cells…more

The study conducted by Bureau of Energy Efficiency has identified that the overall energy savings stands at 23.728 Mtoe which is equivalent to 136.374 BU of electrical savings and INR 89,122 Cr. for the year 2018 – 19. The total energy saved is 2.69% of the total primary energy supply (879.23 Mtoe) during 2018-19. more

The Indian government is planning to amend the Electricity Act by introducing mandatory hydro-power procurement targets for State distribution companies, which would have to meet part of their power requirements with hydro-power. The Government is also considering the introduction of tradable certificates to sell/purchase to those states which are not able to procure power from hydro-plants.

The implementation of the second phase of the 12 GW Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) scheme has been transferred from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). With this plan there would be an addition of 4 GW per year of new solar capacity between 2019-2020 (April 2019-March 2020) and 2022-2023.

By 2022, India has set a goal of achieving 175 GW from renewable energy, including 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from biomass and 5 GW from small hydro-power. According to the statistics, installed renewable power capacity in India crossed the 84 GW threshold in December 2019 (84.4 GW), with  solar capacity 32,530 MW, biomass capacity 9,940 MW, wind power capacity reaching 37,280 MW and small hydro-power capacity 4,650 MW.

Due to increase in reliance on renewable energy, Japan has been lowering its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the fifth year in a row, the restart of nuclear reactors and a lower energy demand due to warmer winters have helped in achieving this feat.

According to the Japanese Ministry of Environment, Japan’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 3.9% in the financial year 2018-2019 (April 2018-March 2019) to 1,240 Mt CO2e, their lowest level since 1990-1991. It represents a 12% decline compared to the financial year 2013.

Coal fired power stations of 2000 and 1580 MW capacities shut down operations in UK. Provisional statistics released by the U.K. government last week showed that electricity provided by coal-fired generators dropped by nearly 60% in 2019 compared to the previous year.

A floating superstructure of 72 meter in length would support two 1 MW turbines which will be able to generate enough electricity to meet the annual needs of 1,700 U.K. homes. Scotland and the UK generally are seen as world leaders in tidal energy research, but the US and Canada are both investing heavily in the field.

The national power grid was prepared to handle the dip as a result of which thermal power plants were gradually scaled down prior to the expected time of dip in power demand. When at the scheduled time, the power demand started dipping, the power generation from hydel power plants were scaled to half of their power generating capacities. And after a short time when the power demand started surging, the power generation from hydel were rapidly increased to maintain grid balance, while that of thermal power plants were gradually increased.