Renewable Energy

Brazil says new hydro power projects in the Amazon possible

March 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

Speaking at seminar organized by government relations association Abrig, Salles said environmental agency Ibama is in charge of assessing such projects and the risks associated with them, and it will do so on a strictly technical basis SAO PAULO: The Brazilian government would be open to evaluating new hydro power projects in the Amazon region […]

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Climate trouble associated with spike in energy

March 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

According to International Energy Agency, 2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble. Paris: A 2.3 per cent jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewable and helped drive record-high greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said recently. Fossil fuels satisfied nearly 70 percent of that growth for the […]

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Puerto Rico Legislature Approves 100 Percent Renewable Energy Target

March 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

The law now heads to the governor for signature. Puerto Rico today joined a small, but growing, cohort of jurisdictions pursuing 100 percent renewables when its House of Representatives approved legislation (PS 1121) that revamps the island’s energy system. Hawaii and Washington, D.C. are the only other U.S. localities that have the same ambitious target, […]

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Electrolux Highlights Lower Emissions and Investments for Improved Climate Impact in 2018 Sustainability Report

March 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

STOCKHOLM: Electrolux, the appliance industry sustainability leader, today reported a 66% reduction in CO2 emissions from its operations since 2005, and highlighted how significant investments at manufacturing sites and in new product platforms will make a major contribution to the company achieving its climate targets. In the 2018 Sustainability Report, released today, Electrolux presents facts […]

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Shell Switches U.K. Customers to 100% Renewable Power

March 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

Royal Dutch Shell Plc took a step forward in its aim to become the world’s biggest power company with an aggressive move into the U.K. retail market by offering one of the cheapest tariffs available. Shell Energy, formerly known as First Utility Ltd., said Monday it has a fixed rate power-supply tariff for U.K. customers […]

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The renewable energy industry will thrive but needs to tread with caution

March 21, 2019 Anand Gupta

Once assets have been through a stressed credit cycle, the market may pave the way for financially sustainable businesses India has $53 billion stressed debt or non-performing assets in the power sector mostly comprising thermal or coal power plants. While the sector is reeling under NPAs, renewable energy has emerged as a sustainable alternative to […]

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Accelerating India’s Transition to Renewable Energy

March 19, 2019 Anand Gupta

India’s renewables story thus far has been a huge success. No country of India’s size and low income per capita has done so much to bring the costs of renewables down, or position itself to leapfrog into a cleaner electricity system so early in its development pathway. India’s renewable policy 1.0, initiated notably with the […]

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Nobel Peace Prize nomination for student climate campaigner Greta

March 16, 2019 Anand Gupta

Students worldwide are skipping class on Friday to take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure to take sufficient action against global warming. The coordinated ‘school strikes’, being held from the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle, were inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who began holding solitary demonstrations outside […]

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Carbon capture and coal gasification can be a game changer for India

March 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

Gasification with CCUS needs to be engineered and applied in a way which preserves the economics, growth, quality, and scale of operation of the industrial economy India today emits more than three billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and is the fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter after the China, US and the EU. Although on per […]

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CSIR bats for green ‘biocoal’

March 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

Against the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to the scientists to find a ‘concrete solution’ to deal with the problem of stubble burning, the country’s premier research agency, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has pitched in for conversion of paddy biomass into green ‘biocoal’ to be used in thermal power […]

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