New business for new renewables
It was a trade exhibition abuzz with the restrained chatter of busy suited executives at company stalls making contacts and finalising deals. Nothing out of place except that this trade was about...
View ArticleGoing off-grid to power solution
Supply issues comprise one part of the energy conundrum, as we discussed last fortnight. The cost of energy and our ability to pay for it is the other. The matter gets vexed because the rise in price...
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Greenest of all: Model building design that helps save energy and money by...
Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movementread more
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Use of glass in construction has become a fad. But it is not the right choice...
Use of glass in construction has become a fad. But it is not the right choice for Indian climateread more
View ArticleA year of leadership failure
The last image of 2012 is protesters storming the bastion of Delhi, outraged at the brutal rape of a young girl and the culture of violence against women. This outburst by the educated middle class,...
View ArticleClouds over solar
India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally....
View ArticleFor a place in the sun
How will solar energy be made to work in India? As I discussed in my previous article there are three key challenges. One, how will the country pay for solar energy in a situation where there is no...
View ArticleSolar energy not war
If you know that a sector has arrived when it makes for trade wars between countries, then solar energy clearly has. Last year, the US imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports of solar panels;...
View ArticleSolar energy not war
If you know that a sector has arrived when it makes for trade wars between countries, then solar energy clearly has. Last year, the US imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports of solar panels;...
View ArticleFuture of solar energy seems bleak if sector reforms do not pull through
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) organized a conference on ‘The Future of Solar Energy in India’ to discuss the critical issues...
View ArticleBig mini revolution
We were standing in the only street of this small village called Mohda. Located in the forested region of Chhattisgarh, the village had no access to the road and markets. The women of the village...
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