Renewable Energy

Time to Unleash $8 Trillion of Climate Defense Firepower

February 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

On Monday, the British Met Office recorded the U.K.’s warmest winter day on record. In Chile, January temperatures in the capital city of Santiago beat the previous record by a full degree Celsius. Globally, the last five years were collectively the world’s warmest ever. Ever. The world is losing the race to curb carbon dioxide […]

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Evidence for man-made global warming hits ‘gold standard’ level of certainty, say scientists

February 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

US President Donald Trump has often cast doubt on global warming and plans to pull out of the 197-nation Paris climate agreement which seeks to end the fossil fuel era this century by shifting to cleaner energies such as wind and solar power. Evidence for man-made global warming has reached a “gold standard” level of […]

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Safeguarding the earth – time to act is now

February 21, 2019 Anand Gupta

The window of opportunity to get the world on track, limit global warming to 1.5 Degree Celsius is rapidly narrowing. Global warming is one of the greatest threats to human survival. Last year, we saw some of the most sobering reports on the impacts of climate change around the world. Seas are rising. Extreme weather […]

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Big Oil’s Big Issue With Embracing ‘Big Energy’

February 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

Oil majors increasingly are trying their hand at being alternative-energy minors. Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which traces its roots back to the late 19th century, just bought Greenlots Global, a California software company serving the electric-vehicle charging sector. This follows other deals by Shell — along with the likes of BP Plc, Chevron Corp. and […]

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India set to benefit as wind power gains speed

February 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

Access to cheap energy is essential to India’s sustained accelerated growth. As per International Energy Agency (IEA), India’s aggregate energy consumption will more than double by 2040. India’s economy is the world’s sixth-largest by nominal GDP and the third-largest by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). It is the world’s fastest growing major economy, as well. India […]

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First Bio-Fuel Refinery to be set up in Assam by 2021

February 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate India’s first bio-fuel refinery – Assam Bio-Refinery Private Limited – in the state on February 9. The Prime Minister will digitally lay the foundation stone of the project on February 9 at a programme. Further, this will be the first-of-its-kind bio-refinery in the northeastern region which […]

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Leader of New Climate Panel Calls For ‘Bold Action’

February 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

The climate panel is separate from an effort by Democrats to launch a Green New Deal to transform the U.S. economy and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy. It does not yet have office space, staff or even Republican members, but Florida Rep. Kathy Castor is confident that a special House committee on climate […]

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Britain’s Drax becomes world’s first biomass plant to capture carbon

February 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

LONDON: Britain’s Drax has started capturing carbon dioxide at its wood-burning power plant in North Yorkshire, a world first in technology it hopes could lead to carbon negative power plants in the future. Energy companies are seeking ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while also providing constant supplies of electricity when renewable power sources, such […]

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Higher Initial Cost for Offshore Wind Power Industry Inevitable: CIP

February 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has urged the Taiwanese government to avoid slashing wholesale rate for offshore wind power, warning that it may cost Taiwan the opportunity to develop the industry, one step ahead of rivals. CIP noted that higher wholesale rate is an incentive to induce foreign firms investing in Taiwan and fostering the development […]

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Mining cos adopt wind and solar to reduce energy costs

February 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

In the last few years, more and more mining companies have adopted wind and solar systems to reduce their energy costs at remote off-grid mines. In this first phase, the initial focus was on the integration capabilities as miners were afraid that adding intermittent renewables such as solar and wind could affect the reliability of […]

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