Renewable Energy

Tata Steel ties up with Netherlands’ Nouryon for carbon neutrality

October 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

The companies will together explore the feasibility of a water electrolysis facility to produce hydrogen and oxygen at Tata Steel’s IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands Tata Steel’s European business on Friday announced a partnership with the Netherlands’ chemicals company Nouryon and the Port of Amsterdam to develop the largest green hydrogen cluster in Europe, which […]

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Energy firms, green groups call for strong UK carbon price to keep coal at bay

October 20, 2018 Anand Gupta

The letters, to British Finance Minister Philip Hammond, come ahead of Britain’s October 29 budget and after the government said it was considering four carbon pricing options for Britain when it leaves the European Union next year LONDON: Energy companies and green groups have written separate letters this week to Britain’s finance minister asking for […]

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‘Free power from solar energy no more a dream’

October 20, 2018 Anand Gupta

“I will give free power from Solar Power Projects after 25 years of PPA to all International Solar Alliance (ISA) member countries, said Masayoshi Son, Chief Executive Officer, SoftBank Group during 2nd Global RE-INVEST India-ISA Partnership Renewable Energy Investors Meet & Expo few days back. He further said that “We investing in tech and innovation […]

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JSW Energy’s Himachal hydro plants unaffected by recent heavy rains

October 18, 2018 Anand Gupta

The recent heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh and an abnormal rise in the Satluj river’s silt levels — forcing the temporary closure of major hydro projects — has, however, not affected operations at both of JSW Energy’s hydro plants in the state, company officials said. The Jindal group subsidiary JSW Energy operates the 1,000 MW […]

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Creating awareness on clean, green jobs

October 17, 2018 Anand Gupta

‘Being a new sector, renewable energy jobs are flexible’ NEW DELHI: The Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh, is helping create awareness about the career opportunities in the renewable energy sector. “There is huge scope in this segment now. It is the kind of work that helps heal the planet and helps people live their lives […]

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Sonam Wangchuk pushes for sustainable energy

October 17, 2018 Anand Gupta

Hyderabad: As earth grapples with the detrimental impact of climate change, India needs to emerge as a solution provider to the world’s environmental woes, Sonam Wangchuk, renowned engineer, innovator, education reformist and one of the winners of the 2018 Ramon Magsaysay award said. Speaking at Mytrah Energy’s event Mytrahtalks organised at International Institute of Information […]

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RENEWABLE ENERGY: Towards a Sustainable Future

October 15, 2018 Anand Gupta

Choked with nauseating air pollution levels and unchecked industrial waste – as a society, it is time we take cognizance of the approaching calamity and begin to efficiently utilise renewable energy as a way of life With the expansion of urban life, there has been a direct repercussion in the increasing demands for power and […]

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OPEC Sec-Gen questions ‘misguided’ renewables debate after climate report

October 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

A UN panel this week called for unprecedented changes in how the world consumes energy and a dramatic rise in the use of renewable power to contain global warming and protect the planet from heatwaves, floods and rising sea levels LONDON: OPEC’s Secretary-General on Thursday criticised a report calling for radical action to fight climate […]

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India may miss its target to conduct 10 Gw wind auctions in FY19: Ind-Ra

October 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

Analysts consider unpredictability of wind resource as a major risk for wind power projects New Delhi: India might miss its target to conduct 10 Gw capacity wind auctions in the current financial year ending March 2019, credit ratings agency, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said on Thursday. “In the wind energy space, grid connectivity-related concerns […]

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Aid agencies eye solar power to replace volatile, costly fuel

October 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

LONDON: Cheap, reliable and hard to hijack, the sun could be an ideal energy source in many war zones and disaster areas, prompting aid agencies to consider ditching costly fuel for solar power. While the technology has not advanced far enough to make a full swap viable, some solar projects are already underway in the […]

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