New report by the Energy Transitions Commission shows that reaching net-zero carbon emissions from harder-to-abate sectors, such as heavy industry and heavy-duty transport can be done through ambitious policy, accelerated innovation, and investment, with minimal cost to the global economy. It is technically and financially possible by mid-century. Reaching net-zero Read more…
The smallest building blocks within the power stations of organisms which get their energy directly from the sun are basically miniature reactors surrounded by collectors which capture photons and forward them to the centre. The close correlation between structure and interaction of the components boosts productivity, a strategy which an Read more…
Increased use of renewable energy, combined with intensified electrification, could prove decisive for the world to meet key climate goals by 2050. This study from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) highlights immediately deployable, cost-effective options for countries to fulfil climate commitments and limit the rise of global temperatures. The Read more…
The REN21 Renewables 2019 Global Status Report (GSR 2019) marks 15 years since Bonn2004, the landmark international conference that gave rise to REN21. From the outset, REN21’s mandate has been to collect, consolidate, and synthesize a vast body of renewable energy data to provide clear and reliable information on what Read more…
Hydrogen from renewables can help tackle various critical energy challenges. It could particularly offer ways to decarbonize a range of sectors where it is proving difficult to meaningfully reduce CO2 emissions, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Hydrogen: a renewable energy perspective finds. Led by Read more…
In a special homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Birth Anniversary, young students from Delhi and NCR region created two world records at New Delhi on October 2, 2019. The first world record was in the category of ‘environmental sustainability lessons to the largest number of students at one Read more…
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for a Cooperation Agreement between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India and Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate of the Kingdom of Denmark on strategic sector cooperation in the field of renewable energy Read more…
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, awarded Grants to the awardees of the second round of PACEsetter fund programme in a ceremony organized by the Ministry on September 20, 2019. Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary, MNRE, and Mr Kenneth Ian Juster, the US Ambassador to India Read more…
Undeniably, financial volatility and climate change are considered to be the prime catalysts of alteration in the global ecology that could profoundly impact businesses and society. In the last decade, it is universally gathered that the corporate sourcing of renewables has the potential to churn substantial investments into renewable energy. Read more…
Ingeteam, headquartered in Spain, has opened a new facility in the vicinity of Chennai to satisfy the demand for wind power converters and control cabinets by both local and international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with operations in India. Located in the Tamil Nadu region, Ingeteam’s new 3,500 m² facility is Read more…