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Conventional review of renewable energy potential in India usually draws a direct comparison with traditional power from thermal and large hydel plants. This comparison is not fair as generation of renewable energy is not backed by the subsidies and support infrastructure that traditional power generation gets. So it was always the one time cost of …
When Suzlon Energy began taking over Western wind energy businesses, the world woke up to Indian wind power capabilities. Here was a company that boasted of an enormous track record in India and had an excellent bottom-line backed by a healthy stock market performance. Unfortunately the euphoria was short lived as Suzlon began reporting losses …
It’s something that had to come into focus, headed for priority and it’s better late than never – the war against waste has truly begun after the prime minister himself led the charge. As expected, there was a lot of symbolism amidst scepticism as political leaders of the ruling dispensation tried to outdo each other …
It’s something the IEA (International Energy Agency) won’t normally do but for a mishap somewhere. After playing hide and seek for decades with the prospect of hydrocarbons continuing as the primary source of energy globally, the IEA finally came round to the view that by 2050 solar power would become the primary source of energy …
The total onshore wind energy potential in India is over a hundred gig watts of which barely 3 percent has been harnessed so far. There’s a long way to go before this huge energy potential gets even half utilized although it is also true that many states especially in peninsular India are already in the …
It is estimated that 40% of all the food produced in India is wasted. That’s a ridiculous figure in a country where 40% of the population is either underfed or is starving. There has been endless discourse on the subject and a glut of grandiose announcements by public leaders at different levels about setting up …
It couldn’t have come at a better time for India; finally a prime minister has shown the courage to take on what many experts say, is a serious internal threat – our non-existent sewage systems and the little in existence that is bursting at the seams. It is no less significant that he chose the …
Forest fires are an unavoidable hazard in the lower foothills of the Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand and every year between the months of April and June one is likely to come across the terrifying orange blaze that burns down miles of evergreen pine forests. Such recurring fires merely don’t char the forest but …
We often come across the term wasteland in relation to arid and semi arid regions that don’t support flora and fauna in the kind of density they are found in rain-fed evergreen regions. In recent times, we have come across patches of land in the midst of rich farmland being referred to as wasteland; a …
As electric power availability gains importance in India as a major election issue, the power sector and its pitfalls are also being scrutinized ever more deeply. It is not easy to accurately analyze India’s total power requirement because nearly half the population has no excess to the traditional grid power. If a rural household that …