The world’s coastal population is a significant contributor to the global economy, currently estimated at $1.5 trillion a year and expected to exceed $3 trillion by 2030. Healthy ocean ecosystems, coastal livelihoods and economic growth require targeted support for key sectors of
Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in Delhi has shifted to hydro and solar power for its energy needs from June 1, becoming the country’s first airport to run entirely on green energy, said the airport operator, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has launched a pilot programme with the aim of enabling a highly efficient, low-carbon future to begin using renewable energy sources. The initiative will guarantee 24-hour electricity generation and use most of the energy required by wind
As part of India’s energy transformation, the union government is discussing plans to launch a tender to install 3-4 gigawatts of offshore wind power. According to a Mint report, several sites in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have been identified for offshore wind
Much before the urgency of transitioning to renewable energy dawned upon us to combat global warming and climate change, the idea of harnessing the sun to generate electricity had taken root in a small village called Tilonia, about 50 km northeast of
The State of the Climate 2021 report says that extreme weather events – the daily face of climate change – have taken a heavy toll on human lives, caused shocks to food and water security and resulted in hundreds of billions of
In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, India’s largest integrated power company, NTPC, has partnered with Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to use the sludge produced at DJB’s sewage treatment plant (STP). The torrefied waste sludge was fired from NTPC’s unit 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprang a surprise at the climate change conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, last November by announcing that India will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. Since then, the government has taken a series of steps in that direction.
India added 1.7 GW of rooftop solar in 2021 with installations up 138 per cent compared to 2020, the highest-ever recorded increase in a calendar year, says the Mercom India Rooftop Solar Market Report Q4 and Annual 2021. The maximum increase was
The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Monday said that since 2014, India had seen an investment of $2.1 billion flowing into the climate technology start-ups in India. The union minister was
