Energy Transition

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The deserts of Rajasthan have long been known for their spare beauty and their intense sunshine. Now that sun is being turned into a surge of solar power expansion that may one day power not just Rajasthan but a wide swath of India with clean energy. Photo by: Jitendra Parihar/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Powering ahead – footprints of large scale renewable energy projects on environmental and social grounds

The energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is a significant part of India’s climate response. In a COVID-19 ravaged world, when - countries worldwide are looking inwards, protectionism is the order of the day and new developments are delayed, does the renewable energy sector still hold it’s promises of the past?

By Sadia Sohail

Powering ahead

The scoping report examines and reviews existing policies, regulatory structures and instruments to promote, develop, monitor and regulate renewable energy at the central and state levels.

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Energy-Water Nexus

This study by Vasudha Foundation has created a comprehensive mapping of all existing and proposed coal fired power plants on water related parameters.

The book captures India’s potential for a large scale energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. It analyses whether the ambitious renewable energy targets that India has set upon itself are possible and also provides ideas and recommendations that will help realize energy access for all in the country.

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Questioning Nuclear India: An obituary for Praful Bidwai

Prominent Indian journalist Praful Bidwai has unexpectedly passed away. He was only 65 years old. With his death, India looses one of the most prominent critics of nuclear armament and nuclear energy generation.

By Dr. Axel Harneit-Sievers

Hydropower development in Arunachal Pradesh: A new narrative in natural resource politics?

The northeatern state of Arunachal Pradesh, with its many hills and rivers, has been at the focus of the ambitious 50,000MW Initiative. In a manifold power struggle between the rural communities, the state and private investors, the project has however run aground

By Mibi Ete

Between ambition and reality: India’s nuclear power programme

Undeterred by the Fukushima disaster, and notwithstanding the shoddy performance of its Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), India is forging ahead with ambitious plans to expand its nuclear energy generation capacity manifold from the present

By Praful Bidwai

Distributed Renewable Energy Projects in Rural Areas of India - A guide to Implementation

The need for renewable energy resources is real and pressing today simply because our current dependence on conventional petro -based fuels and energy sources cannot be sustained. Electrification Scheme over the past two decades there remains a lot of work that needs to be done. The numbers of villages which still don’t have access to electricity continue to be very high and in a number of these village the grid reaching them may still be some years away.

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