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Don’t go for pricey foreign N-power plants when solar’s going dirt-cheap Forget the Bush-Manmohan Singh vision of a nuclear power renaissance. Recent developments — cheap solar power plus the bankruptcy of Westinghouse — call for a total overhaul of nuclear plans that now look obsolete, dangerous and ultra-costly. I say this as one who solidly supported the Bush-Manmohan deal in ... Read More »

These Printed Solar Panels Aren’t as Sexy as Elon Musk’s Roofs, but They’re More Groundbreaking A team of researchers in Australia has created a solution that could make solar energy far more accessible. While Tesla enters the order-taking stage for its new solar roofs, which cost about the same as regular roofs, scientists in Australia think they’ve found an even ... Read More »

The Big Green Bang: how renewable energy became unstoppable At the start of this year, a British businessman named Adam Robson received some awful news. Mr Robson runs an English company called Torotrak that invents fuel-saving contraptions aimed at solving one of the auto industry’s great dilemmas: how to make a petrol car that is green enough to meet tightening ... Read More »

Asian Lawmakers: Region Pivotal in Fighting Climate Change Asian lawmakers say their region is pivotal to any global efforts at limiting climate change and they are committed to finding solutions. At a just concluded meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Vietnam, lawmakers from countries across the region gathered to share their fears stemming from hotter global temperatures – as ... Read More »

India ranked second in renewable energy attractiveness index India has moved up to the second spot from third position in this year’s ‘Renewable energy country attractiveness index’ released by EY. This is primarily due to a combination of strong government support and increasingly attractive economics, EY said in a statement. According to the statement, India continued its upward trend in ... Read More »

China Proposes Major Green Investment Amid U.S. Retreat From Climate Change In a sweeping foreign policy address on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to invest in clean energy, build scientific coalitions, and support other countries’ efforts to adapt to climate change. Speaking in Beijing at the inaugural Belt and Road Forum, a gathering of 130 nations with which China ... Read More »

SoftBank and Foxconn help Modi reach his ambitious clean-energy goals, bring cheap solar power to India Companies led by SoftBank Group Corp. of Japan and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. are bringing India some of the cheapest solar power in the world, helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi reach his ambitious clean-energy goals. In two auctions this week for renewable-energy power-purchase ... Read More »

Can Uttar Pradesh emerge as a poster boy for India’s power sector reforms? The Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in Uttar Pradesh, among other things, may accelerate power sector reforms in India. The Yogi Adityanath-led government has signed an agreement to provide round-the-clock electricity in less than two years. That is a Herculean task for the state where eight-hour power cuts ... Read More »

Japan’s ORIX seeks India solar play with SUN Group Japanese financial services firm ORIX Corp. is among a raft of overseas firms interested in leveraging India’s growing green economy. ORIX, which is no stranger to India, will set up a joint venture firm with SUN Renewables for setting up distributed generation solar power projects, Uday Khemka-promoted SUN Group said in ... Read More »

What’s killing India’s giant coal power plants? India’s giant coal-fuelled thermal power plants are steadily running out of steam. Over a decade ago, a clutch of massive power stations—dubbed ultra mega power projects (UMPPs)—were touted as the solution to fix India’s electricity deficit. But hamstrung by bad planning, over-enthusiastic power companies, and unexpected regulations in Indonesia, these grand projects have ... Read More »