Lead Yourself Before Blaming Scientists for Not Solving Global Warming Everyone is quick to point fingers. We’re less quick to take responsibility, but that’s what leaders do. Leaders take responsibility. We know the futility of blaming others, however much we indulge in doing so. We can’t change the past. We can, however, act in the present. A leadership and business ... Read More »
Hopes For Clean Energy In India Are High As Solar Power Will Leave Coal Power Behind By 2027 India’s renewable energy programme is proceeding at such a rapid pace that its contribution to total power generation will equal that of coal in 2026 and surpass it the following year, according to projections made in the second volume of the Economic ... Read More »
International Solar Alliance meet to host Fortune 500 companies CEOs, announce Solar Nobels With New Delhi hosting the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) assembly in December, an ambitious outreach programme is in the works including hosting chief executives of Fortune 500 companies and starting a Solar Nobel prize. The Indian imprint on the ISA will be visible with global awards ... Read More »
Al Gore says climate’s best hope lies in cities and solar power In the early 2000s Al Gore emerged from a devastating presidential election defeat with a new quest: to warn the world about global warming. Although some may think his climate work peaked with his 2005 film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” he has taken his mission far beyond the silver screen. ... Read More »
This U.S. City Now Requires Solar Panels on all New Homes From mid-September onward, solar panels will be mandatory for new homes in South Miami, Florida. The law — which was passed with a four-to-one majority — states that builders must install 16 m² (175 ft²) of solar panel per 93 m² (1000 ft²) of sunlit roof area, or one panel ... Read More »
Solar Power Is Cheaper, but the World Is Still Running on Fossil Fuels The Price Of Power Even without subsidies, new wind and solar power plants are usually cheaper than new coal, nuclear, or natural gas power plants. In fact, they are often not only cheaper, but substantially so. According to Lazard, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) estimates based on ... Read More »
5 climate change challenges India needs to wake up to In the lead up to the anniversary of the signing the Paris Climate Agreement we need to re-assess climate change–induced national risks. On the 46th Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the UN Secretariat in New York, in a record pact, several nations committed to slowing down the emission of greenhouse ... Read More »
Banks – Are you slowing clean energy adoption Fact: In India, Clean energy adoption is being slowed down by lack of financing products on the ground. Industrial, institutional as well as residential buyers have almost no avenues for smooth financing of clean energy solutions. Anyone who is out there knocking on doors, encouraging users to switch to solar – has ... Read More »
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