Indian Rooftop Solar Rearing to go
Grid-connected solar power is growing fast in India, going from just a few megawatt (MW) in 2009 to over 1000 MW by mid-2012. 1000 MW of solar power can supply over 20 lakh Indians with electricity....
View ArticleSolar mini-grid and rooftop systems in Dayalbagh, Agra
Only half of the subsidy paid by the central government so far, laments the educational institute. The system is not grid-interactive yet since there is no regulation on feeding electricity into the...
View ArticleDoha can still be a success
Very different global rules are needed for human wellbeingAverting climate change does not need emission reduction pledges, timetables and a common legal framework.thesaurus: Climate ChangeCOP 18...
View ArticleUS, equity and the elephants in the room
Indian top negotiator, R R Rashmi said yesterday at a side event we had organized on equity in climate negotiations that they could not use the word ‘equity’ in the final Durban Platform document...
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Doha: inaction in the face of urgency
The Doha climate conference stretched beyond deadline but ended in what can best be described a nail-biting finish.thesaurus: COP 18 (Doha)Climate ChangeGreen House GasesEconomic DevelopmentExtreme...
View ArticleTalking Energy - On a lighter note
Every niche has its own lingo and Energy might have one of the most complicated ones around. Just as an example energy can be measured in six different ways! - Joule, Calorie, Tonne Oil Equvalent,...
View ArticleClouds over solar
India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally....
View ArticleKeralaites, get your rooftop solar and save a bundle!
Kerala's 10,000 Solar Rooftop Programme is already in full swing with almost half (4700) rooftops signed up by mid-January 2013. Any Keralaite with 15 square meters of unshaded rooftop area can...
View ArticleFor a place in the sun
How will solar energy be made to work in India? As I discussed in my previous article there are three key challenges. One, how will the country pay for solar energy in a situation where there is no...
View ArticleIs it time for Asia to abandon the dream of an effective multilateral climate...
For growing economies the stress has to be on patterns of natural resource use and not on the status of natural resources; that is, dealing with the causes rather than the symptoms of the problem of...
View ArticleClimate change can no longer be ignored : Modify lifestyles for sharing...
The theme of this years’ World Environment Day is lifestyles and an opportunity to reflect on the central issue of global environmentalism - how a continually growing economic system can fit within a...
View ArticleObama’s grand climate plan doesn’t add up
thesaurus: Climate ChangeUnited States Of America (US)Green House GasesThermal Power PlantsEnergy EfficiencyDeveloping CountriesChinaRenewable EnergyClimate ImpactsExtreme Weather EventsBlog...
View ArticleClimate change, sustainable development and security are coming together, and...
Redistribution has been kept out of the agenda of the United Nations, and a new global agenda, goals and rules to share responsibility and prosperity can lead to a new world Mukul Sanwal[1]thesaurus:...
View ArticleNepal's right to energy movement: lessons for super-grids of the future
Sorry for the long silence in the blog space. But I was fatigued and rather frustrated with the same old arguments and going-nowhere debates. So in the last few months we have been busy with new...
View ArticleLow carbon or new development model?
The last two years have seen a flurry of reports that have projected the long-term greenhouse gas emissions trajectory of India, and how the country can go low-carbon and help solve the climate change...
View ArticleCopenhagen Accord letters continued: India
India (letter dated January 30, 2010, National Focal Point to Yvo de Boer) Late Saturday night (around 9.30 pm reportedly from the media release), the Indian government sent a letter to the UNFCCC...
View ArticleGlaciating the climate debate
The recent controversy on the IPCC report regarding Himalayan glaciers has been all over the media.
View ArticleCopenhagen Accord: US, China submissions and more
Copenhagen Accord: country submissions By now, Australia, US, China and EU have all sent their letters to UNFCCC secretariat regarding their ‘willingness to support’ the Copenhagen Accord or not. It is...
View ArticleMove over boys and girls, the men are here: the future of climate...
Somebody recently asked me why India supported the Copenhagen Accord. It is correct to say that the proposed accord has no meaningful targets for emission reduction from Annex 1 (industrialized...
View ArticleMy Copenhagen diary: How polluters won and we all lost
Monday, December 14, 2009: Standing in line in the freezing cold, waiting to be registered to the conference of parties to the climate change convention being held in Copenhagen, I have strange sense...
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