India’s Solar Plan: Still on Track
Solar Power or to be precise Solar PV continues to grow rapidly in India. Propelled by PM Narendra Modi’s rather audacious vision of installing 175 GW of renewable energy, of…
How India is ramping up the Solar Capacity
India is ramping up the solar capacity. But with the target of 100 GW by 2022. Is it enough? Here are the states that are leading in capacity addition. [infogram…
Green Sikkim: Hefty Lessons from the Tiny State
To be brutally honest, Sikkim does not really count for much in the larger sphere of things in India. Which is not altogether surprisingly, the small land-locked Himalayan state…
Did India just save the World?
Frankly, it was inevitable. Once the celebrations were done, the knives would be out. So, when the celebration and congratulations over the acceptance of Climate Change Draft at Paris ended, one…
Will India be a Climate-Change Spoiler again?
Anyone who has seen or witnessed how the city of Chennai was inundated by flash floods last month would need no convincing that climate change is for real. In fact,…
German solar disruption moves to Modi’s digital India. Is Australia game?
— Mara Bun Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop is turning her considerable skill towards hammering out a civil nuclear supply deal with India. ‘The Australian’ reports “High hopes for…
Did you forget the green stuff, Mr. Finance Minister?
— Shashwat DC It is a rather known fact, that the current NDA government places development over environment. Not surprisingly, there was little expectation in terms of ‘green-ness’ of the…
Why Suzlon failed!
— Shashwat DC It was in October 2005, a little less than ten years ago, that Tulsi R Tanti, a commerce graduate and a diploma holder in mechanical engineering made…
That’s O for Obama & S for Smartability
India: Apart from all the ceremonial gravity and bilateral effervescence, the heads that wear the crowns in India and US carried a lot more weight than what camera shutters could…
Green concerns on the rise of saffron Modi
— Shashwat DC While much of India celebrates, especially the business community (the record breaking sensex is an indicator), the ascension of Narendra Damodardas Modi as the 14th Prime Minister…