RGO for New Thermal Power Plants
Date : December 15, 2022
The Ministry of Power (MoP), in its notification dated November 7, 2022 has sought stakeholder comments and suggestions for the implementation of Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO) on new thermal power plants. As per the draft notification, MoP has proposed the cut-off date of April 1, 2024 with minimum RGO of 25 per cent on the capacity of thermal generating stations being established after th...
Will Net Zero Transition Pathway be Built on the Foundation of ESG?
Date : December 14, 2022
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend conclaves of seemingly diverse communities—investors focussed on impact and corporates focussed on deploying philanthropic capital on Corporate Social Responsibility. I was therefore surprised by the common focus of both modern-day investors and philanthropists on—Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) based investing and programmatic interventions r...
Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022: A Much-Awaited Change for the EV Sector
Date : November 13, 2022
Lithium, a popular metal in today’ is also known as “white gold”. Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) are the most popular battery technologies existing in the clean energy space. With the energy demand in India increasing coupled with rising import bills, there is a need to focus on the recycling aspect of lithium-ion batteries. of lithium-ion batteries. The rapid technology evolution also provide...
India 2022-23 Budget: Climate Change
Date : March 8, 2022
India had, at COP26, declared to the world its strong commitments to attain net zero status by 2070. The target is opined to be ambitious by most, as the third largest carbon dioxide emitter globally has a steep path to traverse in order to materialise this strong projected ambition. India’s pledge is entwined with its aspirations of a robust 2030 GDP, projected to be between $8.5 trillion and ...
COP26: The Wins and Losses
Date : March 8, 2022
The centrepiece climate change event of 2021 is over, and an agreement has been reached. The Glasgow Pact managed to keep the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal alive, but just about. COP 26 president Alok Sharma called it a “fragile win”, and the world still remains far from being able to limit the devastating impacts of climate change. Many concede that the negotiations were marked by obstacles tha...
The Road Ahead from Glasgow
Date : March 8, 2022
For nearly three decades, the UN has been bringing together countries for global climate summits, known as COPs, or the ‘Conference of the Parties.’ In that time, climate change has gone from being a fringe issue to a global priority. If no action is taken, climate change may transform now-familiar terrain into alien landscapes over the next few centuries. This is why summits like the COP focu...
Climate Ambition: COP 26 and Beyond
Date : March 6, 2022
In about a week from today, world leaders will gather at COP26 in Glasgow. The pressure is on for countries to urgently ramp up their ambitions for global collective action on climate change. The latest IPCC report speaks volumes about the challenge ahead—the world has only a very narrow pathway to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C, the limit scientists say is necessary for averting the wors...
Climate Conversations: Professor Sam Fankhauser
Date : December 3, 2021
We spoke with Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy at the Smith School and the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University. He is also Research Director of Oxford Net Zero. Before moving to Oxford, Sam was Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. Here's his take on COP26 and the...
Distribution Sector Reforms: Time is No Longer a Luxury
Date : August 20, 2021
.postid-13990 img.scale-with-grid.wp-post-image{display:none;} The Covid-19 pandemic brought the power distribution sector to a tipping point—reform or perish. On the demand side, the shifting of demand load patterns across consumer categories impacted the revenues of distribution companies (Discoms) because of reduced commercial and industrial demand. On the supply side, the increasing quan...
Guest Blog: Unlocking India’s Green Recovery
Date : July 1, 2021
#post-13785 img.scale-with-grid.wp-post-image{display:none;} Unlocking India's Green Recovery : Bridging Global Approaches with Local Priorities With the second wave of the pandemic devastating the Indian economy further, policymakers need to revisit stimulus packages and draw lessons from emerging green recovery practices from across the globe. Green recovery strategies are short-term...