As India hosts the BRICS leaders’ summit in September and the world heads to Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, India is making the case for why international climate finance must flow differently. By Dr. Vyoma Jha, India Clean Energy Senior Advocate, International, NRDC The world is going electric. The West Asia crisis … [continued]
Twenty or more years ago, automakers in the US and Europe turned their covetous eyes toward China, the most populous nation on Earth. As that country sought to drag itself up from the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and become a modern economic powerhouse, the prospect of selling automobiles to … [continued]
An e-auto factory in Bengaluru, India. Credit: Abhishek Chinnappa/Climate Visuals Countdown, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
What India’s state-level EV strategies can teach policymakers worldwide. Authored by Swapnil Fulari, clean transportation specialist, NRDC India; Amitosh Gautam, state-based representative (Gujarat & Maharashtra), NRDC India; and Harshit Gupta, state-based representative (Uttar Pradesh). Article from NRDC. India’s electric vehicle (EV) market has gained significant momentum. According to the Indian … [continued]
Six solar-powered health facilities continue to improve reliable healthcare delivery across rural Karnataka ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Beyond2020, the flagship initiative launched by the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering award for innovative solutions to global challenges, today announced the deployment of solar-powered health centres across India that … [continued]
India’s latest push toward electric vehicles is being driven by more than industrial policy or climate commitments. It is also a response to one of the country’s most persistent public‑health crises: air pollution. The Delhi government has approved a sweeping new electric‑vehicle policy that offers owners of older vehicles more … [continued]
Scrolling through the 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy from the Energy Institute this week, several things jumped out to me. If you’ve missed my previous coverage of the report, also see “Renewables, Led By Solar, Were Largest Source of Energy Supply Growth Globally in 2025” and “US … [continued]
I’ve long said that cities should do much more to electrify transport. They have resources and power, and they also typically suffer from air pollution issues that drastically hurt their residents. Delhi, India, is one of the most polluted cities in the world. It has tried for years to stimulate … [continued]
A solar rooftop installation in Madhya Pradesh, India that helps to cumulatively produce 19.88 GW of power. (Photo from ADBInstitute.)
I assume it’s no coincidence the World Bank made announcements of new support for clean energy in both India and Pakistan on the same day. If you’re going to support one, you better support the other! Anyway, the good news is that the World Bank is facilitating much more clean … [continued]
Batteries are the fastest fix to make room for India’s midday solar surge as coal-based power plants are unable to ramp down far enough for the same India needs around 10 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery storage immediately to stop renewable energy curtailment when the s coal fleet cannot ramp down … [continued]
Note: This article has been sitting in the CleanTechnica CMS since February. Producing it required conversations across multiple sectors, but a recent visit to VinFast’s manufacturing complex in Hai Phong reinforced a conclusion I have long held. The company’s differentiator is not technology alone. It is the people behind it. … [continued]
