That hope was born out of a humbling statistic: the amount of sunlight that strikes the earth’s surface in an hour and a half is enough to meet the world’s energy demand for a year. Over the next several decades, solar technologies made huge progress, to the point that by 2020, solar electricity turned cheaper…
NEW DELHI : Energy transition, or the shift away from fossil fuels to renewable sources, remains crucial to combatting climate change, but the progress could be delayed as US president Donald Trump pushes for boosting oil and gas production in the country, JĂ©rĂ´me Sevin, partner and global lead for energy and process industry at consulting…
Also Read: The Economic Survey has wide gaps and odd arguments on climate change The survey, preceding as it does the annual budget, is a document of the government’s outlook on economic matters. As such, it is important that a subject as critical as climate change does not receive short shrift. Some of the reasons…
Two recent stories underscored the complexity of the task at hand. One, published in Bloomberg (biturl.top/mqy2Qr), highlighted the frictions, high costs and inconvenience faced by buyers and sellers of alternative energy, demonstrating the absurdity of forcibly trying to wean the world off fossil fuels. The other, published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (biturl.top/3i6ram), illustrated…
In the race to clean up industry, clean energy is slipping behind fossil fuels. That’s because we’ve pinned hopes on the prospects of hydrogen. In theory, the universe’s most abundant element could be a sort of climate skeleton key, unlocking zero-emissions ways of producing fertilizer, steel, petrochemicals and cement. Such a shift would be profound….
He noted how old prejudices clouded discussions about the Orient. This offers a parallel with today’s climate change discourse, where pointing out the West’s historical pollution often leads to accusations of nationalism instead of addressing substantive issues. Criticism from developing countries of the West’s disproportionate contribution to global warming is often dismissed, shifting focus from…
Apart from ReNew, at an institutional level, there are eight other Indian companies that are part of this group. While the Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a confluence of countries, the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders is envisioned as a parallel body at the level…
First, some background. In 2023, about 73 million passenger cars were sold across the world, according to auto consultancy Jato Dynamics. The top five countries were China (30 million), the US (15 million), Japan (nearly 5 million) India (4 million) and Germany (nearly 3 million). In value terms, this global market is expected to grow…
