The Ministry of Coal published the draft Mining plan guidelines for coal and lignite blocks 2024 on 18th June 2024. The draft is a step in the right direction, and includes positive measures such as the inclusion of formats for reporting, considerat...

India has set itself an ambitious target to achieve 50% electricity generation capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030 and to become a net zero economy by 2070. Renewable energy is central to these goals. To boost RE generation &...

India intends to introduce carbon markets as an instrument to help decarbonise its industrial sector. This article analyses the proposed structure of the Indian carbon market, and identifies three key elements that would need to be designed well for ...

CERC (Deviation Settlement Mechanism and Related Matters) Regulations, 2022 were notified on 14th March, 2022 which came into force with effect from 5th December 2022. It was observed that while the number of frequency excursions decreased, frequency...

Amidst the ongoing hot summer, quite a few people are using e-commerce platforms to either buy cooling appliances online or do research before buying it offline in the shops. We surveyed two major e-commerce platforms selling air-conditioners...

India has set itself an ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022. In spite of the several benefits of renewable energy, such a high target has profound implications for the Indian power sector, especially in the medium term. Hence it is ve...