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India’s solar PV installations to fall by 23 per cent in 2020: IEA

By : Sustainability ..., May 22, 2020

India’s solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment is set to decrease by 23 per cent in 2020 as compared to 2019, with the largest drop anticipated in distributed PV installations, according to a latest report by the International Energy Agency. It, however, added that a rebound was...

Govt planning minimum indoor temperature settings for commercial buildings

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 11, 2019

India’s share in total room air conditioners being used worldwide may just be little over 2.2% at present, but it will rise to almost 25% of the global stock by 2050 posing a huge challenge in...

World to install over one trillion watts of clean energy by 2023

By : Sustainability ..., Oct 24, 2018

The world could install more than a trillion watts of renewable power over the next five years, more than the entire current generation capacity of the European Union.

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India’s renewable energy investments topple fossil-fuel for the first time in 2017: IEA

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 18, 2018

Investment in India’s renewable energy sector overtook those made in the country’s fossil-fuel based power generation projects for the first time in 2017, Paris-based International Energy Agency...

World energy bodies caution India on wind projects

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 24, 2017

The recent tariff-based auctions for wind power capacity, which threw up a surprise low tariff of Rs. 2.64 a kWhr, is all fine, but make sure that the projects do come up, say world energy...

India lauded for improving energy access to 500 million people: IEA

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 23, 2017

India has provided electricity access to half a billion people since 2000. An energy access report of 140 countries brought out by the International Energy Agency on Thursday shows that those...

Renewables to account for 40 per cent of India’s energy mix by 2030: Power Minister R K Singh

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2017

India’s energy consumption is set to double over the next 6-7 years while the share of renewables in the country’s energy supply is likely to rise to 40 per cent by 2030, power and renewable...

Carbon dioxide emissions flat for three years: International Energy Agency (IEA)

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 20, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency, signalling a continuing...