Today’s episode takes us to the Pavagada solar park in southwest India the third-largest solar park in the world, and a huge sign of progress in the country’s efforts to ramp up renewable energy capacity. But other large-scale solar projects must learn from Pavagada’s missteps.
Justices declined to review a case that challenged whether the International Finance Corp. could be sued for funding a coal-fired power plant in India.
India needs at least twice the amount of its current investment in clean energy, to meet its targets by 2030. Considering this, a parliamentary committee has recommended tools to facilitate financing for the sector. To achieve its goal of 500 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity of non-fossil-fuels-based energy projects by 2030, India requires about Rs. […]
Prasanna Mohanty’s 'An Unkept Promise: What Derailed the Indian Economy' looks at the economic landscape of India since Modi took over in 2014 and explains what went wrong based on data and hard evidence.