Council on Energy

G20 Countries Should Strengthen Mainstreaming Of DRE: CEEW

A recent report released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) exhorted the G20 countries to take steps towards mainstreaming distributed renewable energy (DRE). The report was released on the sidelines of the 14th Clean Ministerial (CEM) in Goa. The report identified and collated the emerging good practices to mainstream DRE solutions. The […]

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Indian EV Sector Registered 170% Growth In FY23: CEEW-CEF Report

A latest analysis report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water’s Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) claimed that sales of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in India grew exponentially in FY23. It claimed that the Indian EV sector witnessed a growth of 170 percent (compared to FY22). It also crossed the one million mark during the […]

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Soren May Unveil New Jharkhand Solar Policy On July 5

An ambitious new solar policy is going to be unveiled by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on July 5 to increase clean energy capacity from 45 MW to 4,000 megawatts in the next five years and attract the investors. The Jharkhand Solar Policy, 2022 will encourage residential rooftop solar panels in cities besides a better […]

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India could become carbon neutral before its 2070 goal: IRENA chief

India’s focus on decarbonising its steel sector and developing offshore wind power will help it become carbon neutral ahead of its promised goal of 2070, the director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said. IRENA’s Francesco La Camera told an international news agency that India was “very serious” about meeting the challenges and was […]

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Over 70% Indian Households Use LPG as Primary Cooking Fuel: CEEW

More than 70 per cent of Indian households use LPG as their primary cooking fuel and 85 per cent have LPG connections, according to a new study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). However, add the report, as many as 54 per cent households continue to use traditional solid fuels, either exclusively or by […]

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Tata Power-DDL, CEEW Ink Pact to Accelerate RE in Delhi’s Micro-Grids

This collaboration will also help in achieving Delhi’s 1 GW target of solar generation by 2020 and 2 GW by 2025, in accordance with the DERC guidelines for the implementation of group net metering and virtual net metering framework. In order to evaluate and accelerate the integration of decentralised renewable energy into Delhi’s power grid, […]

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Impact of GST on Solar and Coal Power in India

In this report, the authors have analysed the impact of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) on the Solar sector vis-a-vis the coal sector. The analysis fills an important gap considering the high share of thermal power in the energy grid in India, as compared to the high hopes from Solar power going forward. Do […]

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Solar-based WAAS Model Can Improve Access to Affordable Irrigation: Report

A study by CEEW has found that half of the 1,600 farmers surveyed across the state expressed dissatisfaction due to depleting water tables and high expenditure on diesel. With multiple problems farmers facing in the country including reducing water table and high expenditure on diesel to run their pumps to irrigate their lands, the Council […]

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