Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Electricity
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Electricity consumers and compliance: trust, reciprocity, and socio-economic factors in Uttar Pradesh
With the government announcing 100 per cent household electrification in Uttar Pradesh (UP) under Saubhagya scheme, newly connected households are likely to place greater financial burden on electricity
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Innovation landscape for a renewable-powered future: solutions to integrate variable renewables
The integration of solar and wind power poses specific challenges as system operators pursue low-carbon investments and long-term energy sustainability. As these variable renewable energy (VRE) sources
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Shifting currents: opportunities for low-carbon electric cities in the Global South
The paper uses two criteria to identify cities in the Global South that today are candidates for electrification – replacing fossil fuel–powered vehicles, stoves, furnaces and other devices with electric
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Bridging the gap: how inclusive finance boosts access to off-grid energy
Off-grid solutions can be designed to provide affordable electricity to poor communities in hard-to-reach areas but receive only a fraction of annual global investment in energy provision. Governments
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Developing a roadmap to a flexible, low-carbon Indian electricity system: interim findings
Climate Policy Initiative Energy Finance launches its interim findings on increasing flexible capacity in India at the World Sustainable Development Summit in Delhi. India’s deployment of wind and solar
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The Indian power sector low carbon strategy for renewable energy integration
NITI Aayog and International Energy Agency are working together to deliver collaborative analytical work on the Indian Power Sector, focusing on five thematic areas. These are data and statistics; energy
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1cr people to be brought under electricity coverage
The government has undertaken nine schemes, including two power distribution projects in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions for bringing one crore people under electricity coverage. The power distributions
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Hidden risks and untapped opportunities: water and the Indian Banking sector
Water problems could push the non-performing assets of banks higher as many lenders have loan exposure in sectors where there are risks to water resources, says a report. At a time when the banking sector
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Analysis warns of lack of progress on 2020 global emissions target
Removing coal from the global energy mix is taking too long, too many forests are still being destroyed, and fossil fuel subsidies are ongoing despite their distorting effect on the market, a study has
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France mulls converting Cordemais coal power generators to biomass
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government and utility EDF (EDF.PA) will study the possibility of converting the 1.2 gigawatts (GW) Cordemais coal power generators to burn biomass due to its importance in