Small Island Developing States (SIDS) account for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and yet they are home to some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable populations, making action to mitigate global heating urgent. Renewables hold substantial promise for SIDS.

Highlighting the continued progress achieved in the global energy transition, this latest edition of IRENA’s Renewable capacity statistics illustrates the growth of renewables in new installed power generation capacity in 2023. By the end of 2023, renewables accounted for 43% of global installed power capacity.

The Clean Energy Transitions Programme (CETP) is the IEA’s flagship initiative for accelerating progress toward a global net zero energy system. The CETP Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of the programme’s achievements over the past year.

India’s national government has offered strong support for the development of green hydrogen as part of the clean energy transition. However, much of the actual progress in this transition will depend on subnational governments.

As India’s clean energy transition gathers pace, declining revenue from fossil fuels could disproportionately affect its coal-producing states. At the same time, state governments that depend on fossil fuel revenue will face increased budgetary pressures to ensure an equitable and just transition.

Coal is the most carbon-intensive major fossil fuel in use today and is deeply entrenched in the power system, but drastic reductions in its consumption are required to achieve net-zero emissions. Accelerating Coal Transitions provides an update on the IEA’s 2022 report Coal in Net Zero Transitions at the request of the Japanese G7 Presidency.

Developing and maintaining a secure and equitable water future underpins prosperity and peace for all. The relationship also works in the opposite direction, as poverty and inequality, social tensions, and conflict can amplify water insecurity.

According to the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) (Terms and Conditions of Open Access), Regulation, 2024, consumers who have a contracted or sanctioned load of 100 kW or more, including those who aggregate multiple connections to achieve a total of 100 kW within the same electricity division of a power discom, are eligi

The Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) on March 15, 2024, issued the JSERC (Renewable Energy Purchase Obligation) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024, to further amend the JSERC (Renewable Energy Purchase Obligation) Regulation, 2016. This shall come into force on April 01, 2024.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) issued guidelines to achieve 100% utilization of ash with least burden on electricity consumers. These guidelines were a response to recent amendments made in advisories pertaining to ash utilization by Thermal Power Plants (TPPs).