Facebook aims to reach net zero emissions for its value chain by 2030
Facebook has announced that apart from reducing operational greenhouse gas emissions by 75 per cent this year, it will achieve net zero emissions for its …
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India to be largest source of energy demand growth: BP Energy Outlook
BP on Monday said India will be the largest source of demand growth for energy by 2050, , as it saw an end to the …
Watch: Google CEO talks about company’s plan for carbon-free future
Wind, solar and other renewable sources accounted for 61% of Google’s global hourly electricity usage last year. The proportion varied by facility, with carbon-free sources …
Google to power its data centers and offices solely with renewable energy by 2030
Google has sets unique goal to tap only renewable power by 2030. Google and Alphabet CEO-Sundar Pichai in a statement said that Google aims to …
COVID-19 will permanently reduce global energy demand, buys time to reach Paris climate goals
The behavioural and economic ramifications of COVID 19 will permanently reduce global energy demand, according to DNV GL’s newly published Energy Transition Outlook. Compared to …
Deep decarbonization of world’s energy system still 15 years away: DNV GL
According to a new forecast of the energy transition by DNV GL -deep decarbonization of the world’s energy system is still 15 years away, with …
Technology holds key to scale up use of solar energy PM at first World Solar Technology Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a message at the inaugural session of First World Solar Technology Summit read out by R.K. Singh, the President, International …
De-fossilisation of energy system would employ 5 mn North Indians by 2050: Report
Finland’s Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) and Delhi-based ‘Climate Trends’ in a new report on Tuesday established how northern India’s energy systems, comprising the world’s …
Boost for renewable energy: RBI issues revised priority sector lending guidelines
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday issued revised guidelines for priority sector lending to enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas and …
Great opportunity in Rajasthan for domestic manufacturing in energy sector: FICCI
Rajasthan is home to most of the conventional and non-conventional sources of energy generation. The government of India has released its roadmap to achieve 175 …