Overshoot is now certain: What the world must do to bring warming back to 1.5°C
The world has missed its best chance to hold warming at 1.5°C. That is the central finding of the Emissions...
26 October 2026
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Four hours or no wires: How CTUIL’s new rule doubles the battery behind every megawatt
The Central Transmission Utility of India Limited (CTUIL) has changed how batteries reach the grid. According to a media report,...
25 October 2026
Who pays for net zero? India’s US$7.9-billion rooftop scheme skips a carbon price, not the question
India has decided to pay for its energy transition through subsidies, not through a carbon price on households. The rooftop...
24 October 2026
Rural India’s US$5.7-billion credit gap: Why solar-powered livelihood tools wait for loans
A solar dryer can turn a mango glut into a year-round income. A solar loom can earn back its cost...
16 October 2026
Rooftop solar’s next phase: Why rules, not subsidies, will shape a US$7.9-billion scheme
India’s biggest rooftop solar programme has reached 50.06 lakh households. That adds up to 14.8 GW of capacity, as per...
14 October 2026
Plugged in but underused: The arithmetic behind India’s charging boom
India had 29,151 public EV charging stations by December 2025, of which 8,805 were fast and 20,346 slow. In 2022,...
10 October 2026
Who carries the risk? The US$15.5-billion bill for India's e-buses shows why only state fleets are going electric
India’s electric bus market is finally behaving like a market. Sales rose about 35% to 5,412 units in FY26. The...
09 October 2026
India’s US$89.5-billion heat budget is missing the children it was built to protect
For most of India’s history, a child’s exposure to dangerous heat was seasonal, unpleasant, and largely unmeasured. That has changed....
24 September 2026
India’s US$3.6-b solar pump scheme is quietly draining the water it was built to protect
For a farmer in rural India, water has always cost something to pump — diesel, or a metered electricity bill....
28 August 2026
India's floating solar push: Making room for clean power without running out of land space
India's solar story has, until recently, been told largely in terms of open land. Vast arrays in Bhadla, Pavagada and...
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Prasad Nair
20 August 2026
India's rooftop revolution is winning the numbers game and losing the share game
Distributed solar capacity has grown from 1.8 gigawatts (GW) in the 2018 financial year to 31.5GW in FY2026. That figure...
09 August 2026
Delhi’s EV pivot from subsidy to mandate signals a $130-bn test for India’s electric transition
Start with the figure that ought to concern every transport planner in Delhi: 1 per cent. That is electricity's share...
17 July 2026