Experts lay down circularity plan for 7 key sectors in India to cut waste
6 days, 12 hours ago

Experts lay down circularity plan for 7 key sectors in India to cut waste

Hindustan Times  

Solar waste is expected to increase three times to reach 340 kt by 2030, analysis by India’s G20 Secretariat, Council on Energy Environment and Water, RMI, World Resources Institute along with authors from several think tanks said. “Unlocking India’s Circular Waste Economy Potential for Sustainability” captures how this waste can be utilised in seven key sectors including: solar panels, batteries, steel, construction and demolition, agricultural waste, wastewater, and municipal solid waste. The addition of new solar capacities by 2030 to meet India’s nationally determined contribution targets under Paris Agreement could create cumulative solar waste of 19 million tonnes by 2050, experts said. The New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration under India’s Presidency decided: “In order to endeavour to decouple our economic growth from environmental degradation and enhance sustainable consumption and production, including primary resource consumption while supporting economic growth, we acknowledge the critical role played by circular economy, extended producer responsibility and resource efficiency in achieving sustainable development.”

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National Circular Economy Framework to drive sustainable growth, resource efficiency
2 weeks, 6 days ago

National Circular Economy Framework to drive sustainable growth, resource efficiency

India Today  

The Confederation of Indian Industry recently unveiled the second edition of the National Circular Economy Framework during its 9th International Conference on Waste to Worth. This updated framework aims to guide India’s transition to a sustainable and resource-efficient economy by promoting innovative business models in waste management. The framework emphasises resource conservation, waste reduction, and climate resilience, aligning with India's …

India’s Potential GDP Growth Pegged at 6.5–7 Percent: Chief Economic Advisor
3 weeks ago

India’s Potential GDP Growth Pegged at 6.5–7 Percent: Chief Economic Advisor

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In line with the Economic Survey, India's chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Monday said that the country's potential GDP growth is in the range of 6.5-7 percent and the country should be able to achieve it on the back of things that have already happened in the last 10 years whether it is in terms of …

Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that
1 month, 1 week ago

Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the country gets more electric vehicles, solar panels …

India's Solar Imports to Soar to $30B by 2030
2 months ago

India's Solar Imports to Soar to $30B by 2030

Deccan Chronicle  

India's solar imports could surge to $30B by 2030 due to the country's reliance on imports. The country installed 15 GW of solar capacity in FY 2024, raising the total capacity to 90.8 GW by September 2024. However, to meet its 2030 goal of 500 GW in renewable energy, India needs to add 65-70 GW each year. India needs to …

Earth Overshoot Day to focus on sustainable life
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Earth Overshoot Day to focus on sustainable life

Deccan Chronicle  

India, with over 1.4 billion people, faces significant challenges due to population growth and increased consumption. The Global Footprint Network reports that India’s ecological footprint has grown exponentially. “Currently, India needs 2.6 times its resources to sustain its population, leading to depleted forests, reduced biodiversity, and climate change. A NITI Aayog report warns that by 2030, India’s water demand could …

Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem

The Hindu  

India, like other large economies, faces a significant plastic waste problem. According to a 2020-21 report by the Central Pollution Control Board, four million tonnes of plastic waste are generated annually. Recyclers, who have networks to collect plastic waste, recycle the waste and receive validated certificates for each tonne recycled. Addressing the root causes of plastic waste and enhancing the …

Coal to have significant place in India’s diversified energy basket: Eco Survey
5 months ago

Coal to have significant place in India’s diversified energy basket: Eco Survey

Hindustan Times  

India will target a diversified set of sources for energy security with a significant place for thermal power, including coal to provide base load, to minimise risks associated with systems while pursuing low-emission pathways in line with national commitments, said the 2023-24 Economic Survey Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled in Parliament on Monday. “This will also include a significant …

India’s clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up
10 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — For years, renewable projects in India have been growing steadily, from small-town rooftop solar installations to large-scale projects across the desert and long stretches of wind turbines and solar panels on farmland all contributing to the country’s climate goal of transitioning to clean energy. It takes up to two years for solar projects to come online after …

India will see solar revolution by 2030, says IEA
1 year, 1 month ago

India will see solar revolution by 2030, says IEA

Firstpost  

India has set a target of achieving 500 GW of installed capacity from non-fossil fuels, including around 270 GW of solar capacity, by 2030 According to the International Energy Agency, solar energy will generate 18% of India’s electricity by 2030, up from its current 6% share. According to the IEA’s latest World Energy Outlook 2023, which was released on Tuesday, …

India’s final energy demand expected to double by 2070: FICCI-Deloitte report
1 year, 2 months ago

India’s final energy demand expected to double by 2070: FICCI-Deloitte report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s final energy demand is expected to double to about 1,200 Mtoe by 2070 in a net-zero scenario with aggressive energy efficiency measures in place, according to a report. The report titled ‘India’s energy-transition pathway: A net-zero perspective by FICCI and Deloitte India’, has projected that the country requires a massive $15 trillion in investments to achieve its …

India is on the global frontlines of the waste crisis: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of Wasteland
1 year, 3 months ago

India is on the global frontlines of the waste crisis: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of Wasteland

The Hindu  

The river of rubbish at the Green Recycling in Maldon, Essex, says the award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis, is “an awful sight” but leaves him mesmerised: his eyes catch “a single discarded glove; a crushed Tupperware container, the meal inside uneaten; a lone photograph of a child, smiling atop an adult’s shoulders.” Franklin-Wallis’s journey around the world of detritus, which he …

India Today Roundtable discusses India's efforts to reduce carbon footprint
1 year, 5 months ago

India Today Roundtable discusses India's efforts to reduce carbon footprint

India Today  

The India Today Roundtable discussed India's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and meet its commitments to cut carbon emissions by 2030. They highlighted that while India's per capita emissions are low, the country is the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide after China and the US. India has made several major commitments to address this issue, including increasing renewable …

Explained | India’s solar push augurs a looming waste management challenge
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | India’s solar push augurs a looming waste management challenge

The Hindu  

There has in the last few years been a concerted push from policymakers and thought leaders in India to transition to a circular economy to, among other things, enable effective waste management. For example, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change’s revised electronic waste management Rules in 2022 brought solar photovoltaic cells, panels, and modules under its ambit. This …

Teach waste management practises early
1 year, 9 months ago

Teach waste management practises early

The Hindu  

The transition to a circular economy depends on how individuals and organisations learn to innovate and apply what they have learned in the real world. What they can do: Stop using single-use plastics Dispose off plastic waste at designated collection points Ensure proper segregation of household wastes Adopt no-litter practices Initiate and participate in drives to remove plastic waste Promote …

Economic Survey 2022-23 | India needs global finance to achieve climate goals
1 year, 10 months ago

Economic Survey 2022-23 | India needs global finance to achieve climate goals

The Hindu  

For India to meet its international “obligations” on curtailing greenhouse gas emissions, it must have access to “on-time” climate finance, technology, and access to critical minerals. Advanced economies ought to set examples of policy and “behavioural changes” that work in their countries and only then could they be emulated in developing countries, the Economic Survey said on Tuesday in a …

Solar energy can help India achieve net zero
2 years, 1 month ago

Solar energy can help India achieve net zero

Hindustan Times  

The world is on the cusp of a solar revolution. Solar energy is playing a key role not only in the developing world to tackle energy access and energy security, but also in developed countries to facilitate energy transition through integration with battery energy storage, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and hydrogen production. The long-term financial sustainability of solar energy manufacturing …

Allow the private sector into waste management
2 years, 3 months ago

Allow the private sector into waste management

Hindustan Times  

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic appeal for Swachh Bharat on August 15, 2014, he brought into sharp focus waste and waste management as never before. This belies the premise of Swachh Bharat, with no apparent learning and no interest in adopting advanced technological solutions to treat waste. The investment in the construction and operation of a sanitary …

New Energy Bill Promotes Green Hydrogen, Incentivises Use of Clean Technology - News18
2 years, 5 months ago

New Energy Bill Promotes Green Hydrogen, Incentivises Use of Clean Technology - News18

News 18  

Parliament is the temple of democracy and parliamentary procedures the rites by which the will of the people is translated into practice. The ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament will see the tabling of 24 bills including the Energy Conservation Bill, 2022, which stresses promoting clean energy and use of clean hydrogen. The ministry of power had last year proposed changes …

India needs $223 billion to meet 2030 renewable capacity goals: Report
2 years, 6 months ago

India needs $223 billion to meet 2030 renewable capacity goals: Report

The Hindu  

India will need $223 billion of investment to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by 2030, according to a new report by research company BloombergNEF. "To achieve this target, India needs to massively scale up funding for renewables," the report said, adding that $223 billion is required over the next eight years just to meet the solar …

India likely to miss year’s solar capacity target
2 years, 8 months ago

India likely to miss year’s solar capacity target

The Hindu  

India is likely to miss its 2022 target of installing 100 gigawatts of solar power capacity, largely due to inadequate uptake of rooftop solar, according to a report by JMK Research and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. As of December 2021, India’s cumulative installed solar capacity was 55GW, with grid-connected utility-scale projects contributing 77% and the rest …

Is developing an efficient renewable energy waste management and circular ecosystem imperative or a choice?
2 years, 9 months ago

Is developing an efficient renewable energy waste management and circular ecosystem imperative or a choice?

The Hindu  

In the Budget speech this year, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, emphasised the role of cleaner technologies such as solar energy and batteries in India’s future economic growth. Market estimates The call for a creation of a circular economy is significant since an efficient waste management ecosystem would be necessary to manage the enormous waste generated by renewable energy projects …

India’s solar capacity: Milestones and challenges
2 years, 9 months ago

India’s solar capacity: Milestones and challenges

The Hindu  

The story so far: India added a record 10 Gigawatt of solar energy to its cumulative installed capacity in 2021. This is a milestone in India’s journey towards generating 500 GW from renewable energy by 2030, of which 300 GW is expected to come from solar power. India’s capacity additions rank the country fifth in solar power deployment, contributing nearly …

Despite solar push, India lack solar waste policy
2 years, 10 months ago

Despite solar push, India lack solar waste policy

The Hindu  

While India ramps up its solar power installation, it does not yet have a firm policy on managing waste that results from used solar panels or from the manufacturing process. Solar panels have an estimated life of 25 years, and given that India’s solar manufacturing industry took off around 2010 most of the installed systems were new and early in …

Budget 2022: Circular economy will help transition to sustainable economic progress – Firstpost
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: Circular economy will help transition to sustainable economic progress – Firstpost

Firstpost  

The temptation to fill this article with numbers and make a case for higher budgetary allocations to help conserve India’s wildlife and natural habitats in the upcoming Union budget is irresistible. Further, he said that India subscribes to the theory and practice of green infrastructure development and ‘Development and Design’ particularly in the linear infrastructure sector that “we build to …

What is a circular economy and how can it help the planet?
3 years ago

What is a circular economy and how can it help the planet?

The Independent  

Is there a difference between recycling and a circular economy? In the face of our current environmental challenges, recycling won’t be enough to overcome the sheer amount of waste produced. The circular economy, however, goes right back to the beginning to prevent waste and pollution from being created in the first place. According to the World Economic Forum: “In a …

Can renewables meet the growing demand of more than 1 billion people in India?
3 years, 1 month ago

Can renewables meet the growing demand of more than 1 billion people in India?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “When we are all increasing our ambition on climate …

Ambiguities remain amid India's pledges at COP26
3 years, 1 month ago

Ambiguities remain amid India's pledges at COP26

Deccan Chronicle  

Pared of its rhetoric-as-usual toolkit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s quantitative commitments at the UN’s Conference of the Parties 26 in Glasgow earlier this month require a closer look than usual. Of the five key commitments, the first one about “net zero” carbon emissions by 2070 remains a distant target as of now though there would be a need for policy …

How India’s Waste Landfills Can be Its Green Fuel Fields
3 years, 1 month ago

How India’s Waste Landfills Can be Its Green Fuel Fields

News 18  

The world is warming up because of fossil fuel emissions caused by humans. India is gearing to adopt newer technology to convert solid waste into clean and green energy that would help in immediate, rapid and large-scale reduction in greenhouse emissions. The situation in India is indeed alarming—the country produces 62 million tonnes of waste annually, of which an estimated …

4th waste to energy plant in Delhi to be ready by August next year
3 years, 2 months ago

4th waste to energy plant in Delhi to be ready by August next year

Hindustan Times  

The waste to energy plant at south Delhi’s Tehkhand will become operational by August next year, South Delhi Municipal Corporation officials said, adding that a crucial piece of hardware for the plant is expected to arrive by month-end. This will be SDMC’s second waste to energy plant which will process 2,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day. “In a …

Emissions reduced by 28% over 2005 levels, 80% of power to come from renewable sources by 2030: Govt
3 years, 3 months ago

Emissions reduced by 28% over 2005 levels, 80% of power to come from renewable sources by 2030: Govt

India Today  

India has managed to fulfil the commitments part of the Paris Agreement as it looks to boost renewable energy capacity. India has been aggressively pushing for energy efficiency improvements for the past two decades through a combination of innovative market mechanisms and business models, institutional strengthening and capacity building, as well as demand creation measures," New and Renewable Energy Minister …

India can lead the world in sustainable growth
3 years, 6 months ago

India can lead the world in sustainable growth

Hindustan Times  

A quarter-century of growth has transformed the lives of millions of Indians and offered India its rightful place on the global stage. This rapid growth trajectory also places India at the heart of the most critical question of the environmental movement — can developing nations, which collectively generate the majority of global growth in the coming decade, reduce their carbon …

India considers to go net-zero emissions by 2050. Can it achieve the target?
3 years, 9 months ago

India considers to go net-zero emissions by 2050. Can it achieve the target?

Live Mint  

Top Indian government officials are debating whether to set a target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Committing to a legally binding net-zero target would help India attract some of the trillions of dollars in investment that’ll be required for a green transformation, lawmaker Jayant Sinha, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and an advocate …

Six charts show hard it is for India to hit net zero by 2050
3 years, 9 months ago

Six charts show hard it is for India to hit net zero by 2050

Live Mint  

Top Indian government officials are debating whether to set a target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Committing to a legally binding net-zero target would help India attract some of the trillions of dollars in investment that’ll be required for a green transformation, lawmaker Jayant Sinha, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and an advocate …

India aims for half of state-run fuel stations to be solar-powered in five years
4 years, 3 months ago

India aims for half of state-run fuel stations to be solar-powered in five years

Live Mint  

India aims for 50% of fuel stations owned by public sector oil companies to be operated by solar power within five years under the government's green energy drive, its oil minister said on Tuesday. Dharmendra Pradhan said India's three state-backed fuel retailers Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum, which operate about 63,150 fuel station across India, are …

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