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Highlights Premium Stories Solar Energy
Recent developments and trends in the solar power industry
As energy consumption in the country keeps rising at an unprecedented rate, leveraging conventional and renewable sources of energy has become crucial for meeting demands sustainably. While players in the energy sector will still be dependent on optimising conventional sources of energy for years to come, there has also been a renewed focus on escalating […]
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By Gautam Mohanka
06 Jun 2023
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Highlights Premium Stories Solar Energy
Solar powered water desalination 
“Imagine a bigger magnifying glass and it has a point focus that is tracking with the sun”, says Yash Tarwadi while explaining how his solar desalination plant Sol-Evo works. He has built a solar desalination plant which purifies upto 70 percent of the water that’s fed into it. It saves 5.7 lakh litres of water […]
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By Danish Alam
30 May 2023
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Agriculture Climate Change Highlights
The burden of climate change on women in farming sector
Climate change has a disproportionate impact on women farmers, who despite playing crucial roles in the rural economy, face numerous challenges and inequalities that limit their access to opportunities and productivity. According to UN data, around 68 percent of working women in extreme poverty are employed in the agricultural sector. Apart from this, women farmers […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
15 May 2023
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Clean Energy Highlights Premium Stories
Fight against climate change gains ground as fossil fuel emissions from electricity set to fall
In a first-of-its-kind positive developments, a recent report has highlighted how significant strides have been made in the transition towards a sustainable and decarbonised energy system. The world will likely use fewer fossil fuels to produce electricity this year in a “turning point” for planet-friendly energy, the report says. Over the years, more and more […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
14 Apr 2023
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Highlights Premium Stories Renewable Energy
Why throw it away when you can dry it?
According to a UN report, about 40 per cent of food produced gets wasted every year in India due to an inefficient supply chain system.“This scenario where on one hand there is excess food available and on the other people are dying of hunger, is not acceptable. We need to merge them. Why isn’t there […]
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By Danish Alam
03 Mar 2023
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Clean Energy Highlights Premium Stories
The Sisterhood of solar power in Nigeria
In this episode of Off-grid, we feature Chioma Ome, Comfort Ubong Akpannah, and Rhoda Richard Mmasi who run a nonprofit organisation, Solar Sister in Nigeria. Solar Sister is a social enterprise that invests in women to power off-grid communities. In Nigeria, women have been pushing for more inclusion in the energy space. “We have about […]
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By LMB Staff
02 Feb 2023
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#WeForNature Air Pollution Climate Change
Curtail new fossil fuel deals
Joshua Gabriel Oluwaseyi, a climate activist from Nigeria, educates people about the adverse impacts of fossil fuels and how they increase air pollution. To fight climate change, his only ask is to end the licensing of new oil contracts.  “We just have been saying stop licensing new oil deals, stop the over-reliance on oil and […]
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By LMB Staff
08 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Clean Energy Climate Change
He has solar as his moniker
To those into sustainable practices, he needs no introduction. Dwarkadas Suresh, popularly known as Solar Suresh, is an eco-warrior who has harnessed the power of solar energy and adopted rainwater harvesting for years. In this episode, the 78-year-old talks about his journey while walking us around his eco-friendly house. Suresh believes in finding your own […]
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By Akash Mon
14 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Cookies with a sun tan
A lifestyle change that had started in 1989 for Dr Meenal Kabra, followed her till 2019 when she finally launched Kivu, a vegan cookie brand that relies on solar energy. “My family has been using solar cooker since 1989. I thought if I channelise it in a proper way it could be very good for […]
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By Dr. Meenal Kabra
14 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Going the solar way
The sun emits enough power onto earth in a few seconds to satisfy the entire human energy demand for hours. Solar energy has been inching its way up as a promising energy source to manage long-term energy crises. In this episode, we talk to Singer, Voice artist and Entrepreneur Chinmayi Sripada, who shares her experiences […]
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By LMB Staff
11 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Fighting California’s drought with solar panels
Turlock Irrigation District (TID) in California is about to launch an experiment, called Project Nexus, to cover California’s canals and aqueducts with solar panels. In a conversation with LetMeBreathe, Josh Weimer, External Affairs Manager, TID says, “Project Nexus is really the proof of concept for an academic research paper that was initiated by two individuals […]
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By Payel Sen
22 Sep 2022