Chandra BhushanEnergy transition and Just Transition must go hand in handThe writing is on the wall. A few days back, Coal India Limited (CIL), the world’s biggest coal producer and India’s largest CO2 emitter,...
Chandra BhushanRebuilding a sustainable economy post COVID-19The global economy is in recession, and it is predicted to be more destructive than the Great Depression of 1929 and the Global Financial...
Chandra BhushanHere why energy sector embrace technological disruptions and use them as an opportunity Competition from Solar-plus-battery-Storage power seems set to challenge the viability of coal/gas-based power, and in the long run, of...
Chandra BhushanThe real mainstream: Hydrogen or electric vehicles? Currently, both electricity and hydrogen are produced from fossil fuels. Most hydrogen is produced by natural gas, while power is...
Chandra BhushanThe truth about air pollution in Delhi Contrary to the claims made by the Delhi government, air pollution in the city has deteriorated significantly since 2012 Read more here
Chandra BhushanThermal power industry is brazening out meeting new emission normsCoal-fired Plants are brazening out meeting the new emission norms in the hope of another extension, courtesy confusion among govt...
Chandra BhushanWater management: Here’s how most cities in India can meet domestic needsSingapore is the world’s foremost city in rainwater harvesting. It gets abundant rainfall, about 2400 mm/year, but has very small...
Chandra BhushanHow India can end energy poverty by 2040What would be the energy scenario in India in, say, 25 years from now? This is an important political enquiry as the path we choose would...
Chandra BhushanCan the thermal power sector be trusted again?In the heydays of ‘India Shining’ in 2003, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had experimented with an alternate model to...
Chandra BhushanThere is little evidence that permit system helps our forestsAn amendment was made recently in the Indian Forest Act of 1927, to remove bamboo from the category of trees. With this minor...