India’s Banks Moving Slowly In The Face Of Climate Crisis

Despite some progress, most Indian banks still fail to address climate risks

Navigating Climate-Related Financial Risks

Assessing the Vulnerability of Hydroelectirc Power Plants in Uttarakhand

Slow to Switch

India’s largest corporates slow to switch to renewable energy

West Bengal’s energy transition: A ₹62,000 crore opportunity

Energy transition is a ₹62,000 crore opportunity for West Bengal

Expensive and Unnecessary

Koradi extension will increase Maharashtra’s power bills, costing the state ₹6,000 CR more than clean power options

Green Hydrogen: Pitfalls & Promises

Without rigorous energy accounting, India’s green hydrogen push could increase carbon emissions

Still Unprepared

India's big banks move slowly in the face of climate crisis

Renewable energy can save Goa ₹264 cr. annually

Goa can save ₹263 cr. annually through a transition plan that replaces its most expensive coal power contracts with renewable energy

Greening Kerala's Grid

Replacing Kerala's coal power purchases with renewables can save consumers ₹9,000 CR over 5 years

Retiring to Save

How the renewable energy transition can save Andhra Pradesh 76,000 cr over ten years

Power Finance Corporation

Energy Transition Risk looms large for PFC and REC, they must expedite clean energy lending to counter coal slump.

Financial Benefits of Repurposing Maharashtra's Old Coal Plants

Repurposing old coal plants could yield Rs. 5,700 cr. in benefits

Financial benefits of repurposing Tamil Nadu’s old coal plants

Repurposing Tamil Nadu's old power plants will yield 4,000 cr. in financial benefits

RE & April 2022 Power Crisis

Achieving 2022 RE targets would have averted India’s April power crisis, conserved 4.42 mn tonnes of coal

Unprepared

India's big banks score poorly on climate challenge

White Elephants

New coal investments threaten Tamil Nadu's financial recovery

India's Zombie Threat

27 GW of unnecessary planned coal power plants threaten India's RE goals

Maharashtra's Energy Transition: A 75,000 cr. savings opportunity

Surplus electricity generation capacity, air pollution regulations and cheap renewable energy offer Maharashtra an opportunity to save Rs.16,000 cr. in 5 years, and over Rs.75,000 cr. in the coming decade

Crash of the Titans

Institutional equity investors have lost $3 billion on Indian coal companies between 2016-2020. HDFC Mutual Funds, Reliance Nippon, LIC, ICICI Prudential, DSP, Blackrock, Fidelity and Vanguard are among investors that have seen their equity holdings in coal mining and coal-based power companies underperform the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex by between 13% and 40% p.a. since 2016.

TANGEDCO's Recipe for Recovery

TANGEDCO and the Tamil Nadu state government can save 35,000 crores over five years through a combination of retiring 3.1 GW of old coal power plants, freezing expenditure on 3.5 GW of new plants at early stages of construction and availing of cheaper power to meet future demand.

3Rs of DISCOM recovery

Retiring old coal plants can save governments, discoms and consumers thousands of crores.