Microsoft to keep buying enough renewable energy to match all its electricity needsThe company said on Wednesday that it had reached its 2025 goal by contracting 40 gigawatts of new renewable energy supply, mainly through ...
18 Feb, 2026, 10.08 PM IST
Microsoft to keep buying enough renewable energy to match all its electricity needsMicrosoft has achieved its 2025 goal of matching all electricity needs with renewable energy, contracting 40 gigawatts of new supply. The t...
18 Feb, 2026, 09.47 PM IST
Microsoft in record deal for soil carbon credits as data centres surgeWhile Microsoft - the world's biggest buyer of carbon removal credits - did not disclose the cost of the 12-year tie-up, a person with know...
15 Jan, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
India reserves right to take steps if UK's proposed carbon tax hits exports: SourcesThe India-UK free trade agreement lacks provisions for Britain's proposed carbon tax, but India retains the right to mitigate its impact on...
25 Jul, 2025, 07.07 PM IST
Nordics' efficient energy infrastructure ideal for Microsoft's data centre expansionMicrosoft, which operates some 300 data centres globally and is investing about $80 billion more in them by the end of June, has a goal to ...
07 Mar, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
Railways' 2030 net zero plan builds on renewable, nuclear and thermal powerIndian Railways plans to meet its 10-gigawatt traction requirement by 2030 using a mix of nuclear, solar, hydropower, wind, and thermal sou...
02 Mar, 2025, 11.49 PM IST
This Microsoft strategy could be a trendsetter in the years to come, what is it? Hint; it's not AIMicrosoft is setting a new standard for sustainability by constructing data centers out of cross-laminated timber.
05 Jan, 2025, 02.09 AM IST
India to push developed nations to become 'carbon negative' before 2050 -sourcesIndia is reportedly pushing for developed nations to become carbon negative rather than carbon neutral by 2050. The country argues that thi...
13 Oct, 2023, 08.35 PM IST
Developed nations may face scrutiny over unfulfilled climate commitments at COP28: UN reportThe first-ever global stocktake, initiated in Glasgow in 2021, is expected to acknowledge that developed countries' historical emissions ha...
09 Oct, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
Bhutan, Bitdeer plan $500 million green crypto fundBhutan's investment arm Druk and crypto-mining firm Bitdeer plan to raise $500m to launch carbon-free mining centres using hydropower. The ...
04 May, 2023, 12.05 PM IST
Designing equitable carbon tariffs: Is there scope for reform in EU’s CBAM proposal?The CBAM is targeted at imports from these sectors to ensure EU producers remain cost-competitive with imports from regions that do not imp...
23 Dec, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit - here's what we can still do about itAttempts at the climate talks to get all countries to agree to phase out coal, oil, natural gas and all fossil fuel subsidies failed. And c...
23 Nov, 2022, 03.50 PM IST
Pressing India pushes the world at GlasgowIndia must not wait for climate funds or green technology from the rich nations to intensify its green transition.
02 Nov, 2021, 11.28 PM IST
Billionaire Gautam Adani plans to turn his business carbon negativeCoal helps produce nearly 70% of India’s electricity, although that share has been reducing with more clean energy entering the grid.
01 Jul, 2021, 03.12 PM IST
Indian coal based power plants are the fifth most profitable globallyIndia is third largest in terms of installed and under-construction thermal power plants. .
30 Nov, 2018, 06.10 PM IST
There is a complete Narendra Modi stamp on INDCs: Prakash JavadekarThere is a personal initiative of PM Narendra Modi in India's INDCs, which entails a target for a 33-35% cut in its carbon emission intensi...
09 Oct, 2015, 05.33 PM IST
India drops proposals of placing conditional and unconditional goals for climate action planIndia has decided to put forward its intended efforts to tackle climate change on the presumption that there will be no backsliding.
23 Sep, 2015, 03.46 PM IST