Everything Environment by Mongabay India

Let's visualise the sheer expanse of one of India's largest solar parks, the Pavagada Solar Park in Karnataka. An aerial view of the site shows a never-ending sea of glass panels and wires spread across 13,000 acres. That is about 1/4th of the size of Kolkata city. Then there are smaller solar and wind power plants too. Some are even a fraction of the Pavagada solar plant. These power projects tha...

The world is looking towards the sun, wind, and other alternatives for energy, and so is India, as a way to tackle climate change and other environmental issues. The sight of solar and wind farms, rooftops lined with solar panels, and electricity-powered vehicles might soon be common. For the first episode of GigaWhat, we begin at the end. Where do solar modules go when they are no longer in use?...

GigaWhat will explore some of the biggest questions, challenges, and opportunities in India's transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources. As countries commit to cutting their carbon emissions to tackle climate change and other environmental issues, there's growing attention on the clean and renewable energy sector. And there's a lot of money behind it too. It's a sector evolving every da...