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How Can Asia Achieve a Clean Energy Transition? Examples from 5 Countries

  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
Cenotaph and wind turbines
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
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Solar Power: A Rural Indian Hospital’s Key to Fighting COVID-19

  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • renewable energy
The front of Nav Jivan Hospital in Palamu district of India.
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • renewable energy
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China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
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Makunda Hospital, in a remote rural area of India, often faces power outages. Solar panels could help hospitals like this one maintain more reliable electricity. Photo by Amala Devi/WRI.
  • Energy
  • health
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Distributed Solar PV in China: Growth and Challenges

  • renewable energy
  • Energy
Solar photovoltaic panels in Shanghai, China
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
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India’s Renewable Energy Push: A Win-Win for Job Creation and Electricity Access

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
Solar engineers in Tinginaput, India
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
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New Clean Energy Buying Option in China: Green Electricity Certificates

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
Repairman at Xioa Yan Kou Farm
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
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6 Issues to Watch at the Clean Energy Ministerial

  • Buildings
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Dabancheng Wind Power Station
  • Buildings
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
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Achieving India’s Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals: A Progress Report

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • G20
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
Barefoot solar engineers, Rajasthan, India
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • G20
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • renewable energy
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How Companies Are Buying Clean Energy: 4 Lessons from India

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Man by doorway in India
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
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1.2 Billion People Lack Electricity. Increasing Supply Alone Won’t Fix the Problem

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
Pharmacy in Monrovia
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
  • low carbon development
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5 Issues to Watch as India Reaches for Ambitious Energy Access Target

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Men installing solar panel in India
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
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China’s Decline in Coal Consumption Drives Global Slowdown in Emissions

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
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China is Leaving the U.S. Behind on Clean Energy Investment

  • Energy
  • Business
  • renewable energy
Installation of solar panels
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  • Business
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Narita Airport
  • Cities
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RELEASE: WRI Welcomes Jennifer Layke as Global Director for its Energy Program

  • Buildings
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  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • Buildings
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
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The Rise of the Urban Energy “Prosumer”

  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
Solar panel on roof
  • Equity & Governance
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • renewable energy
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How Open Data Can Help Electrify India—and the World

  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Neighborhood in India
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy

6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Paris Agreement
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
  • Green Climate Fund
  • renewable energy
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Andrew Steer
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  • International Climate Action
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  • food security
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  • U.S. policy
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Big Data Improves Renewable Power Forecasts. Will It Help India?

  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Tamil Nadu is India's leading wind power state. (Zamin Uthukuli, Tamil Nadu, India) Photo by Dhruvaraj S/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy