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Risks to Rewards: Tale of building an RE company in India | ft. Parag Sharma
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build companies from the ground in a novel sector in India?In this conversation, Parag Sharma, Chief Executive Officer at Resolve...
Fact Finders in the era of Global Disorder and Climate Crisis | ft. Mitali Mukherjee
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when wars dominate headlines, climate disasters intensify, and newsrooms themselves face funding cuts and political pressure , who tells the...
Repurposing Coal Plants: What India Can Learn from South Africa | ft. Dr. Vikesh Rajpaul
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The repurposing of coal power plants is an underexplored challenge as many countries, including India, strive to achieve net-zero targets. Some countr...
What 2026 holds for India's Energy Transition | ft. Richa Mishra
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
India’s energy economy has started 2026 on both a chaotic and a promising note. Last year’s storms of trade wars and the disarray of the country’...
The Story behind the Podcast: 5 years of TIEH
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As The India Energy Hour completes five years, the hosts come together for a special recap episode reflecting on how the podcast began and how it has ...
How Climate Proof are Indian States? | ft. Abinash Mohanty
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As climate risks intensify across India, state governments are emerging as critical drivers of climate action, adaptation, and energy transition. In t...
Pathways to Round the Clock RE in India | ft. Irfan Mohamed
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having committed to the ambitious target net zero by 2070 and 50 per cent energy from green sources, India would need transition planning across secto...
Bonds, Banks & the Battle for a Greener India | ft. Neha Kumar
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Achieving a low-carbon economy will require trillions of dollars in new investments across renewable energy, infrastructure, industry, and climate ada...
Tracing the Arc of the US–India Energy Cooperation | ft. Richard Rossow
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As India deepens its energy transition and the United States recalibrate its global partnerships, the US–India energy relationship stands at a pivot...
From the Depths to Decarbonization: Coal India’s 50-Year Story | ft. P.M. Prasad
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coal India Limited or CIL — the world’s largest coal mining company and one of India’s most influential state-owned enterprises — is now 50 ye...
Wires, Transformers and Knights of the Grid | ft. Pratik Agarwal
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since the dawn of the Electricity Act, 2003, India's power transmission sector has undergone a transformation during the last two decades. The gat...
From Labs to Laws: How Science Can Shape India’s Climate Future | ft. Dr. Jai Asundi
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Solving the climate crisis—whether by scaling renewable energy or phasing down fossil fuels—requires rigorous, science-based policy that delivers ...
The leaking pipe: Fixing India's Discoms | ft. Alok Kumar
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If there is one common issue that all electricity reforms face in India it is the state of power distribution segment. State owned power distribution ...
Hard to Abate, Harder to Ignore: Decarbonizing India’s Heavy Industry | ft. Girish Sethi
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As India moves to reduce its coal dependence and reach its climate goals, the spotlight is turning to hard-to-abate sectors that are both energy-inten...
Transformation of India’s Power Grid. Part 2: A New Era beckons | ft. Vishal Pandya
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The evolution of India’s electricity grid reflects the ever-changing dynamics of the country’s economic and infrastructure growth. Built as a back...
Transformation of India’s Power Grid. Part 1: The Building Blocks | ft. S K Soonee
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The evolution of India’s electricity grid reflects the ever-changing dynamics of the country’s economic and infrastructure growth. Built as a back...
Slips and Hits of India’s Oil & Gas Story | ft. Jyoti Mukul
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The oil and gas sector in India has been a story of evolution from once private entities turning into nationalised companies and then again the entry ...
From Declarations to Delivery: How Climate Diplomacy Works | ft. Madhura Joshi
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the impacts of climate change intensify and clean energy deployment becomes crucial, energy and climate diplomacy have emerged as powerful tools to...
From Mines to Markets: Unpacking India’s Critical Mineral Strategy | ft. Abhinav Sengupta
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Like other peers, India has increasingly started focusing on securing critical minerals for its energy and industrial sectors. From lithium and cobalt...
From cow burps to garbage mounds: The Methane Fix | ft. Hisham Mundol
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Methane is often overlooked in the climate change discourse, as against carbon. Methane is over 80 times more potent at trapping heat in the atmospher...
Can Green Hydrogen Drive India’s Clean Energy Future? | ft. Vijay Shekhawat
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hydrogen is gaining significant traction as a key element in the global and Indian transition to clean energy. However, with different types of hydrog...
Catching the Carbon: India's baby steps in CCUS | ft. Atanu Mukherjee
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As India eyes its net zero targets, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is becoming central to decarbonizing core industries like steel, c...
Future-Proofing Indian Businesses: The ESG & Sustainability Imperative | ft. Prarthana Borah
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As India transitions toward a low-carbon future, the private sector’s role in embracing sustainability and ESG is paramount. While top corporations ...
Role of State Owned Enterprises in the Energy Transition | ft. Mr. Deepak Tandon
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
State-Owned Enterprises (SoEs) in the Oil & Gas sector play a critical role in ensuring energy security for the country. They are among the most d...
Role of State Owned Enterprises in the Energy Transition | ft. Dr. B. Veera Reddy
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The role of State-Owned Enterprises (SoEs) in India's energy transition cannot be overstated. SoEs, or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), control ...
Role of State owned Enterprises in the Energy Transition | ft. Mohit Bhargava
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India's foray into renewable energy (RE) started with its thermal power giant NTPC Ltd.In the mid-2000s, NTPC, which is also the country's lar...
Climate Change On Your Plate | ft. Sanjeeb Mukherjee
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Climate crisis unfolding in India will first impact our plates! Farms lands, agri commodities, coastal areas are in ten first line of impact from cli...
Global South’s G20 Streak: A Turning Point for Climate and Energy Leadership? | ft. Dr. Prabhat Upadhyaya
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The consecutive G20 presidencies of Indonesia (2022), India (2023), Brazil (2024), and South Africa (2025) has resulted in four consecutive G20 presi...
Donald Trump is back and so are Climate Fears | ft. Anisha Dutta
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With Donald Trump scheduled to take over as the 47th President of the United States of America, there is widespread anxiety on the impact on global cl...
Climate Adaptation Challenge for Indian Agriculture | ft. Rishika Pardikar & Rakesh Nannewar
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is already impacting many rural areas of India. Farmers in rural areas of India are facing rise in temperatures and changes in rainfall...
Sweat, Drown, Parch: Why India's megacities can't handle extreme weather? | ft. Jaya Dhindaw
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, between May to September, the same images make the rounds. The national capital first sweats and then drowns with even a few millimetres ...
New Records, New Challenges: Is India's Power Supply System Equipped? | ft. Rajiv Goyal
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This summer was all about breaking records - from temperature to electricity demand. India clocked the highest ever electricity demand of 260 Gw duri...
India’s Energy Security and the Transition from Coal Power | ft. Dr. Joshua Busby & Deepshika Arora
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Energy security remains a top priority for India as it seeks to balance growth with sustainability. A critical question emerges: Can India ensure ene...
The Right to Save our Future | ft. Shibani Ghosh
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can political leaders be taken to court over climate change impacts? Can the Indian Constitution recognize climate change under the right to live? A r...
Accelerating Clean Cooking Revolution | ft. Abhishek Kar
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly 2.8 billion people around the world depend on solid fuels such as firewood and biomass for their cooking needs. Majority of such people reside ...
Going off grid: Greening India's power needs | ft. Dr. Debajit Palit
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a future where every rooftop is a mini power station, contributing to a cleaner and greener environment. This isn't just a dream—it'...
Get Ready for India's Clean Energy Boom: Hitting the 2030 Target | ft. Vibhuti Garg
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India has ambitions to install 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030. Achieving this target would require large scale finance, sound policies and much m...
Gazing into the Crystal Ball: What's next for India's energy transition?
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season 4 of The India Energy Hour Podcast is here. To kickstart the season, the hosts are here to give a primer on what all to expect in India'...
COP28: Hits, Misses and Vested Interests | ft. Jacob Koshy
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s Conference of Parties (COP28), hosted in the oil-rich UAE, was full of ironies. There were apprehensions over the host, which has oil we...
State of the Indian Energy Transition | ft. Aditya Ramji
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India’s energy transition is central to global climate action. But where does India’s energy transition stand? What are the key challenges and opp...
Energy Transition: 1 Nation, 28 Pathways | ft. Ann Josey & Rohit Chandra
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India's energy transition currently comprises a set of ambitious targets, the pathway for which is yet to be designed. While at the Central leve...
From Star Rating to Efficient Fans: Why Energy Efficiency Matters? | ft. Saurabh Kumar
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Energy efficiency in India has become an important focus due to the country's growing energy demands, environmental concerns, and the need to redu...
Coding Climate Action: Can AI save the Earth? | ft. Himanshu Gupta
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Climate tech is one of the emerging areas in the technology landscape offering a variety of new-age solutions for adapting to changing climate. Largel...
How Green is your Money? | ft. Akshat Rathi
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How many trillions would be required to reach zero? Are global dialogues enough to rake up funds? As countries race to meet their net carbon zero targ...
India's G20 Presidency: Navigating Complex Geopolitical Waters | ft. Swati D'Souza
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the G20 host, India deftly managed geopolitics, especially Russia-Ukraine, while driving energy and climate discussions. Topics like renewable ener...
India's G20 Presidency: Balancing Energy Security and Climate Goals | ft. Arunabha Ghosh
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India's G20 presidency started amidst major geopolitical events, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These events reshaped energy markets a...
G20 Special: Will India change the tone for Global Energy Transition? | ft. Sudarshan Varadhan
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India has taken over the presidency of G20 at a time when the conventional geopolitics around key sectors is witnessing a shift - be it fossil fuels,...
Tailor Fit Green Energy | ft. Vivek Subramanian
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Vivek Subramanian - Co-founder and Executive Director of Fourth Partner Energy discusses the market dynamics and trends in the decent...
State of the Indian Power Sector | ft. Abhinav Jindal
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In India, the coal based electricity dominates the power sector. But the country has set ambitious renewable power targets. This will bring about many...
Changing face of India's Green Energy sector | ft. Srivatsan Iyer
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India's green energy landscape has witnessed remarkable growth and transformation in recent years, positioning the country as a global leader in t...
Heat is On! Can India adapt to warming weather? | ft. Aditya Valiathan Pillai
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, heatwaves in India have become more frequent, intense, and longer-lasting. This increase can be attributed to the larger problem of g...
Path to Climate Justice in a Net Zero World | ft. Tejal Kanitkar & Rahul Tongia
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For years, multiple Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have relied on integrated assessment models or IAM modelling pathways to achieve ...
What will it cost to save the planet? | ft. Varad Pande
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Climate financing in India is crucial for achieving sustainable development and mitigating the impacts of climate change. The government’s efforts...
Green Giving: Understanding Climate Philanthropy | ft. Vikas Mehta
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Climate philanthropy globally and in India are starting to play a catalytic role for enabling climate action. They are starting to bet on innovative i...
Riding into Climate Action | ft. Vinay Jaju
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Under ‘Move for Earth’ initiative, co-founder of SwitchON Foundation Vinay Jaju cycled over 3,000 km across different states in East India, conne...
Emerging economy of Critical Minerals: Are countries prepared? | ft. Dr. Seaver Wang
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To meet global climate targets, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind will need to be deployed at scale. This will mean large-scale mining a...
India's Wind Sector: Phoenix or Ashes? | ft. D V Giri
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India's wind energy sector has never had a breezy year for close to a decade now. An early mover in the green energy space, wind energy players relied...
Rating India’s Climate Action Plan: Going Beyond the Headlines | ft. Ulka Kelkar
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks the starting line for India’s energy transition plan, in line with its Net Zero ambitions. The country has made a range of ambitious...
Special Series: Future of Coal & Just Transition - Greening the Steel | Part-3
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A major part of India's energy transition would come from the power sector but for the broader goal of decarbonization, energy-intensive industries ne...
Coal and Just Transition in Jharkhand | Special Series Part-2
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
India has set a net zero target by 2070. If this target is to be achieved, India will have to reduce its reliance on coal. However, decreasing coal pr...
Future of Coal & Just Transition in India | Special Series Part-1
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
India's energy transition stands at the crossroads of meeting the nation's rising energy demand and pressure at the global front to reduce emi...
COP27: Conversation to Concrete Action? | Episode 33
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The upcoming COP27 is expected to set the tone for developing economies to strengthen their climate-focused demands from the developed world. Adaptati...
Climate Readiness: State of Play in Indian States | Episode 32
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For any meaningful climate action in India, the 28 Indian states and 8 union territories will have to play a crucial role. They have to maintain nodes...
Energy Storage: The Catalyst to India's Energy Transition | Episode 31
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If India wants to achieve its net zero goal by 2070, energy storage technologies will have to play a crucial role. From battery to pump storage, sever...
Is India walking the talk on its Climate Promises? | Episode 30
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As COP27 inches closer, the promises and commitments made during the last global climate conference are under scrutiny. India which was the biggest su...
Communicating Climate: Demystifying vs Greenwashing | Episode 29
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about climate change, especially in the developing world, is no longer a topic of so-called "academic interest". There are now multitudes of i...
Plastic Ban, Green Waste & Recycling 500 GW Renewable Energy | Episode 28
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
India recently enforced a ban on single-use plastic items across the country. This move will have a ripple effect across several industries, including...
Green Energy & Ecology: Land, Farmers & an Endangered Bird | Episode 27
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
India's renewable energy sector is facing an unusual dilemma - on one side are the ambitious targets set out by the government and on the other are pr...
India's annual summer affair with Coal/Power Crisis | Episode 26
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As it has been happening for years now, coal and power crisis has gripped India yet again. Severe heatwaves caused due to climate crisis coupled with ...
Money, Scale, Intent: Path to Climate Mitigation | Episode 25
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group III recently released a report on climate change mitigation. It assessed methods fo...
Climate Stories from the Corners of India | Episode 24
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Increased heat, drought and wildfires are all linked to climate change. Climate change has altered the physical geography in rural areas by disappeari...
Climate change impacts & adaptation: Does India have a plan? | Episode 23
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report recently that made global headlines. A fact from the report came out as a dire ...
Towards a thriving power market in India | Episode 22
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2003 when the electricity market in India opened up to private investment, variety of market mechanisms also came up along with it. Long term po...
Role of Mini Grids in Mega Challenge of Energy Access | Episode 21
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the last few years, India electrified nearly all its households by extending the national grid. Yet, reliability of available power is still ...
InvIT: New-age Funding for Grand Old Power sector | Episode 20
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The power transmission network is the backbone of any nation's electricity grid. India needs to rapidly expand and overhaul its electricity grid netwo...
Climate Resilience: Role of Water-Energy-Food Nexus | Episode 19
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the history of the global climate change conferences, it was in the recent COP26 that for the first time there was a separate Water pavilion. Water...
COP26: Key highlights & implications | Episode 18
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CoP26 concluded on November 13 with the Glasgow Climate Pact, signed by leaders from nearly 200 countries. The pact aims to limit global temperature i...
COP26: Negotiations, Targets and Realities (Part-II) | Episode 17
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
COP26, the world’s biggest climate change conference, is now only a week away. After traversing through the history and functioning of climate negot...
COP26: Negotiations, Targets and Realities (Part-I) | Episode 16
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
COP26, which is the world’s biggest climate change conference, is only two weeks away. Policymakers from over 200 countries will gather at Glasgow t...
Digging into the Coal Crisis: What, How & Why? | Special Episode
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As India goes into the festive season with a rebound in the economy post Covid second wave, the country is facing a power crisis with over 80% of ther...
Financing India’s Green Leap | Episode 15
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is a sudden upsurge of green sector financing in the world - from direct climate financing, ESG goals, to green bonds. India, one of the fastest...
Making India's coal power efficient: What's the right path? | Episode 14
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
India’s electricity sector is facing two major challenges - low electricity demand and massive overcapacity. On one hand, renewable energy installat...
Climate Change: Impact on India's most vulnerable | Episode 13
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Farming communities, forest dwellers, tribals with their rivers, mountains and other natural bounties are in the first line of impact from climate cha...
Has the sunrise moment of Indian solar manufacturing arrived? | Episode 12
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
India's solar manufacturing industry has seen only lows in the past decade when solar energy came to the fore in the country. On one side there were c...
Urbanizing India: Impact on energy demand and climate | Episode 11
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The International Energy Agency estimates that over the period to 2040, an estimated 270 million people are likely to be added to India’s urban popu...
Fossil fuels to Renewables: Are countries planning a Just Transition? | Episode 10
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The 10th episode is hosted by Mayank Aggarwal, Contributing Editor, Mongabay India. Mayank is one of the best writers on environment and climate chang...
G7 Fossil Finance Ban: Bold Climate Action or Hypocrisy? | Episode 9
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
G7 nations or group of world's most advanced economies of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States are reported...
Indian Renewables post Covid: Sunset or Silver lining? | Episode 8
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a crushing impact on economies around the world including India. Facing an economic crisis never seen since Indepe...
The Grand Energy Access Challenge: India's Journey & Path Ahead | Episode 7
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Globally, nearly 2.8 billion people depend on solid fuels such as firewood and biomass for their cooking needs and nearly 1 billion people live withou...
Should India Join the Global Net Zero Chorus? | Episode 6
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than 100 countries have pledged to get to net-zero emissions in the next 30 years. There is increasing international pressure on India to join th...
Electric Vehicles in India: Smooth Drive or Bumpy Road | Episode 5
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, leading car manufacturer General Motors said that by 2035, it will sell only Zero-Emission Vehicles. Many countries around the world are b...
Balancing the Complexity of Energy Policies | Episode 4
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
India’s energy sector policies are complex. Federal government ministries promote different energy policies that are sometimes at odds with one anot...
Gas as a bridge fuel: A dream too far-fetched? | Episode 3
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently announced that rapid expansion of the natural gas-based economy is a must for the country to become an ‘Atman...
King Coal: Its Journey & the Endgame | Episode 2
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coal provides nearly two-thirds of India's electricity but its long-term future is uncertain due to the rise of renewables. Understanding coal's futur...
Renewable Energy in India: Blip, Boom or Bust? | Episode 1
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last decade has seen a phenomenal growth of renewable energy in India, but many challenges remain even today. In the inaugural episode of the Indi...
The India Energy Hour | Trailer
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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