Energy Sources, Renewables and Energy Conservation

Environment & Ecology · 12 Subtopics · 101 Concepts

Pre-Study: What to Study

12 Subtopics · 101 Concepts
  • Solar Power Technologies

    Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Technologies

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Agrivoltaics

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • International Solar Alliance (ISA)

    ISA: Genesis, Headquarters and Membership

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • ISA Goals, Assembly and Financing

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Initiatives by the Indian Government

    National Solar Mission

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • PM-KUSUM Scheme

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Solar Parks Scheme and Major Solar Parks

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • PLI Scheme for Solar PV and Domestic Content Rules (ALMM)

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Issues and Opportunities

    Issues with Solar Power in India

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Solar Waste Management

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • National Wind–Solar Hybrid Policy

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Wind Power in India

    Wind Power Status and Major Wind Farms

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Wind and Solar Compared

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Issues and Challenges of Wind Power

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Offshore Wind Energy

    Offshore Wind Potential and Policy

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Onshore and Offshore Wind Compared

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Initiatives by the Indian Government

    Domestic Manufacturing for Wind (ALMM-WTC and Rare Earth Magnets)

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Bidding, Transmission and Repowering Measures for Wind

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Biofuel Basics and Generations

    Biofuels: Meaning and Forms

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Generations of Biofuels

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Biofuels

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • National Policy on Biofuels 2018

    Evolution of India's Biofuel Policy

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • National Policy on Biofuels 2018 and Its 2022 Amendment

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • Feedstocks Allowed Under the Biofuel Policy

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • PM JI-VAN Yojana and Sustainable Aviation Fuel

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Other Initiatives

    Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • National Bioenergy Programme

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Some Important Biofuels

    Biobutanol

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Biodiesel and Its Advantages

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Biogas and Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG)

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • SATAT Scheme and CBG Blending

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier and Fuel

    Hydrogen Economy and Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Hydrogen as a Fuel: Merits and Challenges

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Types of Hydrogen by Production Method

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Current Status of Hydrogen Economy in India

    Early Hydrogen Policy Steps in India

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Hydrogen-Enriched CNG (H-CNG)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Hydrogen Blending in Natural Gas

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Green Hydrogen

    Green Hydrogen: Uses, Standard and Challenges

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM)

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • NGHM Schemes and Initiatives (SIGHT, Hubs, Certification, SHIP)

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Nuclear Energy Basics

    Nuclear Fission and Fusion Compared

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Advantages and Challenges of Nuclear Energy

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Nuclear Fusion as a Clean Energy Source

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • India's Nuclear Programme and Governance

    India's Three-Stage Nuclear Power Programme

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • Department of Atomic Energy and Atomic Energy Commission

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Nuclear Institutions and the Regulator (NPCIL, UCIL, BARC, IGCAR, AERB)

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • SHANTI Act 2025

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • Nuclear Energy Mission and Small Reactors

    Nuclear Energy Mission for Viksit Bharat

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Types of Radiation and Their Effects

    Radioactivity and Sources of Radioactive Pollution

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Non-Ionising Radiation and Its Effects

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Ionising Radiation and Penetrating Power of Alpha, Beta and Gamma

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Half-Life and Radiation Dose

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Nuclear Accidents and Waste

    Major Nuclear Power Plant Accidents

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Radioactive Waste and Its Disposal

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Grid Integration Challenges and Solutions

    Challenges of Integrating Renewable Energy

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Smart Grid and the National Smart Grid Mission

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Hybrid Energy Systems and Battery Storage

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Critical Minerals for the Green Transition

    Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Technologies

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • India's Critical Minerals List

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • National Critical Minerals Mission (NCMM)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • KABIL and Overseas Critical Mineral Assets

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Green Bonds and Sovereign Green Bonds

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Energy Conservation Act and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency

    Energy Conservation Act 2001

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022

    Importance 5/5 What to Study
  • Building Energy Codes and Green Buildings

    Energy Conservation Building Code and ECSBC 2024

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Eco Niwas Samhita (Residential Building Code)

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Green Building Rating Systems (GRIHA, IGBC, LEED)

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Standards and Labelling

    BEE Standards and Labelling Programme

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • Chiller Star Labelling Programme

    Importance 2/5 What to Study
  • Energy Performance Standards for Air Conditioners

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • Energy Efficiency Programmes

    National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE)

    Importance 4/5 What to Study
  • UJALA and Street Lighting National Programme

    Importance 3/5 What to Study
  • UNNATEE Strategy

    Importance 1/5 What to Study
  • Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)

    Importance 2/5 What to Study

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