The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) was established in 2011 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, with the single-point agenda to rapidly increase the adoption of solar technologies. It is now expanding the […]
Spearheading the country’s neo-green revolution until recently, as secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Upendra Tripathy has successfully led the design and development of renewable energy policies during his tenure. At the recently held […]
India will become the energy capital of the world by 2022 with affordable, quality 24×7 power for all, believes Piyush Goyal, minister of state (independent charge) for power, coal and renewable energy and mines. In […]
While the focus of renewable energy development in the country has largely been on the wind, small hydro, biomass and solar segments, new technologies such as geothermal energy, hydrogen energy (fuel cells) and tidal energy […]
The small-hydro power (SHP) industry has experienced limited growth over the past one year, but a strong debate over a proposal by the government has brought the segment into the limelight. The government is mulling […]
Until recently, a large part of the population in many parts of the country still centred their activities from sunrise to sunset, as there was no electricity in their villages. However, with improving economy, technology, […]
India has a biomass potential of about 18 GW and a cogeneration potential of 5 GW. Despite this huge potential, the total installed bioenergy capacity stood at 5.7 GW as of September 2016, accounting for […]
With the government’s ambitious target of achieving 60 GW of installed wind energy capacity by 2022, it has realised the need for regulatory reforms in the segment to encourage investors. The past year witnessed policy […]
The Indian solar growth story has been exciting so far. The sector made a modest beginning in 2009-10 by adding over 10 MW of capacity. Since then, the industry has grown rapidly to about 8.7 […]
The Indian renewable energy certificate (REC) market has failed to pick up this year despite multiple regulatory amendments aimed at creating a positive buying atmosphere. Although the situation has improved to some extent over the […]
Riding on the back of the policy push by the government, coupled with technological and efficiency improvements, the renewable energy sector in India has witnessed tremendous growth and is poised to become cost competitive with […]
Launched in 2010, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) has come a long way in terms of its scope, targets and achievements. Within five years of its announcement, the scope of the project has […]
The success that the Indian renewable energy industry has hitherto achieved is due, in part, to the policy support provided by the government as well as a favourable regulatory regime at centre and the state […]
The Indian renewable energy sector has taken big strides during the past year. A key milestone has been the renewable energy capacity surpassing the capacity of hydroelectric projects, which are a major source of power […]
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This 2016 article from our archives captures the landmark decision of the government to switch from feed-in-tariffs to competitive bidding for wind power projects. For a quarter-century of its existence, the Indian wind energy segment […]
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