The rooftop solar segment forms a large part of the 100 GW solar energy target to be achieved by 2022. While the government has been promoting the segment, there exist certain regulatory and implementation challenges […]
Fourth Partner Energy is one of the emerging rooftop-focussed players in India. Incorporated in 2010 in Hyderabad, the company has delivered around 16 MW of solar rooftop installations so far across 700 locations in the […]
One of India’s leading IT companies, Infosys has an obligation to meet a certain proportion of its power needs through renewable energy sources, as per the electricity regulations. But the company is many steps ahead. […]
Net metering was introduced in India to provide a boost to the solar rooftop segment. The mechanism allows for a two-way flow of power, wherein the consumer can generate electricity from the rooftop solar photovoltaic […]
Despite the government’s focus on the utility-scale solar power sub-segment, the rooftop solar segment has been able to maintain its market share at about 10 per cent over the past few years. Capacity addition has […]
The Delhi government has set a target to achieve 1,000 MW of solar power capacity by 2020 and 2,000 MW by 2025. To this end, it announced a solar power policy in 2016, outlining the […]
Solid waste refers to any refuse resulting from human or animal activities that has been discarded on purpose or because it is no longer useful. In layman’s terms, nearly anything we leave behind is some […]
The India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) has been a key driving force behind the country’s efforts to realise its smart grid potential. Set up in 2010, the ISGF has been working on a number of […]
Fortum India’s current installed solar capacity stands at just 15 MW, but it has a fair pipeline of projects (around 170 MW) under construction in the country. The company has deployed thin-film technology at one […]
L&T ECC has commissioned a total of 445 MWp of solar photovoltaic (PV)-based power plants, of which 131 MWp of capacity is based on thin-film technology. Milan Kumar, head, engineering services, L&T ECC, talks about […]
ACME has a project portfolio of around 1,800 MW with an operational capacity of over 600 MW. Around 10 per cent of its total capacity is based on thin-film technology while the remaining projects are […]
Energy demand is moving from temperate climates like in Europe to the tropics, where there is ample sunlight, and increasing economic activity. These hot and humid climates are ideal for innovative photovoltaic (PV) module technologies […]
The adoption of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology in India is set to grow exponentially given the country’s ambitious target to install 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022. In November 2016, the installed solar capacity […]
Driven by the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, solid waste management is gaining popularity in India. As a result, solid waste is on its way to becoming a considerable source of energy. While waste-to-energy (WtE) technology has […]
Solar trackers have emerged as a popular concept of late as they help in increasing the output of solar panels by 15-25 per cent, which, in turn, improves the economics of solar projects. Given the […]
The renewable energy segment has grown at a fast pace in the past few years. In India alone, the share of renewable energy sources in the total installed capacity has increased from 10.62 per […]
The Indian solar power segment has emerged as one of the most dynamic markets in the country with increased capacity additions and an inevitable redistribution of market shares among companies. Multiple factors are contributing to […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is in the process of determining new forbearance and floor prices for renewable energy certificates (RECs), which will come into effect from April 1, 2017. The control period for […]
The year 2017 is turning out to be quite eventful for the renewable energy sector. First, solar power prices plummeted to Rs 3.30 per kWh in early February in the auction for developing the […]
The Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) is developing a solar-wind hybrid technology. As part of this research project, the institute is developing windmills that are 5-125 metres tall. While windmills on small towers will […]
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