The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued the Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017 for the quality control of solar equipment. According to the order, […]
The government recently announced the trajectory for achieving the target for commissioning 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022, including 100 GW of solar and 60 GW of wind. On the occasion of the […]
The Indian renewable energy sector has witnessed significant changes over the past few years – in terms of the pace of development, commercial dynamics, development model, risks and opportunities. The change has been most visible […]
November Issue 2017
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The policy and regulatory initiatives taken over the past few years have provided an impetus to the renewable energy sector. Dynamic adjustments made to the renewable policy framework have led to capacity growth in line […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has been working on a number of reforms to facilitate growth in the power sector. One of the landmark orders issued by it last year was to implement the […]
Plunging solar and wind power tariffs made the headlines in the renewable energy space during 2017. Aggressive bidding, driven by increasing competition and a drying up of the project pipeline, especially in the case of […]
The country’s biggest power transmission utility, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid), is looing at opportunities in the electric vehicle (EV) charging space. I.S. Jha, chairman and managing director, Powergrid, spoke to Renewable Watch […]
The renewable energy certificate (REC) market has failed to take off and the unsold inventory continues to pile up beyond 10 million. While there was a relative improvement in REC purchases in 2016-17, the absolute […]
India’s rapidly growing renewable energy sector is likely to gain from the availability of easier finance following the upgrade of the country’s sovereign rating by Moody’s. But the good news may be overshadowed by certain […]
The solar power market in India has entered the maturity phase over the past year. It recorded a growth rate of about 82 per cent in 2016-17. In fact, solar power capacity addition has picked […]
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has played a disruptive role in the solar and wind energy segments, as is evident from the steep decline in tariffs discovered in its recent tenders. It is […]
The year 2017 will be remembered as a landmark year with regard to the Indian wind power segment. From the discontinuation of generation-based incentives (GBIs) and phase-out of the accelerated depreciation (AD) benefit starting April […]
Indian Railways (IR) has a target to source at least 10 per cent of its energy requirement from renewable sources by 2020-21, by setting up 1,200 MW of solar and wind power capacity. Part of […]
While redefining India’s renewable energy targets to meet the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, the government had set an ambitious target of 10 GW of installed capacity for bioenergy by 2022. Despite the high potential […]
With a sizeable target of 18 GW to be achieved by 2022, of which 6.5 GW already commissioned so far, Andhra Pradesh is among the leading states in renewable energy adoption in the country. Ajay […]
The growth of the small-hydro power (SHP) segment in India has been sluggish year after year. While the government has been fairly optimistic about the segment, it has failed to translate this into a real […]
With the current impetus to capacity addition and inclusion of renewable energy in the network, grid modernisation has become a focus point for the power sector. One state that is making significant headway in modernising […]
In addition to developing the traditional sources of renewable energy, the market is increasingly focusing on emerging technologies in order to be future-ready. The key among these are wind-solar hybrids, electric vehicles, offshore wind, and […]
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