Germany-based distributed battery storage provider Senec has been acquired by German power utility EnBW. Alongside RWE, EON and Vattenfall, EnBW is one of the “big four” German utilities. It is a major investor in wind […]
Tesla has begun installation of the world’s largest rooftop PV system. The 70 MW project on a 43 acre rooftop is projected to use roughly 100,000 PV modules. The project will also use a high […]
Distributed generation, also known as on-site generation, distributed resources, distributed energy resources and dispersed power, is the use of small-scale power generation technologies located close to the load being served. Meanwhile, microgrids are groups of […]
Wind power is one of the more mature sources of renewable energy in India, with an installed capacity of 32.8 GW as of January 2018. This stability along with the shift to competitive bidding from […]
Shrinking revenues owing to low solar power tariffs are exerting a downward pressure on developer margins. This calls for a change in project development strategies at all levels in order to reduce costs and improve […]
Historically, the utility-scale power plant design has been determined by scale economics, fuel availability and environmental impact. The world’s first 300 MW class, 100 per cent biomass-fired Tees renewable energy plant (Teesside) is being constructed […]
The Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), launched in November 2015, has demonstrated promising results so far. Under the scheme, the discoms of participating states and union territories (UTs) reported a significant reduction of 48 per […]
The global energy scenario is changing rapidly as the majority of the countries are moving towards non-fossil fuel-based renewable energy generation such as wind and solar. As per the statistics released by the Global Wind […]
Known for being an early mover in the renewable energy space in India, Gujarat has a total installed renewable energy capacity of 6,973.71 MW. This includes 5,537.37 MW of wind, 1,262.1 MW of utility-scale solar, […]
Solar projects in India have mostly been constructed through the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) route. From new entrants to established players, project owners typically prefer to pass on time and cost overrun risks to […]
The Indian power sector is undergoing a transformation with the rapid growth in renewable energy and its integration into the mainstream power grid. More than half of the power capacity additions in 2017-18 have been […]
Vinit Bansal, founder and managing director, EV Motors India Private Limited, is a seasoned professional with nearly three decades of experience in the automotive industry and the management consulting business, with significant global experience. He […]
Subhasis Ghosh has had a long innings of 37 years in the power sector. He began his career as an engineer trainee with NTPC in 1981 and spent his entire career with the company before […]
It has been an exciting journey for the International Solar Alliance (ISA) since its inception in 2015. In a little over two years, it has transitioned from a high-profile announcement at the 2015 Paris climate […]
SMA has introduced a new Power+ solution, which builds on SMA’s earlier MLPE solution to enable better rooftop system installations. The solution comes with a single plug-and-play communication connection that helps speed up installation and […]
US-based Quick Mount PV has launched a rooftop racking system called QRail, which features its patented QClick and QSplice technologies that simplify and expedite plant installation. QRail comes with Quick Mount PV’s waterproof mounts […]
The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île de France (IPVF) have decided to collaborate for energy research. The objective of this Franco-German alliance is to develop the […]
German company J.v.G. Thoma GmbH has launched its new LED Flasher Basic 2.0, which is used for photovoltaic solar module testing in order to calculate the output performance conformity of a solar photovoltaic module. This […]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has unveiled the new SG 2.7-129 onshore turbine in a bid to grow its market share in the US. With this model, the manufacturer is targeting sites with medium- to low-wind […]
The last quarter of financial year 2017-18 saw a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the Indian renewable energy sector, including a billion dollar deal in which Greenko acquired Delhi-based Orange Renewables. Multiple […]
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