By Sarthak Takyar Captive power plants (CPPs) play a significant role in meeting the power generation requirements of commercial and industrial (C&I) users and reducing their dependence on the grid while optimising energy costs. According […]
“There is a need to devise a balancing mechanism” The intermittency and grid integration challenges of renewables underscore the heightened risk of curtailment, in terms of technical issues and misalignment with demand-supply forecasts. There have […]
As head of engineering at Hero Future Energies (HFE), Sudhir Pathak is responsible for the designing and engineering of grid-connected and rooftop solar projects, both domestically and internationally. Prior to HFE, he worked with ACME […]
By Ashay Abbhi India’s power sector is experiencing a paradigm shift, driven primarily by a strong demand growth, and the government’s target to achieve 40 per cent non-fossil fuel-based generation capacity as per its intended […]
With India gearing up to meet its 175 GW renewable energy target by 2022, the share of renewables in the total energy demand is expected to increase to 21 per cent. While shifting to renewable […]
By Khushboo Goyal In recent months, a number of renewable-based captive power plants (CPPs) have come up across industries and corporates. In January 2019, Suzlon Energy commissioned an 8.4 MW wind CPP for Hindustan Aeronautics […]
The solar power segment has taken off in a way that most people would not have anticipated. From an almost non-existent solar market in 2010, India today is home to the fifth-largest installed solar power […]
The evacuation and integration of renewable energy faces various issues and challenges, which include high costs of transmission and energy storage systems, inadequate levels of accuracy in forecasting and suboptimal despatch optimisation. Transmission capacity addition […]
Greensmith Energy, a Wärtsilä company, has announced the release of its latest generation software platform, called Greensmith Energy Management System, Version 6 (GEMS 6). This advanced energy management software is suitable for grid-scale deployments, and […]
By Khushboo Goyal India is blessed with abundant small-hydro power (SHP) potential. It is the cheapest power source available, and is also the most mature renewable energy technology. However, with the country witnessing rapid capacity […]
By Sarthak Takyar The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) recently concluded the auction of Tranche VI of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS)-connected wind power projects worth 1,200 MW and grid-connected solar projects of 750 […]
On March 21-22, the “All Quality Matters” Award Ceremony & Solar Congress 2019 hosted by TÜV Rheinland was held in Suzhou. At this top solar stage, Growatt MAX series 80kW inverter won the Award of […]
The Indian power sector is moving closer to its targets, including Power for All by 2019 and 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. While setting targets is indeed important for defining overall growth […]
Europe achieved a significant milestone of 1 million electric vehicles (EVs) in June 2018. This can be attributed to a 42 per cent growth in EV sales, both battery EVs and plug-in hybrids, during the […]
By Sarthak Takyar A Mumbai-based company, Magenta Power created a buzz last year with the launch of India’s first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station. This pilot started discussions in the industry about the cleanest […]
By Ashay Abbhi On February 19, 2019, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the prime minister approved the Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM), over a year after it was announced in […]
The implications of producing and integrating renewable energy into the grid in real time are manyfold. The variability of renewable-based power, frequent ramp-up and back-down of conventional generation and the associated cost, merit order violation […]
“The private sector is an under-tapped resource” Mridula Ramesh is the founder of the Sundaram Climate Institute, an organisation focused on waste and water solutions, and education. She is also an active angel investor in […]
By Sarthak Takyar Renewable energy companies are facing increasing financial pressure. Their profit margins are shrinking owing to falling tariffs; meanwhile, the cost of domestic finance continues to be high. While tariffs have stabilised somewhat […]
The power trading segment has seen phenomenal growth over the past few years and the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has been a key driver of this growth journey. The country’s first power exchange, the IEX […]
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