India’s rooftop solar segment has grown from a mere 3 MW in 2011 to around 2,300 MW as of December 2019. While this jump might seem significant, it is inconsequential when compared to the growth […]
Fourth Partner Energy is a distributed solar energy company, which was founded in October 2010 by three partners. The company believes that the customer, the supplier, the employer, the financier and every other stakeholder is […]
Water technology company, Watergen has recently launched the solar-powered GENNY, a new version of its moisture-based water provider. The existing GENNY uses a dehumidifier-like technology to suck moisture from the air and convert it into […]
With around 35 GW of solar power capacity installed and more than this in the pipeline for the next two years, the quality aspect of these projects has become a cause for concern for developers […]
Dr Hemanshu Bhatt, Dr Sunit Tyagi and Navashil Sharma were perhaps inspired by the movie Swades when they decided to return to India in 2005. Giving shape to their inspiration, in 2009 they started InSolare […]
The Union Budget 2020 was a much-awaited event for the renewable energy industry, which has been witnessing sluggish growth since 2018. Provisions such as a 48 per cent increase in budgetary allocation to the Ministry […]
High upfront costs, low consumer awareness, lack of policy and regulatory structures, and poor project visibility have been some of the key impediments in the adoption of energy storage systems. Very few developers and utilities […]
The various policy initiatives announced by the Ministry of Power for the hydropower sector in March 2019, including renewable energy status for hydro projects and financial aid for developing supporting infrastructure, are expected to provide […]
[Spain, December 25, 2019]11 solar projectsare now live in Spain. Partnered with X-Elio, Huawei has provided its innovative end-to-endsmart PV solution consisting of Huawei SUN2000 String Inverters,and Smart Transformer Stations (STS), which work perfectly alongside […]
Bifacial solar modules have attracted a lot of market attention in recent years. Installed capacity grew from only 97 MW globally in 2016 to over 5,400 MW in 2019. Furthermore, between 2019 and 2024, the […]
In December 2019, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) came out with guidelines for decentralised solar plants. To be implemented by discoms across the country, the guidelines aim to provide a facilitative framework […]
By Praveer Sinha, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Power The devil is always in details. Any serious discussion on economic poverty today has to acknowledge and redress its basic cause – energy poverty. […]
There is little question that the solar market in general has thus far shown a growing preference for the LONGi Hi-MO 4 module with M6 wafer (166mm), but there are nevertheless still some in the […]
As one of the world’s fastest growing economies, India will play a vital role in shaping the future of the global energy market. The government has made impressive progress in recent years, increasing access to […]
By Deepak Thakur, CEO, Hybrid & Energy Storage Business, Sterling and Wilson Pvt. Limited Global warming, caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, is affecting not just every human on earth but the entire ecosystem, encompassing […]
Growth in the small-hydro power (SHP) segment has remained sluggish year after year. The industry is largely underdeveloped with an installed base of only 4,671.5 MW as of December 2019, as against an estimated potential […]
David Zarembka is a peace and development activist focusing on Eastern Africa. As a peace activist, he was instrumental in introducing the Alternative to Violence Project in Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Congo. He was also […]
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