Performance, plans and strategies of key renewable energy
companies including solar, wind, bioenergy and small-hydro
Founded in 1997 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006, solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer Trina Solar is in its third decade of operations. Headquartered in Changzhou, China, the company has established […]
Orb Energy was incorporated in 2006, with funding from a UK-based venture capital firm. The company first targeted the distributed off-grid solar market in India, starting off as a provider of solar water heating and […]
With 34 GW of installed capacity, India ranks fourth globally after China, the US and Germany in terms of wind power. The country accounts for 6 per cent of the total global installed wind capacity […]
The acquisition of Delhi’s discoms by Reliance Infrastructure Limited has been one of the most successful exercises undertaken to privatise the distribution segment in the country. The two discoms, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and […]
With a portfolio of over 300 MW of contracted and commissioned capacity, Amplus Solar is one of the largest rooftop solar players in the Indian renewable energy space. In fact, it was an early mover […]
Out of the entire capacity installed in the country in 2017-18, only 16 per cent of the modules were procured from Indian module manufacturers. Vikram Solar is one of the few domestic module manufacturing firms […]
With increasing capacity additions, rapidly declining tariffs and improved power uptake, the Indian solar power market is now nearing maturity. The current state of the market is the result of a robust solar ecosystem built […]
Microgrids have been a game changer in the rural electrification space. In a coal-dominated energy sector, the decentralised way of energy generation through easily available renewable resources such as solar, wind and biomass has yielded […]
Most of the listed renewable energy companies have released their financial results for the quarter ended December 2017. While the results vary by company, a common trend is that companies operating in the solar power […]
Orient Green Power Limited (OGPL) is an independent power producer (IPP) in the Indian renewable energy sector and a part of the Shriram Group. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Chennai. […]
JSW Energy Limited (JSWEL), the energy arm of the JSW Group, is one of the leading private players in the power sector. Established in 1994, the company has projects across the generation, transmission, manufacturing and […]
With digitisation touching almost every aspect of life, industry is facing a virtual data tsunami. Data centres, physical as well as cloud based, are coming up everywhere to meet the growing demand for data storage. […]
Renewable energy-based microgrids have proved to be a viable business model in the off-grid space. However, only a few players have created a success story on the back of this model. One of these is […]
India Power Corporation Limited (IPCL) was incorporated in 1919 as a utility and power generation company. Over the years it has been growing its renewable energy portfolio and today has 143.2 MW of renewable capacity […]
India is betting big on renewable energy and companies across countries and verticals are taking notice. There has been a flurry of domestic and international players trying to establish a footprint in a market that […]
Gujarat’s state transmission company, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) has drawn up a comprehensive plan for modernising and augmenting its infrastructure over the next four years. Investments in transmission are driven by the need […]
They rose suddenly against the barren landscape as we rounded the last bend in the road. Giant white windmills 120 metres tall, tilting against the blue sky, their shiny blades slicing the air and setting […]
The years 2015 and 2016 saw a rise of over 30 per cent in solar photovoltaic (PV) installations worldwide, with record-breaking capacity additions in China, India and the US. Given its solar target of 100 […]
Applied Materials is a leading semiconductor and display equipment company with its headquarters in Santa Clara, USA. The company supplies equipment, services and software solutions for semiconductors, flat panel displays and coatings for flexible electronics. It has a […]
The dynamism of the Indian renewable energy sector is evident from the constantly changing regulatory, financial, competitive and business models. Wind and solar power tariffs have fallen steeply, thereby boosting investor confidence in the sector […]
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