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Land availability is the most important prerequisite for any utility-scale solar or wind power project. While the country has abundant land resources, it is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to acquire it, be it government […]
India has an ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022. However, installing such a large renewable energy capacity has its own set of problems, with power evacuation and grid integration being the key […]
With the total addressable market for solar PV expected to reach 30 GW by March 2019, operations and maintenance (O&M) of these assets is emerging as a key opportunity for a number of players. These […]
With this issue, we celebrate our eighth anniversary. As before, we use this occasion to share our perspective on the state of the sector. Over the past couple of years, the Indian renewable energy sector […]
In the initial years of solar power development in India, O&M was often coupled with EPC and was undertaken by the same vendors. Of late however, solar O&M has emerged as a separate market segment […]
After a year of lull, the wind power segment in India has regained momentum with 9 GW of capacity tendered as of August 2018. The current installed wind capacity stands at about 35 GW, implying […]
Overshadowed by the safeguard duty row and the sharp depreciation in the rupee, India’s solar energy segment is staring at a period of policy and legal uncertainty, and possible tariff hikes. The debate over the […]
Waste to energy (WtE) has been a very slow growing segment despite there being tremendous potential for these projects in India. Currently, there are over 180 WtE plants based on municipal solid waste (MSW), urban, […]
India’s renewable energy project tendering activity is at an all-time high. The month of January alone saw tenders for over 5.5 GW being launched by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and other state-level […]
In early January this year, one of the hottest places on earth, the grainy sand dunes of the Sahara desert, was covered in white snow as thick as 15 inches in some places. Ironically, scientists […]
From biodegradable toilets to solar-powered railway stations, Indian Railways is changing the way it works to reduce its carbon footprint. The utility operates one of the world’s largest rail networks and is the single biggest […]
With this issue, we celebrate our seventh anniversary. As before, we use this occasion to share our take on the state of the sector. A reflection on the past year indicates a lacklustre performance by […]
Until two years ago, renewable energy players were struggling to develop a sizeable wind and solar power portfolio in order to be able to access the capital markets. Today, the situation is such that a […]
India’s energy transition towards a sustainable and clean power portfolio is not proving to be easy. Both the solar and wind power segments are going through multiple challenges such as the renegotiation of power purchase […]
wind power segment is going through an exciting phase as is evident from the ongoing developments. In response to the second tender issued by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), it has received bids […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s experiment to allocate new projects through competitive bidding seems to be having a positive ripple effect. The success of the 1 GW wind capacity auction, which saw tariffs […]
At a time when the addition of coal-fuelled power generation capacity is at a standstill in India and globally, the country is witnessing a free fall in solar power prices. The newest low is a […]
The latest solar auction yielded an electricity price of Rs 3.15 per kWh, down from the Rs 3.30 per kWh tariff determined in the Rewa solar park tender. The latest record has been set by […]
In January 2017, the country’s grid-connected renewable power capacity crossed the 50 GW mark. While wind power comprises 58 per cent of this pie, its share has been declining over the past few years due […]
Six years ago, in December 2011, when France-based SolaireDirect put in a Rs 7.49 per kWh bid in the first auctions under the National Solar Mission, it made headlines and the company was roundly criticised […]
