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January 2025

January 26, 2025

Right in the beginning of 2025, the Renewable Watch team had a chance to meet and interact with the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, who outlined the key priorities for his […]

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December 2024

December 26, 2024

2024 has been a year of visible maturing of the Indian renewable energy sector. The deployment of new power projects continued at a brisk pace and a slew of successful auctions strengthened the upcoming project […]

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October 2024

October 26, 2024

As India moves ahead towards its net zero goals with plans to decarbonise the energy sector, accelerated renewable energy deployment assumes vital importance. However, to bring about a complete transition to clean energy, just stand-alone […]

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September 2024

September 26, 2024

India’s renewable energy installations have reached the 200 GW mark as of August 2024. Close to half of this capacity is made up of solar power, and almost a quarter each comes from wind power […]

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August 2024

September 13, 2024

The announcement of the Union Budget last month by the Finance Minister was met with applause (largely) from the renewable energy industry. This year’s budget not only focused on specific clean energy segments like storage […]

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July 2024

July 19, 2024

As of June 2024, India has an installed renewable energy capacity of 195 GW of renewables including 86 GW solar power capacity, 47 GW hydro, 47 GW wind, 11 GW bio power and 5 GW […]

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June 2024

June 24, 2024

Over the past five years, India’s total installed renewable energy capacity has nearly doubled, increasing from a mere 78 GW as of March 2019 to 147 GW as of May 2024. It could be argued […]

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May 2024

May 30, 2024

Energy security has been one of the foremost priorities of governments worldwide. Historically, control over oil and gas markets has been the primary cause of many geopolitical disruptions. However, over the past few years, clean […]

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April 2024

April 28, 2024

Offshore wind has recently been at the centre of attention in the Indian renewable energy sector along with other emerging segments. The recent budget announcement included provisions for viability gap funding for the initial 1,000 […]

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March 2024

March 23, 2024

Residential rooftop solar has long been at the backburner in terms of deployment when compared to the other more attractive commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop solar. India has 11 GW of installed rooftop solar capacity […]

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February 2024

February 25, 2024

The debate surrounding the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) refuses to die down. Still a cause for much uncertainty in the solar segment, the ALMM includes those models and manufacturers that are eligible […]

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January 2024

February 1, 2024

The year 2023 ended with roughly 134 GW of total installed renewable power capacity in the country and 8.7 GW of new installations between April to December 2023. In line with historic trends, solar power […]

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December 2023

December 26, 2023

As of end 2023, India has more than 130 GW of installed renewable energy capacity, comprising 72 GW of solar, 45 GW of wind and a few GWs of bioenergy and small hydropower. The focus […]

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Renewable Watch turns 13!

December 8, 2023

Letter by Khushboo Goyal, Editorial Lead and Associate Director We started our journey in 2010 when India’s total renewable energy capacity was barely 17 GW. It is quite heartening to see the country’s progress in […]

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October 2023

October 24, 2023

In this current geopolitical climate, energy security and climate change mitigation have become the major concerns for all nations, and transition to green energy has emerged as a key priority area. Along with governments and […]

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September 2023

September 24, 2023

India hosted the G20 Leaders’ Summit, for the first time ever, on September 9-10, 2023 in New Delhi. With the motto, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam which translates to One Earth, One Family, One Future, the summit led […]

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August 2023

August 26, 2023

As the world forges ahead in the battle against climate change, governments across the globe are making significant efforts to reduce their carbon emissions in the coming years. Corporates have also joined the net zero […]

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July 2023

August 2, 2023

The year 2023 is set to become a turning point for India’s green hydrogen journey. In just seven months, the fledgling green hydrogen segment has witnessed a slew of policy interventions by the government. These […]

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June 2023

June 30, 2023

Renewable energy installations are growing at a rapid pace in India with 127 GW of total deployments as of May 2023 according to the latest data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. […]