Editorial

Action on climate change may be the biggest challenge humankind is facing today. The consequences of inaction are escalating and hitting both rich and poor countries alike. It has therefore become imperative to move beyond […]

With this issue, we celebrate our ninth anniversary. As before, we use this occasion to share our own perspective on the state of the renewable energy sector in India in 2019. Overall, the sector has […]

The sanctity of contracts and consistency in regulations are the two key considerations for any sector to attract investments. As far as the renewable energy sector in India is concerned, both of these have been […]

These are very interesting times globally, especially from an energy market perspective. A sharp reduction in renewable energy technology costs, in particular solar and wind, and the growing commercialisation of energy storage systems have driven […]

The country’s power sector is evolving on almost every level. Electricity generation is increasing. The energy source mix is changing in favour of renewables. The regulatory framework is evolving and the transmission infrastructure is expanding. […]

The waste-to-energy (WtE) segment in India has failed to take off in the way it was envisaged.A key reason for this is the inadequate availability of quality waste for power generation. The country generates 55 […]

The general sentiment in the renewable energy sector is mixed. With the outcome of the general elections now known, there is hope for policy stability and a bigger renewable energy development agenda. No doubt, developers […]

Even as the power sector has been progressing and evolving, the distribution segment has continued to struggle. Despite the centre’s attempt to revive the segment through the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), discom debt and […]

The Indian renewable energy sector has entered the year 2019 with strong tailwinds as far as M&A and financing activities are concerned. A large number of acquisitions have been concluded or announced since January 2019. […]

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 […]

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 […]