Editorial

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 […]

The year gone by was certainly significant for the Indian renewable energy sector as the key indicators reflected a growth of two to three times in 2016. The country added around 4.9 GW of solar […]