Purva Jain, Energy Analyst, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) India is committed to increasing renewable energy capacity to 450 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. While this requires massive amounts of investment in the […]
With India’s ambitious 2030 clean energy targets and the 2070 net-zero goal, more was expected from the Union Budget 2023-24 to increase the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and solar photovoltaics (PVs). Currently, the EV […]
Gagan B. Swain, Director (Finance & Corporate Affairs), GRIDCO Limited The challenges of climate change are affecting us all, and they are manifesting in the form of changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, frequent cyclones, […]
By Harikrishna K.V., Research Scientist, and Abhishek Nath, Sector Head, Energy and Power Sector, Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy Uttar Pradesh, the fourth largest state in terms of land area, is the […]
By Charith Konda, Energy Analyst, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) Commercial and industrial consumers are keen on buying green power from the open market, but several state governments are not supportive In […]
By Nallasivan C, Assistant Executive Engineer, TANGEDCO The Tamil Nadu power sector is of strategic importance to the nation in view of its 2070 net zero commitments. Tamil Nadu is already a pioneer state in […]
By Sushmita R. Ajwani, Director, Power and Renewables, ICF International The commercial and industrial (C&I) segment consumes around 665 billion units of electricity annually, which is more than 50 per cent of the total consumption […]
By Mukesh Singh Parihar, Team Lead and Assistant General Manager, Hydrogen Sector, Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd The rise in global temperatures is not a new phenomenon. It has been there for ages, although often ignored. […]
Are financial institutions (FIs) really the front runners in the Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) race or the true scene behind the fog is a different story? Over the past few years, ESG has successfully […]
By Shantanu Srivastava, Energy Analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) Indian life insurers and pension funds, the biggest domestic institutional investors (DIIs) by assets under management (AUM), have largely stayed […]
By Prateek Singhal, Co-founder and COO, Ecozen Solutions India has no dearth of sunlight, and it is estimated that most parts of the country get about 4-7 kWh of solar energy, of the nearly 5,000 […]
India, by far, has been one of the nations with an extensive withholding tax regime. As per the press release dated September 18, 2022, issued by the Ministry of Finance, the gross collection of direct […]
By Purva Jain, Energy Analyst, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) While renewable energy has been successful in decarbonising the power sector, many other industries remain dependent on fossil fuels. In the hunt […]
By Vaibhav Singh, Director, Energy, PwC SolarPower Europe’s Global Market Outlook 2022 estimated a global installed solar capacity of 940 GW, on the back of the record capacity addition of 168 GW last year. Solar […]
It has been more than seven years since the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy was green-flagged by the Government of India, with the notion that the segment will contribute to the growing momentum of wind […]
In India, most of the power is generated by coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs). Thermal-based generation gives rise to carbon emissions, sulphur oxide and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, along with suspended particulate matter, thereby polluting […]
There has been a lot of discussion recently about climate finance for supporting actions that will address climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement have called for […]
By Randheer Singh, Director, Electric Mobility, NITI Aayog Climate change has forced the world to come together and chalk out an actionable roadmap to prevent further degradation of the environment. With the shift in global […]
The energy sector for any developing nation acts as a backbone for holistic socio-economic growth. Since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the renewable energy sector has been one of the critical sectors in India, being […]
Harvesting solar power is one of the most eco-friendly and cost-effective methods of electricity generation. While India has made great strides in utility-scale solar electricity generation, residential rooftop solar generation has so far been underwhelming. […]
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