By Dolly Khattar Renewable energy in India has been one of the major success stories of the current decade, having witnessed a surge in capacity additions over the past few years, driven by a policy […]
By Dolly Khattar The world today is drawing more and more of its power from the sun, wind, water and biomass fuel, as the cost of power generated from these resources continues to decline. At […]
We bring you an interview with Upendra Tripathy, Director General, ISA from our 2019 archives “The ISA will become a grass-roots level organisation” The International Solar Alliance (ISA), which now has 77 signatories, was jointly […]
By Dolly Khattar On July 30, 2018, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced the levy of a 25 per cent safeguard duty on solar cells imported from China and Malaysia for the next two years. These […]
We bring you an interview with Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog from our 2017 archives Think tank NITI Aayog has set an ambitious target of 100 GW of clean energy by 2019-20 and wants financial […]
The introduction of GST in 2017 elicited mixed reactions from the renewable energy industry. The article evaluates the real pitfalls and benefits that the game-changing reform would bring for the renewables sector. One nation, one […]
Solar power tariffs hit a historic low of Rs 2.44 per unit in the 500 MW Bhadla Solar Park auction. This article analyses the viability of these tariffs and the future outlook for the solar […]
The year 2017 is turning out to be quite eventful for the renewable energy sector. First, solar power prices plummeted to Rs 3.30 per kWh in early February in the auction for developing the […]
This 2016 article from our archives captures the landmark decision of the government to switch from feed-in-tariffs to competitive bidding for wind power projects. For a quarter-century of its existence, the Indian wind energy segment […]
We bring you an interview with Piyush Goyal, Former Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energyfrom our 2015 archives Having inherited a crisis-ridden sector, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for […]
The traditional belief that conventional power based on fuels such as coal and natural gas is cheaper than renewable energy is proving to be fallacious. With technology advancements, grid improvements to handle intermittent sources of […]
Between June 15 and 18, 2013, Uttarakhand saw its worst floods in decades. Much of the state was reduced to rubble, with entire villages being uprooted and covered in swathes of muck and debris. A […]
We bring you an interview with Dr Farooq Abdullah, Former Minister for New and Renewable Energyfrom our 2012 archives The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has played a significant role in promoting renewable […]
In December 2011, second round of bids under JNNSM Phase I sawsolar tariffs sliding down to Rs 7.49 per unit. This story captures the solar bid results and the future outlook. Grid parity for solar […]
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