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The solar industry has been facing several issues since the announcement of the National Solar Mission in 2010. The industry picked up pace in the past year as a result of competitive tariffs and the […]
The year 2018 has been a positive one for the solar power segment, with the installed capacity achieving a milestone of 22 GW. Tendering activity has been at an all-time high, with about 30 GW […]
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was born in 2015 out of a shared ambition to reduce the cost of finance and technology, and to mobilise investments to enhance the deployment of solar energy across the […]
The Indian solar power segment has scaled up rapidly over the past two years, with even better growth expected in the next four years. While this provides a significant opportunity for developers, it also comes […]
With the solar and wind power segments witnessing extremely low tariffs over the past year and the nodal agencies enforcing strict commissioning timeframes, the industry is concerned if adequate quality control measures are being implemented […]
The need for a flexible, resilient and intelligent grid is becoming a priority for policymakers. With the future power system being required to deal with new challenges such as a greater influx of renewable energy, […]
Indian Railways is making efforts to ensure energy efficiency and use renewable energy in its operations. It aims to meet at least 25 per cent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2025. Substantial […]
Open access for renewable energy projects has not taken off, primarily due to the reluctance of discoms that stand to lose their highest paying customers. With capital costs for renewable energy plants declining, states are […]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has achieved the commissioning of 5 GW of wind power capacity in India. Markus Tacke, global chief executive officer, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and Ramesh Kymal, Onshore CEO for India, Siemens […]
The Indian power sector is undergoing a transformation with the rapid growth in renewable energy and its integration into the mainstream power grid. More than half of the power capacity additions in 2017-18 have been […]
It has been an exciting journey for the International Solar Alliance (ISA) since its inception in 2015. In a little over two years, it has transitioned from a high-profile announcement at the 2015 Paris climate […]
Renewable Watch recently organised a workshop, “Offtake Risks for Re-newable Energy”, to examine the financial health of discoms, discuss the risks and challenges pertaining to power offtake, study the alternatives and propose solutions. The workshop […]
Maharashtra’s power sector has witnessed significant developments since the unbundling of its state electricity board in 2005. While various initiatives have been taken to modernise and upgrade the state’s power system, grid modernisation continues to […]
While the renewable energy sector in India is taking rapid strides in capacity addition, grid curtailment and offtaker risks cast a large shadow over project sustainability. As the tariffs discovered in solar and wind competitive […]
Saurabh Motiwala, Engineer, Renewable Energy, Tractebel Engineering India has been witnessing exponential growth in the solar power segment with the overall installations crossing the 17 GW mark in 2017, a 60 per cent growth over […]
YES Bank had committed to finance 5,000 MW of renewable energy projects at the RE-INVEST Summit 2015 and to mobilise climate finance of $5 billion by 2020 at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, […]
Since its launch in 2008, the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has evolved into the premier power exchange of the country, attracting nearly 6,000 participants. A high point for the IEX recently was its listing on […]
Reducing global carbon emissions was the dominant subject at the recently held 23rd Conference of the Parties on climate change in Bonn, Germany. While many countries are incentivising renewable energy, others are penalising carbon emissions […]
In recent years, the Indian solar industry has witnessed unprecedented growth with huge capacity additions taking place year on year. As of December 2017, the solar power capacity stood at over 14 GW, making India […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has recently issued notifications for ensuring the quality of equipment used in the solar industry. While the industry agrees on the benefits of MNRE’s latest order, there […]
