By Nidhi Dua Round-the-clock (RTC) renewables, firm and despatchable renewable energy (FDRE), and hybrid projects with battery energy storage systems (BESS) form the backbone of a reliable and resilient renewable-powered grid. While renewable energy has […]
By Sakshi Bansal India’s hydropower sector has witnessed a strong revival in capacity addition and generation over the past year, driven by the commissioning of key projects and the accelerated development of pumped storage projects […]
By Preeti Wadhwa As per the National Institute of Wind Energy estimates, India has immense wind energy potential – about 695.5 GW at 120 metres above the ground level. As of October 31, 2025, the […]
By Sakshi Bansal India’s solar energy segment is undergoing a significant transformation as the country intensifies its efforts to harness solar power to meet its growing energy demand. This growth is driven by a combination […]
By Srijan Naayak The bioenergy segment has the potential to address environmental concerns, create employment and bolster rural economies by providing socio-economic benefits to the farming communities. India’s total installed bioenergy capacity stood at 10.84 […]
To promote domestic manufacturing and reduce India’s dependence on imports, the government has taken a number of policy initiatives in the renewable energy sector. Specific focus has been on domestic manufacturing of solar components, battery […]
India possesses abundant solar and wind energy resources. However, standalone solar and wind projects, in their conventional forms, fall short of meeting round-the-clock (RTC) power requirements due to intermittent generation. However, when paired with hybrid […]
India is a country rich in renewable energy resources that can be utilised for power generation. While a large part of the country receives high solar irradiation, some states have favourable wind speeds. The intermittency […]
Bioenergy provides a clean alternative to meet the energy needs by using naturally sourced green feedstock. Although the country’s bioenergy target for 2022 has been met, there is still a large untapped potential present. There […]
India has a rich and economically exploitable hydropower potential. In addition to generating low carbon energy, hydropower has the potential to complement the integration of more intermittent sources of renewable energy such as wind and […]
India’s wind power segment has been sliding ever since the introduction of competitive bidding in 2016. The transition from a feed-in tariff (FiT) regime to an auction-based one has indeed been tougher than expected for […]
Covid-19 disrupted the utility-scale solar segment in a way that was unprecedented. Despite the havoc caused by the pandemic, the segment emerged resilient. The industry not only achieved record low tariffs consistently but also explored […]
Despite being promoted by policymakers, the rooftop solar segment is not likely to deliver the ambitious target of setting up 40 GW of such capacity by 2022. As of September 2020, the installed rooftop solar […]
Wind-solar hybrid projects are finding favour with many players in the renewable energy space. They offer a viable solution for blending renewable power generated through two different sources to take advantage of their complementarities. The […]
The availability of contiguous tracts of land has always been a pain point in the development of large-scale solar power projects. Delays in various land acquisition processes have in the past led to the postponement […]
Hydropower has been responsible for a sizeable share of energy generation in India for a number of decades. Historically part of the conventional energy category, it has recently received a policy push with its inclusion […]
Derived from a plethora of green feedstock, bioenergy provides a clean alternative to meet the energy needs. There has been a steady growth in the biomass-based power capacity in India over the years, albeit slower […]
A key opportunity for renewable energy (especially solar power and bioenergy) lies in off-grid applications. These applications are suitable for unelectrified households in areas where grid extension is neither feasible nor cost effective. To tap […]
The humble battery has come a long way to become a crucial part of storage systems and electric vehicles (EVs), two technologies that are catalysing India’s path to emission reduction. Storage systems have emerged as […]
As India moves to a future driven by renewable energy, it is becoming clear that the country cannot rely solely on the renewable energy technologies that have already been established. Given the growing power demand and […]
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