By Khushboo Goyal Rapid urbanisation and changing lifestyles are increasing the electricity demand in Indian towns and cities. Many utilities are facing difficulties in keeping up with the rising power requirements, especially in summer months […]
Solar cities are being developed across the country, including eight in the north–eastern region in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. While the cities of Guwahati and Jorhat in Assam are to be developed […]
India has installed around 356 GW of power generation capacity, as of March 2019. Of this, the share of renewables is over 20 per cent. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 54 per […]
The solar power segment continues to be the key driver of new capacity additions in the clean energy sector. It installed 1,369 MW of new capacity during the period April-June 2019. Falling tariffs have increased […]
Over the past one year, the solar power industry has increased its focus on rooftop solar development. An increasing number of states are reforming their net metering regulations. However, owing to various challenges, rooftop solar […]
India has witnessed massive uptake of solar power in recent years, with installed capacity only a few megawatts away from the 30 GW mark. The constantly increasing size and scale of these projects points to […]
The open access route for buying renewable energy first gained popularity in southern India, particularly in Tamil Nadu, where wind project developers were not paid by the utilities for 6-12 months. Under the open access […]
One of the biggest hurdles in ensuring timely bidding and commissioning of renewable power capacity is the unavailability of adequate transmission facilities. The problem is that the required transmission capacity is not growing in sync […]
As the Indian solar power sector grows in volume, the pressure to maintain sustainable margins is also increasing. This can be attributed to greater fall in tariffs as compared to that in capital and financial […]
India has become the third largest solar power market in the world. High capacity tenders and additions have become the trend as the country progresses towards the 100 GW target by 2022. Over the past […]
The financial well-being of discoms is critical not only for ensuring a strong power distribution system in a country but also for capacity generation and unhindered power supply. However, a number of discoms are facing […]
India achieved its ambitious goal of 100 per cent village electrification in April 2018. As per the Ministry of Power’s definition, a village is considered to be electrified when at least 10 per cent of […]
Driving India’s renewable energy growth, both solar and wind power are on the path to convergence. Owing to the complementary nature of the two sources of energy, solar-wind hybrid systems are more likely to provide […]
Solar plants are built to last ideally for 20-25 years. On completion of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) period, developers need to ensure seamless operations and maintenance (O&M) activities for sustained energy generation over […]
The rooftop solar segment in India has witnessed sluggish growth over the past year, with the installed capacity reaching only 1.2 GW as of June 2018. To achieve the installed capacity target of 40 GW […]
India is progressing towards its 2022 renewable capacity target of 175 GW. A 19 per cent year-on-year growth in renewable capacity addition was recorded during 2012-18. However, the sector cannot rely only on distribution companies […]
In a scenario of reducing solar power tariffs, there are increasing instances of reneging on old deals and renegotiation of contracts. As such, there is a growing focus on litigation and legal issues, underlining the […]
The 60 GW of renewable energy currently installed in India has been developed in the recent past, and the full impact of its variable and intermittent nature is yet to be clearly seen. However, the […]
India was ranked fifth in the world in 2013 in terms of installed solar power capacity. In 2014, the government announced an enhanced target of 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022 and since […]
Given the significant role of discoms in the power sector, their finances have an impact on power producers as well, particularly in the renewable energy sector where project margins and returns on investment are largely […]
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