The iron and steel sector is critical for the economic growth of the country. However, it is an energy- and resource-intensive sector. The use of conventional production methods in the steel industry tends to harm […]
Electric mobility is the leading driver of India’s green mobility mission. To set in motion the National Electric Mobility Plan and fulfil the commitment to reduce India’s emission intensity by 35 per cent below the […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) circulated the Draft Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021 on August 16, 2021. Renewable Watch presents the key extracts from the draft rules… On RPOs […]
India’s clean energy transition is largely driven by renewable capacity expansion. While the large capacity addition of renewables is a welcome development, it may not be sufficient to help further the energy transition agenda in […]
India is witnessing a rapid rise in electricity demand. The International Energy Agency estimates that electricity demand will grow at 5 per cent each year until 2040, representing a 100 per cent increase over existing […]
On a sunny afternoon, the roofs at New Delhi railway station can be seen gleaming brightly. A closer look reveals that this is owing to the solar panels installed on the roofs. Therein lies the […]
In 2020, the wind energy segment in India incurred huge losses owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from the pandemic, the segment faced issues such as lower energy generation due to slower wind speeds and […]
The government had put in place renewable purchase obligations (RPOs) in a bid to promote the uptake of renewables. The biggest challenge in getting states to purchase renewable energy has been the lack of parity […]
Renewable energy projects often witness variability in power generation and grid stability. It has, been established that hybrid renewable energy systems can reduce this variability, and allow optimal and efficient utilisation of the transmission infrastructure […]
Hydrogen, green hydrogen in particular, has become a critical area of interest across the world, including in India. There are various applications of hydrogen across sectors, most notably in petroleum refining and production of ammonia […]
India’s solar PV market is heavily dependent on imports with a major portion of solar cells and modules being sourced from countries such as China. Domestic manufacturing has historically been unable to meet the massive […]
As India moves forward on its renewable energy journey, developing a robust grid network that can accommodate high volumes of renewables has become a massive task – one that is still far from being achieved. […]
Gujarat has, in many ways, become one of the prime movers in India’s pursuit of its climate goals. In addition to being the state with the third-highest installed renewable energy capacity in the country, it […]
The Indian electricity market is gearing up to take its next big step. This will be brought about by the implementation of the market-based economic despatch (MBED) model, proposed by the Ministry of Power (MoP) […]
The simple idea that the sun never sets – always shining at some location across the globe, where its light can be converted into energy – led to the conceptualisation of the “One Sun One […]
India’s renewable energy capacity has grown at an average annual rate of 11 per cent between April 2017 and March 2021, with roughly 35 GW of capacity installations. Solar power alone has been responsible for […]
Power transmission lines from a number of renewable energy projects in western Rajasthan and parts of Gujarat have been disrupting the habitat of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB). This has had a detrimental impact on […]
At the World Environment Day event on June 5, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government’s decision to meet the target of 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by 2025, five years before […]
India’s wind energy segment has been suffering a slowdown. Progress in the segment was affected with the end of the feed-in tariff era and the launch of competitive bidding for allocating wind power projects. Capacity […]
There is a growing global movement towards corporate sourcing of renewables as companies opt for green energy to meet their power requirements and ultimately transition to zero carbon. This trend has continued even amidst the […]
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