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 […]
By Anukriti With the large-scale integration of wind-and solar-based generating stations, managing the national and regional grids could be a daunting task for the state load despatch centres (SLDCs). Unless steps for managing variable renewable […]
By Swarna Kesavan Power distribution remains a weak link in the sector’s value chain. This is evident from the latest discom ratings released in July 2018 by the Ministry of Power (MoP) and the Power […]
By Anita Khullar India is expected to add 40 billion m2 of new buildings by 2050. A third of the country’s total energy consumption comes from buildings, according to the 2016 annual energy statistics published by the […]
By Khushboo Goyal Biogas is a mixture of different gases produced by the breakdown of agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste, or food waste, in the absence of oxygen. When this […]
By Ashay Abbhi The growth of solar thermal has been restricted as compared to the solar photovoltaic (PV) technology due to factors such as low off-take, no incentives and lack of a policy push. Despite […]
On May 31 this year, a mere two days after the end of the 12th SNEC International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference, the world’s largest solar conference and a central gathering of all Chinese photovoltaic (PV) […]
After the success of its past four wind auctions, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) released its fifth tender, in May 2018, to encourage wind capacity addition. A capacity of 2,000 MW of inter-state […]
The last seven rounds of bidding, four undertaken by the Solar Energy Corporation of India and one each by the states of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra, proved to be quite successful. A total wind […]
The increasing integration of renewable energy has raised several concerns in the power generation industry. This is because renewable energy is variable and intermittent in nature, and thus, needs backup options based on conventional power […]
Out of the 62 million tonnes of waste generated annually in the country, over 80 per cent is disposed at dumpsites in an unhygienic manner. With the growing urban population, environmental concerns and stressed resources, […]
With the Government of India promoting solar parks in a big way, the clearing of large areas of land for solar power facilities can adversely affect native vegetation and wildlife, causing a loss of habitat […]
Recent power capacity addition trends indicate that India is embarking on a massive transformation of its electricity sector. At the end of 2017-18, the country’s total installed generation capacity stood at 345 GW, with renewables […]
Tendering activity in the renewable energy sector picked up pace with around 4.9 GW of capacity tendered in May 2018, as compared to 1.3 GW in April 2018. Of the total capacity, about 779.5 MW […]
With the deadline for the 175 GW renewable energy target coming closer, the central and state governments are making concerted efforts to accelerate renewable capacity addition, and attract investors and developers. The renewable energy market […]
Power transmission and distribution are two critical roadblocks that are resulting in a significant disparity between power generation and consumption in the country. While statistically, India is a power-surplus country with 344 GW of installed […]
In May 2018, the union cabinet approved a national policy on biofuels that seeks to not only help farmers dispose of their surplus stock in an economical manner, but also reduce India’s dependence on oil […]
Say hybrid and, for most people, the thought goes to electric vehicles that operate on a combination of electricity and one conventional fuel. For the renewable energy industry however, the word increasingly refers to a […]
With the growing investor interest in solar, the share of wind power in the country’s total energy mix has been decreasing year on year. The government’s decision to phase out the feed-in tariff (FiT) mechanism […]
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