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 […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines for the implementation of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, the National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules, for achieving gigawatt-scale manufacturing capacity. Through […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed widespread challenges faced by the power distribution segment, the weakest link in the power sector. The poor financial and operational performance of discoms characterised by high aggregate technical and commercial […]
India has set an ambitious target of developing 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022 and 450 GW by 2030. To achieve these targets, a lot of work needs to be done, especially […]
India is the fourth largest producer of wind energy in the world. Despite slow growth in recent years, the country will be looking at big expansion, going forward. With technological upgrades, turbines are getting bigger […]
In a bid to enhance the country’s domestic solar manufacturing capabilities, the union cabinet recently approved the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (MNRE) proposal to implement the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for high-efficiency […]
The government regards the country’s electric vehicle (EV) industry as a sunrise sector, and has been taking several policy actions to promote its large-scale adoption. Its latest initiative is a unique campaign, launched last month […]
Maharashtra has the fourth highest renewable power capacity installations in the country, as of February 2021. Commercial and industrial consumers, which have been adopting green and more sustainable strategies so as to project themselves as […]
Across the globe, countries have set net-zero-carbon emission targets to be achieved by mid-century. To analyse the necessary transformations required in India to achieve a net-zero-emission energy system by 2050, Shell and the TERI have […]
In view of the rapid changes happening in the manufacturing process, it is crucial for solar cells and modules to adapt to new developments. To detail the developments in the solar manufacturing space, Rabindra Satpathy, […]
Back in March 2019, the government had introduced key measures to promote the hydropower segment, including two key announcements – the classification of large hydro projects as renewable energy sources and the introduction of a […]
India’s solar industry is at present heavily dependent on imported solar modules and cells. The government has been making significant efforts to promote domestic manufacturing of these products as a part of its Make in […]
One of the biggest barriers to India’s renewable energy sector is the poor financial performance of state-owned discoms. For almost a decade, discoms have struggled to make timely payments to gencos for the purchase of […]
Following India’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Indian government announced the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008. A key part of this […]
India has committed to an ambitious target of developing 175 GW of renewable electricity capacity by 2022, of which it had already installed 90.39 GW by November 2020. Currently, environmentally conscious governments have instituted policies […]
The Indian electricity sector is expected to undergo a major transition with respect to its energy mix over the next decade. As per Central Electricity Authority (CEA) estimates, the share of renewable generation is likely […]
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