Commercial and industrial (C&I) users consume approximately 51 per cent of the electricity generated in India, but only 5 per cent of the energy procured by them comes from renewable energy sources. This has created […]
Solar tariffs in India have hit yet another low in the year 2020. In November 2020, a record low tariff of Rs 2 per kWh was discovered in an auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation […]
Despite the sector having already achieved its target of installing 10 GW of bioenergy projects by 2022, the potential of this segment remains largely untapped. According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India […]
With the increase in the scale, size and number of solar and wind power installations and focus on cost efficiency, and effective operations and maintenance (O&M) has taken centre stage. The constant monitoring of equipment […]
By Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, and Girish Sethi, Senior Director, Energy, TERI Hydrogen has long been seen as the fuel of the future. Several developments worldwide suggest that the time for a substantial role […]
Over the past decade, India’s net power generation capacity has increased by 212 GW – nearly the total grid size of France. Roughly 40 per cent of this addition came from renewable energy sources, including […]
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 […]
In the past one year, the policy and regulatory environment in the renewable energy sector has experienced disruptions caused by Covid-19 and the financial stress of discoms. During the lockdown following the onset of the […]
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 […]
A recent analysis of global project development success by Fitch Solutions highlighted that India suffers from having the highest number of cancelled or suspended power projects. This translated into the ratings agency downward revising its […]
Renewable Watch and Power Line recently organised a series of webinars focused on distribution reforms, wherein key policymakers, discom heads and power sector experts shared their perspective on the recent measures taken by the government […]
Land acquisition has always been one of the most critical issues in setting up renewable energy projects, whether solar or wind. Solar and wind power projects are location dependent, and these resources are limited to […]
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