The wind power segment has witnessed a slowdown in recent years due to low capacity addition and undersubscribed tenders, and is set to fall short of the government’s flagship target of 60 GW by 2022. […]
India’s renewable power sector has witnessed increasing investments over the past few years, particularly in the solar and wind segments on account of their competitive advantage vis-à-vis other sources of power. By awarding contracts to multiple […]
Plenty of sunny days and a huge residential base places India’s residential segment at the forefront in terms of harnessing solar energy. This huge potential, which was mostly untapped for a long time, is slowly […]
Power distribution has remained the weakest link in India’s power sector for a very long time. While the generation and transmission segments have evolved and become competitive and efficient over the years, distribution still struggles due […]
Covid-19 has disrupted normalcy and negatively affected businesses across sectors. The decentralised renewable energy (DRE) segment has been no exception to this. Instrumental in advancing energy access to rural India, the DRE segment is manoeuvring […]
Multinational corporations across the world have started to work towards reducing their carbon footprint. The big technology companies have taken the lead in this space. The use of energy-intensive data centres – which are mostly […]
The domestic solar equipment manufacturing market has failed to take off despite the sizeable increase in installed capacity over the past three years. Today, India imports over 80 per cent of its solar equipment, a […]
When the first phase of the National Solar Mission was launched in India around 10 years back, solar power tariffs were as high as Rs 15 to 16 per unit. To promote its uptake and […]
The Andhra Pradesh government has announced the Andhra Pradesh Renewable Energy Export Policy, 2020, which will be applicable to solar, wind and wind-solar hybrid projects. The policy has been announced in order to encourage, develop […]
The discussion and debate on solar photovoltaic (PV) module waste management are consistently gaining shape in India. Since last year there has been a growing awareness regarding the recycling of PV modules either to extract […]
In June 2020, the union minster for power and new and renewable energy announced that a basic customs duty to the tune of 20-25 per cent will be imposed on solar module imports. This will […]
India’s utility-scale solar parks have proved to be a successful model, withstanding many policy hurdles and implementation issues. Many of the solar parks in the country have a capacity of over 1 GW and are called […]
Coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed thousands of lives across continents, has virtually brought the world economy to a standstill with millions of people placed under lockdown and global supply chains thrown into disarray. As the […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the entire solar supply chain due to the lockdown imposed in China, thus delaying projects and putting a dent in India’s growth plans. To safeguard the segment from such risk […]
The global renewable energy sector presents a diverse picture of development, with some countries achieving a considerable level of penetration and others lagging behind. The level of growth is a factor of the policy, regulatory, […]
The solar space in India has been losing growth momentum in recent times. The capacity addition of utility-scale solar projects, which were increasing between 2015 and 2018, has been slowing down since then. The slowdown […]
The renewable energy sector has witnessed some key developments over the past few months. Four auctions have been conducted during this period, all of which are being considered historic. That these bids were carried out […]
The Ministry of Power introduced the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on April 17, 2020 to address the key challenges plaguing the power sector. It focuses on addressing discom inefficiencies, which is the root cause […]
By Venkat Garimella, Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and CSR, Schneider Electric There has been significant progress in terms of improving electricity access and providing a resource base for the rural Indian population. The deployment of renewable […]
There are various innovative solutions that help meet power requirements through renewable energy generation. In the solar segment, for instance, there are rooftop, ground-mounted, hybrid and floating solar systems. New blends of technologies are also […]
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