Global automakers are going all-out on vehicle electrification, with planned spends of $300 billion over the next decade, according to latest industry reports. The world’s largest automaker by sales, Volkswagen alone has announced plans to […]
Andhra Pradesh has emerged as a front runner in the country’s renewable energy sector with 2,591 MW of solar power and 4,057 MW of wind power capacity installed as of September 2018. Owing to rich […]
By Anita Khullar and Reya Ramdev Commercial and industrial consumers account for 51 per cent of grid power consumption in India. Owing to the high cost and unreliable nature of grid power, most of these […]
The rooftop solar segment has been slow to take off. The underlying reasons have been the government’s primary focus on utility-scale solar projects and the perception that rooftop solar is slow to scale up. With […]
By Ashay Abbhi India’s solar power capacity is expected to reach 80-90 GW by 2022, according to industry analysts, about 10 per cent short of the 100 GW target set by the government. This translates […]
By Sarita Brara Over 120,000 avian guests from Siberia and other Central Asian countries make the Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, their home during winters. In December 2018, […]
Anita Khuller The rising heap of waste is creating a public health hazard in the country. In this scenario, biogas has emerged as a promising solution. Anaerobic bacteria break down food waste, which is disposed […]
By Dolly Khattar A solar project’s operations and maintenance (O&M) phase is the longest over its 25-year lifecycle and has a major impact on mitigating potential risks, improving the levellised cost of energy (LCoE) and […]
By Anita Khuller Due to the limited domestic production of petroleum products, India is compelled to import over 80 per cent of its fuel requirement. The country’s energy security cannot improve until alternative fuels are […]
By Reya Ramdev The absence of a hydropower policy that comprehensively addresses the woes of this segment has been one of the biggest areas of contention for the industry. As a result, growth in the […]
Although the majority of solar systems in India are deployed at a multi-MW scale in solar farms, cities like New Delhi have seen an upsurge in industrial rooftop PV facilities, especially in the suburbs and […]
By Ashay Abbhi Policy changes during 2016 and 2017 created a temporary depression in the upward trajectory of wind power capacity addition, leading to mixed sentiments in the segment for over a year. Of all […]
By Dolly Khattar The year 2018 has proved to be an eventful one for the country’s renewable energy sector. India has moved up three spots to occupy the second position on the world renewable energy […]
By Khushboo Goyal Driven by large-capacity tenders and rapid installations, solar power overtook wind in terms of new capacity additions in 2017-18. Roughly 9.3 GW of solar capacity was added during this period, against a […]
By Ashay Abbhi India’s renewable energy sector witnessed a flurry of policy and regulatory activity during 2018. While the outcomes of the regulatory developments of the previous year began to emerge this year, new regulations […]
By Anukriti Despite tall targets and the government’s efforts to promote uptake, the growth in the rooftop solar segment remains modest. Only 352.8 MW of rooftop solar capacity was added in 2017-18, against a revised […]
By Khushboo Goyal The wind and solar power markets are growing at unprecedented rates in the wake of competitive bidding. The growing customer demand for cheaper and more efficient products has led to several advancements […]
By Khushboo Goyal India has 34.9 GW of wind power and 24.3 GW of installed solar power capacity as of October 2018, with large capacity additions in the pipeline, aimed at reducing the country’s dependence […]
By Khushboo Goyal The global demand for heat in industrial processes is expected to increase at an average annual growth rate of 1.7 per cent till 2030, as per the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation. […]
While solar and onshore wind projects have gained traction in the country, a lot needs to be done to not only increase the efficiency of these projects but to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels […]
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