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By Swarna Kesavan The North Sea has witnessed significant offshore wind power activity in the past few years. With 11.2 GW of offshore wind capacity, the North Sea accounted for 60 per cent of the […]
By Khushboo Goyal To address the issues of demand-supply mismatch, energy security and climate change, the government, along with various state agencies, has been focusing on renewable energy development. However, land unavailability and transmission constraints […]
“Our main focus will be on small-hydro” Himachal Pradesh has significant small-hydro power (SHP) potential but delays in obtaining clearances (pending for 10-20 years in some cases), high capital costs and several other issues have […]
By Ashay Abbhi The adoption of competitive bidding for project allocation and tariff determination completely disrupted the wind power market in 2017. Tariffs plummeted to Rs 2.44 per kWh, putting huge pressure on developers and […]
By Khushboo Goyal In Maharashtra, 149,761 MUs of energy demand was recorded in 2017-18, the highest among all states in the country. To cater to this demand, the state has significantly improved its power supply […]
By Anukriti On May 25, 2018, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued the guidelines for setting up 2,500 MW of ISTS-connected wind-solar hybrid power projects under the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy. The […]
By 2022, India is expected to reach the 550 GW installed capacity mark and the renewable capacity share is expected to increase from the current 20 per cent to 33 per cent. The government is […]
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 […]
To promote both wind and solar power uptake in Gujarat, the state government has launched the Gujarat Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy, 2018. It is the first state to have released a policy framework for hybrid projects […]
By Ashay Abbhi The pursuit to resolve the challenges in the Indian renewable energy sector has given rise to many innovative solutions, especially in the wind and solar energy segments. The complementarities of the two […]
The evolving wind energy landscape in India has opened up an interesting mix of challenges and opportunities for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Renewable Watch recently spoke to Gilan Sabatier, general manager, business operations, South Asia, […]
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 […]
India is amongst the fastest growing economies in the world and has a rising energy demand. Endowed with a vast coastline, the country has been taking steps to harness its huge offshore wind power potential, […]
The move from a generic feed-in tariff (FiT) regime to project-specific competitive bidding for tariff determination has disrupted the entire wind power segment. Its ripple effects can be felt in every aspect of project development, […]
Offshore wind power has emerged as a rapidly developing source of energy across the world, with increasing maturity and a promising future. The year 2017 saw high capacity additions in many countries, low price bids, […]
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 […]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has achieved the commissioning of 5 GW of wind power capacity in India. Markus Tacke, global chief executive officer, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and Ramesh Kymal, Onshore CEO for India, Siemens […]
Smooth grid integration continues to be a challenge for the renewable energy sector in the country. Besides intermittent power generation and poor existing grid infrastructure, the lack of grid connectivity in remote areas is a […]
