There has been a lot of discussion recently about climate finance for supporting actions that will address climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement have called for […]
Green corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) have garnered immense interest in the Indian market. Under this arrangement, the customer signs an agreement directly with the project developer for the purchase of renewable energy for a […]
By Sarthak Takyar Commercial and industrial (C&I) customers have been adopting rooftop solar projects to reduce their electricity bills and meet their climate commitments. There are broadly two key models for the development of rooftop […]
A recent paper by World Resources Institute titled “Renewable Energy Procurement Perceptions among Commercial and Industrial Consumers: Current Practices and Future Possibilities” discusses about the challenges faced by commercial and industrial consumers (C&I) in adoption […]
The global demand for data is growing at an unprecedented pace as digitalisation enters almost every facet of life. The Covid-19 pandemic with its successive waves and lockdown restrictions further drove people towards a more […]
India has set a target of 40 gigawatts (GW) of rooftop solar by 2022. As of 30 June, 2021, India had 7.7GW of installed rooftop solar capacity. The commercial and industrial (C&I) sector accounts for […]
The current rooftop solar capacity in India stands at 3.4 GW. Of this, rooftop solar projects set up for commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers account for 70 per cent. Moreover, rooftop solar uptake in the […]
While solar power has crossed grid parity globally, commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers in India continue to pay substantially higher grid tariffs to discoms than domestic consumers. In order to reduce their operating expenses, C&I […]
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 […]
Orb Energy was incorporated in 2006, with funding from a UK-based venture capital firm. The company first targeted the distributed off-grid solar market in India, starting off as a provider of solar water heating and […]
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