To support its ambitious development strategy in renewable energies and energy efficiency, ENGIE has issued its second green bond of Euro 1.5 billion. The bond has two tranches – a seven-year tranche of Euro 700 […]
An increasing number of conventional power generation companies are foraying into the renewable energy space. With the government’s focus on renewable energy development and better access to financing, there is now greater ease of entering […]
The past two years have been among the most successful for the Indian renewable energy sector. The year 2015-16 saw a record capacity addition in both the wind and solar segments, with solar crossing a […]
With the fall in tariffs, there is pressure on developers to reduce the capital cost and gestation period of solar power plants. At par in importance with modules, balance of system (BoS) has seen a […]
The global as well as the Indian solar market is set to grow rapidly in the coming years mainly on account of significant cost reductions in the segment, including a reduction in the cost of […]
Despite the government’s focus on the utility-scale solar power sub-segment, the rooftop solar segment has been able to maintain its market share at about 10 per cent over the past few years. Capacity addition has […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) is in the process of determining new forbearance and floor prices for renewable energy certificates (RECs), which will come into effect from April 1, 2017. The control period for […]
The year 2017 is turning out to be quite eventful for the renewable energy sector. First, solar power prices plummeted to Rs 3.30 per kWh in early February in the auction for developing the […]
In a major financial boost to India’s commitment to achieve 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022 and reduce the carbon intensity of its GDP by 30-35 per cent by 2030, two of […]
Compared to the massive support the renewable energy sector has been receiving from the government for the past couple of years, Union Budget 2017-18 has little to offer to the sector. Apart from the announcement […]
Electricity being a concurrent subject in India, both Parliament and the state legislative assemblies can legislate on it. Currently, electricity generation and supply are regulated under the Electricity Act, 2003, which aimed to establish a […]
There is little doubt about the importance of electricity for the economic and social development of an economy. Yet, more than a billion people across the globe do not have access to electricity and many of […]
The Indian renewable energy sector witnessed interesting developments during 2016. These included multiple regulatory changes, which are expected to have strong repercussions on the market by the end of the financial year. The wind segment […]
The Indian solar power industry has grown in leaps and bounds, especially in the past five years. From a cumulative installed capacity of 160 MW in 2010, India has reached an incredible 8.06 […]
In line with the developments in the renewable energy sector in the past year, there are high expectations from the industry for the upcoming year. Industry stakeholders discuss their wish list for the Union Budget […]
The goods and services tax (GST), which will subsume all indirect taxes and integrate the country into a single market, is arguably the biggest tax reform to be taken since Independence. Under GST, credits of […]
The renewable energy sector in India has been in the limelight for the sheer volume of activities taking place in this space in the past two years. The co-untry is working towards meeting the government’s […]
COPYRIGHT © 2017-2025 | RENEWABLE WATCH