By Priyanka Kwatra The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has notified guidelines for its 500 MW pilot Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme, with Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) as the nodal […]
GCL System Integration (GCL SI) has signed an MoU with Getz Energy for the supply of up to 1 GW of solar modules over the next three years to support Thailand’s renewable energy expansion. Under […]
NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has issued a tender for the supply and installation of wind turbine generators (WTGs) for an interstate transmission system-connected wind project in Bellary, Karnataka. The project has a nominal […]
India’s solar sector has moved decisively beyond its formative expansion phase. With utility-scale and distributed assets now operating at scale, the focus is shifting from project execution to sustained performance. Operations and maintenance (O&M) has […]
India’s clean energy transition has entered a decisive operational phase. As renewable capacity scales rapidly across regions, technologies and market structures, the sector’s priorities are shifting from installation speed to sustained performance. Grid volatility, tightening […]
India’s renewable energy sector has witnessed remarkable progress over the past decade, emerging as one of the world’s fastest-growing clean energy markets. With record capacity additions, declining tariffs, expanding manufacturing capability and a maturing ecosystem […]
In a recent interview with Renewable Watch, Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), shared his views on the performance of the power sector over the past year and the progress towards the country’s clean […]
India’s solar sector has moved rapidly from early experimentation to large-scale deployment, accompanied by deepening work on manufacturing, grid integration, storage, recycling and green hydrogen. The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) has repositioned itself […]
Wind energy operations and maintenance (O&M) presents a unique set of challenges that are driving stakeholders to seek advanced solutions such as artificial intelligence (AI). There are multiple applications of AI in wind O&M. One, […]
IndiGrid has commissioned India’s first regulated utility-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Delhi with a capacity of 20 MW/40 MWh. The project, named Kilokari BESS Private Limited, represents IndiGrid’s first commercial BESS […]
The transition to sustainable mode of transport has been accelerated driven by the imperatives to meet global targets for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The accelerated growth of electric vehicles (EVs) results in corresponding increase […]
By Sarthak Takyar India is driving one of the world’s largest renewable energy expansion plans. The country’s target under the Paris Agreement to achieve 40 per cent of its installed power capacity from non-fossil sources […]
The US offshore wind industry is witnessing large-scale deployment. As of end 2019, the US had a total of 30 MW of grid-connected offshore wind capacity. The north-eastern states have been driving strong demand for offshore […]
In September 2016, several wind farms in South Australia blacked out owing to a fault in the transmission system, resulting in a continent-wide power crisis. While critics got a reason to question the increasing dependence […]
India is progressing towards its 2022 renewable capacity target of 175 GW. A 19 per cent year-on-year growth in renewable capacity addition was recorded during 2012-18. However, the sector cannot rely only on distribution companies […]
The share of renewable energy in the overall power mix has increased dramatically over the last decade. Today, renewable energy generation accounts for 10 per cent of the total power produced in the country as […]
New Zealand is emerging as a global leader in the renewable energy sector. The country has ambitious goals and robust policies in place to increase the share of renewable energy in its energy mix to […]
Rajasthan receives the highest solar irradiation in the country, along with high wind speeds. It also has plenty of wasteland to install solar and wind power plants. To its credit, the state has tapped this […]
India is in the process of developing its renewable energy technologies in a bid to ensure a sustainable power system. The evolution of existing renewable energy technologies to smart renewables will help power economic growth. […]
In 2016, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) issued a 1 GW tender under the competitive bidding mechanism. This brought a transformation in the wind segment, pushing tariffs to as low as Rs 3.46 […]
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