“Climate Change” is no longer just a buzzword but has been widely acknowledged as a global threat. Limiting warming to around 1.5°C would require global greenhouse […]
Amp Energy, headquartered in Canada, is a renewable energy company playing the role of infrastructure manager, developer and owner. Established in 2009, the company has taken rapid strides to increase its footprint across geographies, spreading […]
The Ministry of Power recently notified the Green Open Access Rules, 2022, lowering the limit for open access transactions from 1 MW to 100 kW for green energy, simplifying the procedure for open access, and enabling faster […]
Bulk power purchase globally as well as in India was long tied only to long-term power purchase agreements and still is to a large extent. But an option to adjust positions due to change in […]
New Delhi, India, 27 June 2022 – Cleantech Solar, a leading provider of renewable energy solutions to corporations in India and Southeast Asia, has commissioned two projects with system sizes of 8.5 MW and […]
With clean energy transition and future energy security foremost on their agendas, countries are racing to expand their renewable energy portfolios. India, with a target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel based power by 2030, […]
The Green Open Access Rules, 2022 have been notified on 06.06.22 by the Ministry of Power. These rules are notified for promoting generation, purchase and consumption of green energy including the energy from waste-to-energy plants. […]
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 […]
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India, with a large and ever-growing energy demand. Given the global focus on green power, Uttar Pradesh has also set out to ramp up its clean power […]
Jindal Steel, Jaipur has floated a tender to procure a maximum of 224 MW of renewable power (solar and non-solar) for interstate or intrastate trading. This power will be used to meet the company’s additional […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) circulated the Draft Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021 on August 16, 2021. Renewable Watch presents the key extracts from the draft rules… On RPOs […]
By Sarthak Takyar with inputs from Dr Debajit Palit, Director, Rural energy and livelihoods, The Energy and Resources Institute When the Indian government announced the National Action Plan for Climate Change in 2008, the key […]
Enabled by strong policy support, incentives and focused attention from the government, India’s renewable energy sector has attracted many domestic and international players, including several entrepreneurs. Large and small independent power producers (IPPs), power utilities, diversified business houses, […]
Despite being promoted by policymakers, the rooftop solar segment is not likely to deliver the ambitious target of setting up 40 GW of such capacity by 2022. As of September 2020, the installed rooftop solar […]
By Khushboo Goyal On April 18, 2019, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) started procuring solar power from the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh. Through this landmark deal, DMRC has become the […]
By Khushboo Goyal In June 2018, the Andhra Pradesh government signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with NTPC Limited (NTPC) for the procurement of 750 MW of power from three solar power plants of 250 MW […]
By Anukriti The Indian renewable energy industry has been witnessing rapid development driven by the government’s push to achieve the massive targets and forward-thinking policy and regulatory interventions, and significant drop in tariffs. So far, […]
Open access for renewable energy projects has not taken off, primarily due to the reluctance of discoms that stand to lose their highest paying customers. With capital costs for renewable energy plants declining, states are […]
In a recent order issued by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC), the regulator has exempted renewable energy sources from merit order despatch, thereby reinstating must-run status for power generated from renewable energy sources. […]
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