“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 […]
The increasing integration of renewable energy has raised several concerns in the power generation industry. This is because renewable energy is variable and intermittent in nature, and thus, needs backup options based on conventional power […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Most of the listed renewable energy companies have released their financial results for the quarter ended December 2017. While the results vary by company, a common trend is that companies operating in the solar power […]
Karnataka has witnessed an unprecedented growth in renewable energy installations over the past few years, fuelled by the state government’s initiatives for providing 24×7 power to all and improving energy security in the long run. […]
Maharashtra’s power sector has witnessed significant developments since the unbundling of its state electricity board in 2005. While various initiatives have been taken to modernise and upgrade the state’s power system, grid modernisation continues to […]
With the deadline for the renewable energy capacity addition target drawing closer, the industry as well as the government need to ensure that the roadmap for planned capacity addition is followed and implemented in a […]
As part of its efforts to meet the 175 GW renewable energy target by 2022, the government has released a series of central- and state-level tenders over the past few years. However, the actual capacity […]
JSW Energy Limited (JSWEL), the energy arm of the JSW Group, is one of the leading private players in the power sector. Established in 1994, the company has projects across the generation, transmission, manufacturing and […]
With multiple sources generating power at various costs, power procurement from the grid is based on the merit order despatch mechanism, wherein electricity is supplied as per the cost of generation. As a result, power […]
The open access (OA) market has been restrained largely because of policy and regulatory constraints, which stem from discoms’ unwillingness to part with their high-paying customers. As a result, the renewable energy OA market accounts […]
In December 2015, 195 countries made history when they agreed to the world’s most ambitious pact to limit carbon emissions. The Paris Agreement, so named because that is where the COP21 meeting of nations took […]
Reducing global carbon emissions was the dominant subject at the recently held 23rd Conference of the Parties on climate change in Bonn, Germany. While many countries are incentivising renewable energy, others are penalising carbon emissions […]
The government’s ambitious renewable energy capacity target of 175 GW by 2022 is accompanied by an equally large demand for capital to finance these projects. According to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), $189 million of […]
The Indian renewable energy sector has witnessed significant changes in 2017. The most significant of these has been the transition in the wind energy segment from the feed-in tariff (FiT) regime to competitive bidding. Both […]
In a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, meet climate change targets and reduce pollution in urban areas, the government has announced ambitious plans to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) and thus also change the face […]
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. […]
Renewable energy-based microgrids have proved to be a viable business model in the off-grid space. However, only a few players have created a success story on the back of this model. One of these is […]
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