Over the past decade, renewable energy financing has gone through various ups and downs depending on the investor sentiment. However, through all of this, private equity (PE) has remained one of the most dominant sources […]
India being such a large and geographically diverse country has led to renewable energy evolving differently across the states. These differences could be due to the availability of renewable energy resources, the policy and regulatory […]
Taking advantage of the huge push to renewable energy development over the past decade, a number of companies set up clean energy ventures. Supported by an influx of foreign capital, these ventures have grown in […]
Over the past decade, renewable energy technologies have evolved at a rapid pace. Technology advancements and design innovations have been taking place continuously with the aim of increasing efficiencies and reducing the cost of producing […]
Renewable Watch has been faithfully and extensively covering all the major developments, issues, deals and events that have taken place in the renewable energy sector over the past 10 years. Our coverage has been entirely […]
Innovation is thriving in the renewable energy space and promises to deliver positive change. But for real success on the ground, what is needed is a robust, combined effort in the areas of technology, business […]
While India has justifiably earned acclaim for its ground-mounted solar programme for which the installed capacity has reached more than 32 GW, its solar rooftop installations are still below 5 GW. The rooftop solar segment […]
Growth in installed capacity Renewable energy capacity has expanded significantly over the past decade. Starting out with about 56 GW of installed capacity, India has now crossed 135 GW. A dominant share of almost 73 […]
Over the past decade, the renewable energy sector has witnessed various path-breaking reforms that have shaped it and helped it grow. Many of these will likely continue to help the sector sustain growth in the […]
Kerala has been making slow but steady progress in the renewable energy space. Currently, renewable energy makes up only 7.6 per cent of the total installed power generation capacity. As of September 2019, the total […]
Plenty of sunny days and a huge residential base places India’s residential segment at the forefront in terms of harnessing solar energy. This huge potential, which was mostly untapped for a long time, is slowly […]
By Ashay Abbhi The total rooftop solar capacity installed in the country is insignificant as compared to the ground-mounted capacity. While ground-mounted solar capacity reached 26.4 GW as of March 2019, the rooftop capacity was […]
The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for the State of Goa and Union Territories has finalised the net metering regulations. The new regulations came into effect on 24 July, 2019. A draft for the same […]
For the past one year, the solar industry has been focusing more on rooftop solar development. An increasing number of states are reforming their net metering regulations. In Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, new net […]
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 […]
The rooftop solar segment has been slow to take off. The underlying reasons have been the government’s primary focus on utility-scale solar projects and the perception that rooftop solar is slow to scale up. With […]
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 […]
The recent policy developments in the Indian solar power space have opened up a plethora of opportunities and challenges for developers and manufacturers alike. At the recently organised Renewable Energy India Expo, Ashish Khanna, managing […]
A water body surrounded by lush green trees, criss-crossing transmission lines, a metro station and a fleet of auto-rickshaws make for a beautiful view from the eighth floor of the Delhi Secretariat, which also happens […]
As the 2022 deadline for renewable capacity addition draws nearer, the solar energy industry remains divided on whether the targets will be achieved in time. While the utility-scale target seems achievable on the whole, experts […]
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