If a 1 MW solar power project requires 4-5 acres of land for development, vast land banks will be needed for meeting India’s 100 GW solar power target. Moreover, solar power projects are location dependent […]
Africa has seen increasing uptake of solar, especially in the northern part of the continent. In fact, solar power is becoming a popular alternative to fossil fuel-based energy generation and it is supplementing hydropower in […]
Back in March 2019, the government had introduced key measures to promote the hydropower segment, including two key announcements – the classification of large hydro projects as renewable energy sources and the introduction of a […]
Once viewed as the fuel of the future, green hydrogen, or hydrogen produced using renewable energy sources, has swiftly assumed centre stage in the global energy transition. Governments, as well as the massive energy industry […]
The industrial requirement for clean fuel has been rising with the increasing government push to switch to clean energy alternatives. Large industries such as tyres, fast moving consumer goods, and chemicals and pharmaceuticals, as well as […]
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is a $21 billion Indian technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing conglomerate, operating in over 30 countries worldwide. Among the top 15 global contractors, L&T Construction, the construction arm of L&T, is […]
India’s installed renewable energy capacity has crossed an impressive 90 GW, and significant capacity additions are in the offing. This has been made possible, to a large extent, by the political will and clear policy […]
S.S. Barpanda has over three decades of experience as a power system operator and is currently Director (market operation), POSOCO. Prior to this, he was Executive Director at the Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre. In […]
In November 2020, the prime minister announced that the country’s renewable energy market offers business prospects of about $20 billion annually over the next decade. However, given India’s ambitious target to increase the existing installed […]
India’s solar industry is at present heavily dependent on imported solar modules and cells. The government has been making significant efforts to promote domestic manufacturing of these products as a part of its Make in […]
CLP India is owned by the CLP Group, one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in Asia, and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of Canada’s leading institutional fund managers. The power […]
Hydrogen is a key component of the efforts being made towards greening the grid in India. While the hydrogen segment is at a nascent stage, it holds immense growth potential. To scale up green hydrogen […]
Green hydrogen, which is hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water using renewable energy sources, has perhaps become the most sought after clean energy technology. With its versatile range of applications, from energy generation and […]
The development of floating solar systems has witnessed a surge globally and in India as well. The key drivers have been land constraints, the availability of large waterbodies, and increased power generation due to the […]
One of the biggest barriers to India’s renewable energy sector is the poor financial performance of state-owned discoms. For almost a decade, discoms have struggled to make timely payments to gencos for the purchase of […]
NTPC’s vision is to supply reliable and cost-effective green hydrogen to become an integrated energy major in the green hydrogen value chain across the transport, industry and power sectors. The company’s focus is on hydrogen […]
Deepesh Nanda, CEO, GE Gas Power South Asia Over the past decade, India has shown a marked improvement in the power sector, with the installed electricity generation capacity reaching about 370 GW, per capita energy […]
By Janardhanan Ramanujalu, Vice-President and Regional Head, South Asia and ANZ, SABIC As one of the signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement, India has demonstrated its commitment to reducing carbon emissions by one-third by the […]
Following India’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Indian government announced the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008. A key part of this […]
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