As of September 2022, India had installed 41 GW of onshore wind energy, significantly short of its 60 GW target to be achieved by this year. Over the past few years, it has been observed […]
Among the key reasons for India’s impressive renewable energy growth over the past few years are the country’s transparent competitive bidding mechanism for allocating projects and bankable contracts between offtakers and developers. The Solar Energy […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notified levelised generic tariffs for renewables for the financial year of 2022-23. The tariffs’ control period is from July 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023. Small hydro, biomass […]
Setting a precedent for other states and safeguarding the interests of renewable energy developers and investors, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has, in a landmark order, upheld the sanctity of power purchase agreements (PPAs) between […]
The Indian wind power segment is more than three decades old, with 40 GW of capacity installations as of January 2022. Despite having mature technology, this segment has been overtaken by the solar power segment, […]
In the past one year, the policy and regulatory environment in the renewable energy sector has experienced disruptions caused by Covid-19 and the financial stress of discoms. During the lockdown following the onset of the […]
Covid-19 disrupted the utility-scale solar segment in a way that was unprecedented. Despite the havoc caused by the pandemic, the segment emerged resilient. The industry not only achieved record low tariffs consistently but also explored […]
The Indian renewable energy sector has been growing at a rapid pace over the past decade. This growth has been fuelled by falling prices and aggressive auctioning. While about 15 GW of capacity was auctioned […]
The Indian renewable energy sector has finally come of age. The phenomenal growth is a result of dynamic policy changes at the central and state levels, sustained decrease in capital costs and tariffs, and regulatory […]
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 […]
At a recent Renewable Watch conference on “Wind Power in India”, J.P. Chalasani, group chief executive officer, Suzlon, spoke about the emerging trends in the Indian wind power space, the current and potential challenges, the […]
The wind industry has been facing several issues since the adoption of the competitive bidding mechanism. Market dynamics are changing rapidly. Wind tariffs have reached a new normal, which is more acceptable for discoms. However, […]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has achieved the commissioning of 5 GW of wind power capacity in India. Markus Tacke, global chief executive officer, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and Ramesh Kymal, Onshore CEO for India, Siemens […]
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 […]
The turbulence in the wind power segment is getting worse by the day as the industry is at loggerheads with the government regarding multiple issues, most of which stem from the ongoing process of migration […]
The results of the first tranche of 1,000 MW capacity tendered in February this year have had a mixed response. With drastically low prices being discovered in the tender, the industry is concerned about the […]
India was ranked fifth in the world in 2013 in terms of installed solar power capacity. In 2014, the government announced an enhanced target of 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022 and since […]
Plunging solar power tariffs have led developers to seek ways to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in solar power generation. Balance of system (BoS) components, which have significant capital and operational cost implications, can play […]
With the growing focus on renewable energy, the power sector across the world is currently undergoing transformation, moving from conventional to alternative sources of energy. In some countries, the annual renewable capacity addition has surpassed […]
The Delhi government has set a target to achieve 1,000 MW of solar power capacity by 2020 and 2,000 MW by 2025. To this end, it announced a solar power policy in 2016, outlining the […]
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