India’s oil and gas sector remains moribund with new polices falling flat India’s energy sector particularly the coal and solar sectors have been on a roll while wind energy has also taken off in the last one year. The dramatic performance of these sub sectors has pushed India from a chronic deficit situation to a […]
Disappointing Numbers from Rooftop Capital in India India’s rooftop solar sector has failed to grow despite numerous government policies and incentives as the regulations, red tape and discom opposition makes it a herculean task to install a rooftop solar system in India. Given the high financing costs and a lack of awareness in residential segment, […]
Wind vs Solar (India) The solar sector in India has got a strong policy push from the central government leading to an exponential growth and even the target for solar power by 2022 is more than 60% higher than wind power, though wind is a much more mature technology with an established manufacturing and generation […]
The solar industry has been trying to achieve the holy grail of grid parity with other forms of energy for many years now. The sharp decline in solar equipment costs driven by strong competition and technological advances has made solar power achieve grid parity in most parts of the world in 2014 itself. With solar […]
Indian Wind Companies foray into Solar Indian wind turbine generator manufacturing companies such as Suzlon and Gamesa have started making investments in solar power project development and EPC works using their experience in execution of large scale wind power projects in India. However, these companies face stiff competition from other EPC companies such as L&T, […]
Carbon Capture Though renewable energy rapidly expanding in all corners of the world, the existence of fossil fuelled generation cannot be completely ignored in today’s world. Solar energy is getting cheap and has also started to reach grid parity in various parts of the world. However, large and developing economies like India and China will […]