Large Indian government-owned retailers are facing a difficult future with the advent of Electric Vehicles threatening their business models in the medium term. Indian Oil Corporation, BPCL, and HPCL are multibillion-dollar Indian PSUs which feature on the Forbes 500 list. These companies manage thousands of petrol/gas pumps across India and also have the capacity to […]

Slow and Steady Won’t Win The Race Oil and gas giant Shell which had sold off its solar energy division in the last decade is planning a slow return once again. The prospects for oil and gas over the long term is not that great with the rapid evolution of solar, wind and EV technologies. […]

Indian Solar Prices The Indian solar prices hit an all-time record low of INR 2.44/kWh or around 3.8 cents last month for a solar park in the desert state of Rajasthan. This brought a major paradigm change for India’s energy sector, as solar has become much cheaper than all other sources of energy even coal. […]

Solar Costs To Fall By Another Whopping 60% Over The Next 10 Years Solar prices have already fallen by a jaw dropping 80% over the last 5 years and this has made solar energy cheaper than all other energy forms in a large number of places in the world. In India the solar price is […]

India’s Coal Feel The Pressure from Falling Renewable Energy Prices King Coal faces a major downturn in India, with Coal India deciding to completely phase out 37 of its mines in India by March next year. The state-owned Coal company that accounts for the largest share of India’s coal production, has decided to do so […]

Air Pollution Reduces Energy Payback Period Solar energy has been beating the pants down of all other energy sources. Coal is the worst hit as it was the undisputed king of the power industry with a vast majority of the electricity generating plants in the world using coal as their main fuel source. Despite its […]