Out of the 5,000 MW of renewable energy additions during the last year (Apr-Dec’18), solar accounted for 3,560 MW including 3,270 MW from ground-mounted projects and 290 MW from rooftop segment. Wind installations increased to 993 MW from just 569 MW in the last year. However, India added just one-third of its total target of renewable […]
Renewable Energy – Interim Budget India India’s installed solar generation capacity had grown over ten times in the last five years and is now generating plenty of jobs, announced Mr. Piyush Goyal in the Indian Interim Budget 2019, presented on Feb 1st this year. India is looking at deploying renewable energy sources aggressively to reduce […]
Solar in Goa As solar becomes too mainstream with passing time, it is gradually becoming economically viable to install a solar system. However, to boost solar adoption across the country various state governments announce subsidies from time to time, to encourage consumers and producers alike. In the latest of this kind, the Goa State Solar Policy has approved an […]
The Indian cab market is dominated by the online taxi aggregators Ola and Uber who have seen “uber” growth over the last five years. Such has been the domination of these two companies that vehicle sales in major Indian cities have started to decline as more and more people rely on these cheap and easily […]
India is set to become the second largest country in terms of solar capacity installed in 2019 with some analysts predicting a massive 15 GW of solar capacity to be installed in 2019, based on the rapid rise in auctioned capacity. India has followed the rule of reverse auctions by state and federal agencies to […]
The problem with the Indian governance and policy-making in recent times is that it has been more interesting in marketing and publicity rather than work on developing and planning solar policies and roadmaps for different sectors of the economy. While efforts are being made in many directions, the planning process remains woefully inadequate and sometimes […]