35% of all the cars sold in 2040 will be EVs Indian city of Nagpur has become the EV capital of India with 200 Electric vehicles being launched by Ola cabs. The city which is home to India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari has given a whole host of concessions in the forms of taxes, duties […]
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 […]
Solar plus Storage in India While solar power is making all the headlines today with costs falling far below that of coal and gas based power plants, storage will soon become a major force also. While solar power costs are low, fossil fuel capacity cannot be done away with as solar power is only generated […]
Large Number Of Thermal Coal Power Plants In India Get Canceled As Solar Power Strikes Fear The recent crash of solar power price to just 4 cents/kWh has led to a massive change in the Indian power sector. We had predicted that solar prices falling by as much as 40% below a new thermal coal […]
Indian Rooftop Solar System still to catch up with Utility Solar in India While the Indian solar industry has been making waves around the world in terms of its low costs, massive growth potential and investor interest, the rooftop solar segment has remained in an anemic state. The government’s target of 40000 MW of solar […]
India to Tax EV @ 12% The Indian government recently set up new tax rates for a large number of goods and services to be sold in India. This was under the broader Goods and Services Tax reform (GST) whereby one single standard tax rate will be set for all places in India, subsuming the […]