China Solar & Wind Power Update The world’s largest solar market accounting for almost 30% of the global demand is all set to cut its solar tariffs by 6% next year and will keep cutting in increments till 2020. The same will apply to wind power as well, since the country is facing a deficit […]

Slow growth in Wind Power in India Despite wind power being set a target of 50 GW by 2022, which implies an annual run rate of ~5 GW every year, wind power is not growing at all in India. Wind power in India is projected to remain flat at around 2-2.5 GW every year going […]

Low Solar Tariffs a challenge for Indian producers The massive competition in the Indian solar power sector has led to extremely low tariffs being bid during recent solar auctions. The Rs.5/kWh rate has made it extremely tough for the large mainstream utilities to bid, given that these companies do not have solar energy as their […]

Real Story of an Indian Farmer We have been long writing about the plight of the Indian citizens in this country. Whether it is any department, the red tape and corruption in the government offices makes the already cumbersome process of getting a work done, more difficult. Though the government talks about its ambitious solar […]

China is planning to increase its 17.3 GW solar capacity target in 2015 by another 5 GW, as many solar plants are facing issues in getting grid connectivity. The country is also planning to increase the annual quote to 20 GW till 2020, with an aim of installing 150 GW of solar by that time. […]

The Indian distribution utilities which are mainly owned by the state governments have been perennially sick, due to the misguided policies followed since a long time. Electricity is a dole which political parties give to the electorate for winning votes. Free power to farmers and extremely low tariffs for the weaker sections have ruined the […]