Indian Solar Industry depends heavily on China India has a significant capacity to make solar panels and cells but most of it is distributed amongst tens of producers most of which have closed their factories and have nameplate capacity on paper only. The Indian solar industry which is expected to grow to 5 GW this […]
Indian Lighthouses to run on Solar power India has become a trailblazer of sorts in the use of solar energy and the country has the lowest project costs for solar energy in the world (even lower than China). It was the only country to announce a policy for building solar panel projects on canals and […]
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 […]