India is already the third largest emitter of carbon in the world and is one of the biggest users of coal. It will be the biggest growth driver of energy demand in the next 40 years, as the per capita energy demand increases for its 1.3 billion population. Despite committing to increase the share of its […]
Yet another story about solar benevolence! The renowned Badrinarayan temple in Surat switched to solar power and is utilizing the savings from electricity bill towards promoting education in the region. The temple claims that the electricity bill has dropped down from Rs. 1.5-2 lakhs per month to just Rs. 10,000-12,000 per month. With these savings, […]
Lumos which is a Dutch company operating in the off-grid solar space in Nigeria plans to substantially scale up its presence in the Western African country. Nigeria like many of the other African states has a huge energy access issue with a large section of its population having no access to electricity as there is […]
Solar in Andhra Pradesh The Indian renewable energy developer community has been in the ICU for the last six months as a change in the government in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh led to a massive cash flow issue. The new government came in and said that it would not honor the power purchase […]
Advantages of Electric Vehicles India’s largest automaker with more than 50% of car market share is skeptical of the early and fast growth of the Electric Vehicle market. The Indian government wants to accelerate the transition from ICE cars to Electric cars given the multifold advantages for the country namely: a) Improved energy security as India imports […]
Solar Energy – 2050 Solar energy is all set to continue its spectacular growth in the future continuing the trend it has shown over the last decade. As per IRENA, solar energy will see investments of more than USD 6 trillion over the next three decades leading to a 18x multiple of current solar capacity […]