The United States is seeing a massive surge in solar energy with more than 130 GW of solar capacity expected to come online over the next five years, as there is a massive pipeline of large utility-scale solar projects set to be installed across the country. This is no surprise given that solar energy has […]
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 […]
India is set to see a huge growth in its EV industry as economics start to becoming compelling for different segments of the market. Even without a policy or roadmap. The three-wheeler segment has seen a huge uptake in EVs with thousands of three wheelers converting to electric to take advantage of lower costs. Though […]
Islands face huge challenges in supplying energy to their citizens affordably, as they do not have the resources such as coal, gas or oil to power their electricity generation plants. Most islands typically run on diesel fired small power plants which are exorbitantly costly. Not only is the raw material costly, but transporting the diesel […]
Self-driving Cars in India The Indian government has been heavily gung ho about Electric Vehicles as the ruling party ministers keep bringing some new incentive or policy to support the growth of the EV industry. Though there is no comprehensive plan or structure to push this industry, all the ministries are trying on their own […]