Solar Energy in India is not only being driven by the Central Government (mainly through JNNSM) but also by individual states. While Gujarat has been spectacularly successful with its solar policies installing almost 65% of the total solar energy capacity in the country, other states are trying to catch up. Karnataka, West Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra, […]
Nuclear Energy in India has been facing massive protests with the new nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, facing citizen opposition on a daily basis. The supporters of nuclear power in India have wrongly claimed that solar power takes up too much land and is not enough to supply the energy needs of India. Nuclear Energy […]
Business Insider has come out with a negative report on solar energy citing its high expense and land costs citing research from Alliance Bernstein. While Alliance Bernstein is one of the better equity research houses, this solar energy research is full of holes and fallacies. The brokerage cites that solar power is very expensive if […]
The Indian Wind Energy Industry is seeing rapid change with the rise of a number of independent power producers (IPPs) focused on Wind Power Development. These companies have been fueled by private equity and investment banking funding which has been attracted by India’s strong energy demand. While the traditional wind farm investors have retreated with […]
While Energy Storage using Lithium Batteries and other innovative concepts like Flywheels frequently make news, the largest sources of Energy Storage like Lead Acid batteries and Pumped Hydro Storage hardly get attention. This is despite Hydro Storage accounting for hundreds of giga watt hours of storage capacity around the world. There is 90 GW of […]
Replicable Off-Grid Solar Business Models With increasing climate concerns across the globe, it becomes increasingly important to increase our thrust on other cleaner sources of energy. Due to high irradiation level in India and more than 300 sunny days per year, India represents a lucrative alternative for development of solar power. This article sheds light […]