The Indian government has already seen good success in solar energy as well as onshore wind energy with the country being one of the biggest capacity developers in these green energy areas. However, the future growth of these renewable energy sources will depend on integrating their variable generation profiles effectively as they are both intermittent […]

India Wind Industry Challenges Wind energy capacity has shown a flat year in 2019 in terms of capacity additions at around 2.5 GW as the industry has stagnated due to apathetic policy, lack of growth in the market and issues in getting land and transmission. After a trailblazing year in 2017 when the industry grew […]

The wind energy sector in India has faced numerous knocks over the last couple of years leading to deep distress across the entire wind energy supply chain. Major wind energy equipment sellers such as Inox and Suzlon are looking at bankruptcy due to a dearth of orders while their entire vendor base is facing a […]

Wind energy in India is languishing in a morbid state as existing awarded capacity as well as new tenders by state-owned aggregators like NTPC and SECI are not finding buyers from state-owned utilities. The Indian power sector has seen a major decline in demand over the last few months as industrial activity in the overall […]

Suzlon Bankruptcy Suzlon Energy, India’s green poster child has finally fallen into a debt death spiral. The wind turbine giant is heavily debt-laden and is unable to honor its commitments. The company always had huge debt commitments Suzlon which is India’s largest pure-play green company and one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers globally has faced challenges in […]

Renewable Energy Jobs – India Solar and wind energy are not only helping in reducing our carbon footprint but are also huge generators of jobs. According to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), 1 MW of wind power creates 1.27 job-years of employment. Similarly, 1 MW of rooftop solar capacity can create 24.72 job-years, while ground-mounted […]