Saurabh An avid follower of latest developments in the Indian renewable energy sector.
November 12th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India has recorded perhaps its highest-ever renewable energy penetration in overall energy generation in the quarter of July-September 2018. The event is on expected lines after the country reported a historically high monthly share of renewable energy generation in July and August
November 12th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India continues to add record volumes of solar and wind energy capacities even as the net capacity additions in the coal sector remain stunted
November 11th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Saudi Arabia–based ACWA Power has added another major project to its solar power portfolio. The new project will be part of the iconic Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
October 22nd, 2018 | by Saurabh
India’s power generation in August 2018 was the cleanest on record as the share of thermal power generation fell to perhaps its lowest level ever.
October 22nd, 2018 | by Saurabh
The share of energy generated from renewable energy sources in India has reached an all-time high, according to the latest data released by the government.
October 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Concerns over India’s capacity to execute large-scale auctions in the solar and wind energy sectors continue to grow as another tender witnessed a reduction in capacity on offer.
October 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India’s most populous state has issued a new tender just days after it successfully concluded another tender for 500 megawatts of capacity.
October 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India’s largest power generation company — NTPC Limited — has issued its first tender for a solar-wind hybrid power project. The tender is of a substantial capacity, and one of the three tenders that are currently open for bidding in the country.
October 17th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The world’s largest coal mining company, Coal India Limited (CIL), and India’s largest lignite mining company, NLC India Limited (NIL), have announced a joint venture to set up 3 gigawatts of solar power capacity. Apart from the solar power capacity, the two companies will also cooperate on setting up 2 gigawatts of coal-based power capacity.
October 17th, 2018 | by Saurabh
A 500 megawatt solar power tender in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has seen very high tariff bids from project developers. While the tariff bids are lower than the previous auction conducted in the state, several major project developers of India stayed away from the auction.
October 17th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has given a seventh extension to the largest floating solar power tender in India. The agency has been forced to given such repeated extension due to the uncertainty associated with such projects, and the safeguards duty issue that played out over the last few months.
October 17th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The Indian state of Gujarat has issued a fresh tender to set up 700 megawatts of solar power capacity. The capacity is perhaps the largest on offer in several years from the state of Gujarat, which is planning to take back the throne of the leading Indian state in the solar sector.
October 16th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The sixth national-level wind energy auction in India witnessed stable, and relatively high, tariff bids from project developers. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) had offered 1.2 gigawatts in its fifth auction, after initially offering 2 gigawatts.
October 16th, 2018 | by Saurabh
For a second consecutive year, green bonds issuance has crossed $100 billion, marking a major milestone for low-carbon funding around the world.
September 24th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The largest commercial bank in the Indian subcontinent finally followed the lead of several other private sector banks in India and launched its first-ever green bond. The bond issue was not only a mega success but also lent a hand to the Indian government that is desperate to stem the falling rupee against the US dollar.
September 24th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Just over 18 months after Acme Solar Holdings quoted India’s lowest-ever solar power tariff, the company announced that it fully operationalized the project in a remote desert area in the state of Rajasthan.
September 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The Indian state of Gujarat has managed to match neighboring Rajasthan in terms of the lowest solar power tariff quoted by project developers. So far, only Rajasthan could boast about having the cheapest solar power projects.
September 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Sector experts were puzzled when the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) partially cancelled the country’s largest-ever solar power auction. The fact that SECI had offered 3 gigawatts of capacity in one go was a milestone in India’s solar power sector. Several developers — Indian and foreign — had collectively offered to set up 10.3 gigawatt capacity.
September 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The huge number of solar power auctions being issued by various agencies across India have finally forced the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to propose a schedule for all issuing agencies.
September 7th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India is planning to implement a major change in the way project developers would participate in future solar power tenders. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has proposed to reduce the maximum allowed tariff bid in at least the national-level solar power tenders
September 7th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Lack of transmission infrastructure seems to have shown its impact on the financial considerations of project developers in India. Project developers have quoted substantially higher tariff bids in a national-level wind energy auction organized by NTPC Limited.
September 7th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India's solar power tariff bids rallied over 6% in the first major national-level auction following the imposition of safeguards duty on imported solar cells.
August 27th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Growth in India’s power transmission infrastructure seems to lag the pace at which wind energy capacity is being offered in tenders. This seems to be the case if one examines a recent report by India’s Central Electricity Authority that heads long-term power infrastructure planning in the country.
August 27th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India’s Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has announced partial commissioning of the country’s first wind energy project to be auctioned.
