Last year, when I presented* at a big institutional investment conference in India, there was a lot of talk about solar, but little about electric vehicles. Of course, a large portion of my presentation was about Tesla and electric cars. The presentation* from Indian Minister of Coal, Power, and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, highlighted the highly competitive cost of solar power but didn’t really touch electric vehicles.
I was lucky to be recording a panel discussion in Abu Dhabi in January when cleantech expert Michael Liebreich, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), asked Piyush Goyal, India’s Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, what India would do if the USA pulled out of the Paris Agreement (in order to satisfy the conspiracy theories and financial interests of Donald Trump). Piyush delivered an epic response.
The Indian government is working on ways to incentivize consumers to purchase electric vehicles with a target to have a 100% electric car fleet by 2030.
India’s Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, has provided a powerful statement for the global community in the wake of Donald Trump’s rise to power in the United States.
In February, I gave an hour-long presentation at a top investment conference in Mumbai, India. Right before me, Piyush Goyal (India’s Minister of State for Power, Coal, and New and Renewable Energy) also gave a long presentation. The message from both of us was clear: cleantech is the future, and India should jump into that … [continued]
Aside from two other Indian ministers, SunEdison’s President of Asia Pacific & Sub-Saharan, and me, India’s Minister of Coal, Power, and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, was another one of the key presenters at the Edelweiss institutional investment conference in Mumbai, India, earlier this year. In the video below, he first gives a 20-minute political speech on lofty … [continued]
Investment trends in India’s renewable energy sector over the last few years have proven that the market remains of the most attractive and fastest growing clean energy markets in the world. The Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, recently told the Indian Parliament that the country attracted Rs … [continued]
Indian banks and financial institutions are gearing up to assist the government to achieve the ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW by March 2022. The Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Power and Coal recently shared the details of financial commitments made by banks and financial institutions to fund … [continued]
India is likely to have an operational solar power capacity of close to 20 GW by March 2017 if projects under the states’ and central solar power policies go ahead as per the schedule. According to Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Coal, Power and Renewable Energy, the country’s solar energy … [continued]
India’s Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has reported progress on the ambitious program of setting up ultra mega solar power projects across the country. Replying to a query raised in the upper house of the Parliament, Minister for Coal, Power, and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal stated that his government … [continued]
