August 23rd, 2018 | by Saurabh
The government of India has once again floated the idea of setting up a large solar power project in the Ladakh region of its northernmost state of Jammu & Kashmir. The region receives the highest solar radiation per unit area in India.
July 3rd, 2018 | by Saurabh
Months after the Chinese government downgraded its solar capacity target for 2020, and weeks after implementation of sweeping changes to the feed-in tariff policy in China, India has announced its own aggressive auctions timeline for solar and wind energy projects.
June 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Clean energy news was abuzz this past week with the news that India had increased its renewable energy capacity target from 175 gigawatts to 227 gigawatts by March 2022. A couple of articles have already been published at CleanTechnica. I also decided to take a shot at it, a rather critical one though.
June 12th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
The announcement earlier this month from India's power and renewable energy minister RK Singh that his country will increase its interim renewable energy target from 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022 up to 227 GW has been heavily lauded, and though it "does look excessively ambitious," according to Tim Buckley from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, he nevertheless believes it is possible.
April 17th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Nearly eight years after we first covered news about India taking initial steps to set up offshore wind energy projects, the first government document seen as a precursor to a final auction has been released.
March 20th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Just days after two Indian states were forced to postpone solar power auctions for 2.2 gigawatts of capacity, the federal government has given new assurances that would allay some concerns of the developers.
March 19th, 2018 | by Saurabh
The Nikkei Asian Review has taken note of a recent remark by India’s Minister for Power and Renewable Energy that may indicate a significant downgrade of India’s earlier stated goal to fully switch to electric vehicles by 2030.
December 25th, 2017 | by Saurabh
After delay of several years, India may eventually auction and allocate its first-ever offshore wind energy projects next year.
November 27th, 2017 | by Saurabh
With an aggressive timeline for solar and wind energy projects announced by the Indian government, the Minister for New & Renewable Energy now expects the country to surpass its target to have 175 gigawatts of operational renewable energy capacity by March 2022.
November 27th, 2017 | by Saurabh
The realization of poor progress toward the 100-gigawatt operational solar power capacity by March 2022 has dawned upon the Indian government, which has moved into hyperdrive to ensure that this target is met in the remaining months.
