Renewable Energy

All Articles Dealing with Wind,Solar,Geothermal,Biomass,Tidal,Wave and other sources of Renewable Energy

November 17, 2016

A Trump Win Is A Disaster For The Global Solar Energy Industry And Global Warming

Global Solar Industry under Trump’s eye While people are still trying to figure out how Trump will implement new polices on immigration, trade and other areas, […]
October 19, 2016

India looks to make movement of Renewable Energy through its Transmission system free

Transmission free in India? The Indian power sector has seen some peculiar situations in the last one year with many states turning power surplus for the […]
October 3, 2016

What does ratifying the Paris deal mean for India

 Why is it important for India to ratify the Paris Agreement 2nd October marks another important day in the history of India, with the country ratifying […]
September 12, 2016

Should India shutter its REC market, given its status as a long standing joke

India’s RE Certificate Market The Indian renewable energy certificate market has become a long standing joke, due to the long years of non-compliance. The Indian REC […]
August 27, 2016

India’s government owned power giant NTPC plans $70 billion investment in 10 GW of Renewable Energy

NTPC to invest $70 B in RE in India India’s state owned power generation company NTPC has the largest power generation capacity in the country, with […]
August 5, 2016

China proposes giant Global Electricity Transmission Grid connecting Equator with the Arctic

Global Electricity Transmission Grid China can really think big and execute even bigger. The country’s infrastructure planning is of mammoth scale and its state directed capitalism […]
July 18, 2016

Indian Nuclear Energy’s $1.8 million per megawatt cost shows why it is a dead end technology

Nuclear Energy supporters are gung ho after two reactors of the Kudunkulam plant being built in the southern state of Tamil Nadu were brought online, despite […]
June 11, 2016

Good News for Indian Energy Sector – Obama-Modi Recent US Meet

Obama-Modi Recent US Meet During PM Narendra Modi’s recent visit to USA, US President Obama and Modi decided to channelize work on the renewable energy front. […]
June 9, 2016

6% increase in RE jobs reported hand in hand with 18% decline in Oil and gas sector in USA

Jobs increasing in the Renewable Energy Sector Not only is renewable energy benefitting the world at large by providing a cleaner and greener environment, but it […]
June 3, 2016

Micro and Mini Grids to power India

Micro and Mini Grids in India In a Mini or micro grid solar panels are connected with batteries and power is supplied to a village where […]
April 4, 2016

Nuclear Energy Industry faces day of reckoning from disruptive PV Solar energy technology

Nuclear energy industry has seen a massive blow after the Fukushima incident, which led to the shutting down of numerous reactors across Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and […]
April 1, 2016

Global Renewable energy surpasses fossil fuel power additions for the first time ever in 2015

Renewable energy capacity additions has been rapidly increasing in the last few years, turbo charged by the rapid growth in solar energy capacity. While wind power […]
February 17, 2016

EDF forms another JV to invest in Indian renewable energy using a small unknown partner

EDF’s Joint Venture in India French energy giant EDF has formed another billion dollar joint venture to invest in India’s burgeoning renewable energy sector. This JV […]
January 20, 2016

Indian state owned power financing companies PFC and REC to invest $16 billion of cash into green power plants – More of a necessity than a choice

The Indian power minister Piyush Goel has been trying to structurally reform India’s electricity sector by recently introducing the UDAY scheme, in which India’s Achilles heel […]
January 12, 2016

Why is IEA making unreasonably optimistic projections for fossil fuels, given the sharp fall in renewable energy costs

Isn’t IEA’s Fossil Fuel projections too optimistic International Energy Agency (IEA) is the world’s premier source of global energy trends and forecasts. Its predictions and estimates […]
December 28, 2015

Indian Nuclear Plans start to get traction after nuclear liability hurdle gets diluted

The Indian nuclear energy ambitions have not really fructified after a great deal was made out of the USA Indian nuclear agreement in 2009, in which […]
December 14, 2015

India plans to ratchet up its Renewable Purchase Obligation to 10% from 3%, even as state regulators fail to comply with the reduced targets

The India central government is planning to increase the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) from the current 3% by 2022 to 10% by 2022, for all distribution […]
December 11, 2015

One of India’s largest renewable energy developers put itself on the block

India’s renewable energy industry is set to become the fastest growing RE market over the next 25 years. The Indian government has already set up a […]
November 5, 2015

Will China’s lower solar power feed in tariffs affect the industry growth?

China Solar & Wind Power Update The world’s largest solar market accounting for almost 30% of the global demand is all set to cut its solar […]
October 6, 2015

India may set up 250 GW Solar power target by 2030 with 100 GW of Wind capacity

India to install 350 GW of Wind & Solar India is looking to set up an aggressive target to achieve 250 GW of solar power capacity […]
October 1, 2015

Credit topping to lead to lowering of Interest rates for India’s Renewable Power sector

One of the biggest issues facing the growth of India’s renewable energy power sector is the high interest rates and massive financing issues related to building […]
August 10, 2015

USA government slowly but surely increasing support to Solar and Wind power in a big way

The US government now promotes Solar & Wind Energy The USA government has been a laggard in supporting solar and wind power compared to other developed […]
June 2, 2015

Renewable Energy Auctions most cost effective in developing green capacity

Renewable Energy Auctions A new study has come out with results that we at Greenworldinvestor already knew of and have propagated through our columns. The research […]
May 25, 2015

India sets record Renewable Energy capacity last year with growing Wind and Solar investments

India’s Renewable Energy Target India set a record 4 GW of renewable energy capacity last year, as the new government strong pushed green energy incentives. Wind […]
May 5, 2015

HyperSolar – Promising Technology but poor financials

Hypersolar Hypersolar Inc (HYSR) is an electric utility company that produces renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water. The company was founded in 2009 and is based […]
March 25, 2015

RPO in India continues to be a joke

RPO in India Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) was launched in 2010, making it mandatory for distribution companies, open-access consumers and captive power producers to meet a […]
March 18, 2015

India’s No.1 Industrial state comes up with an investor friendly, Solar focused Renewable energy policy

Maharashtra – RE Policy with solar focus Maharashtra is India’s largest industrial state and home to India’s financial capital – Mumbai. The state has massive power […]
February 17, 2015

India’s Renewable Energy sector gets 266 GW of investment commitments, but how will it see the light of the day

India to solve teething issues before seeing actual RE investments Almost each new day sees a major renewable energy developer announcing multi gigawatt investment plans in […]
December 29, 2014

Will India revive its faltering nuclear energy expansion plans

India Nuclear Energy India has a massive power deficit issue, which requires it to expand using all available fuel sources both green and non-green. The last […]
November 27, 2014

India’s renewable energy funding agency to shift focus away from Wind to Solar energy

IREDA to finance Solar Energy India’s main renewable energy funding agency IREDA is going to shift its focus towards solar energy as the country has made […]