Energy
June 28, 2016
Tesla – SolarCity deal Tesla is all set to acquire SolarCity, which could make it the largest clean energy company. Tesla is known for its many […]
June 3, 2016
No new Power Plants required in India It really feels weird to learn that India will be a power surplus country in the years to come. […]
May 12, 2016
Jostein Kristensen on impact of Brexit on UK Energy Supply The looming EU referendum has caused sweeping uncertainty across the UK, and one sector facing significant […]
March 16, 2016
Ease of doing solar business in India India stood 142nd in the Ease of Doing Business ranking in 2015, compiled by the World Bank. The country […]
March 7, 2016
New Chinese Development Bank for Solar The new Chinese development bank which has been set up as a competitor to Western dominated IMF and World Bank, […]
February 11, 2016
The Indian industry has seen solar power emerge as the fastest growing sunrise sector, with the government pushing through billions of dollars in tender this year. […]
December 4, 2015
LED Industry in India India’s quiet but impactful revolution in energy efficiency through government LED bulb subsidies – LED price reduced by 75% in just 7 […]
December 1, 2015
India’s energy sector is set to become the center of world growth, accounting for over 25% of the world’s incremental energy demand in the next 25 […]
November 25, 2015
The new face of India’s Energy sector India’s energy sector has been the star performer under the new Modi government. Though the new government has unleashed […]
November 23, 2015
India’s power sector has been troubled in the last few years due to a variety of issues. One has been the supply and pricing of fuel. […]
November 20, 2015
UDAY – Another Power Sector reform in India India recently restructured its massively sick power distribution sector for a 3rd time in the last 12 years. […]
October 16, 2015
The Indian distribution utilities which are mainly owned by the state governments have been perennially sick, due to the misguided policies followed since a long time. […]
September 18, 2015
Problems of the Indian Power Sector We have highlighted the problem of India’s regulatory nightmare in the power sector a number of times. Crazy policies and […]
December 24, 2013
Green Power in a distressed state in India The Indian economy is in a massively bad shape and companies are groaning under huge debts. The 2003-2008 […]
August 30, 2013
Power Grid in India and China China and India are investing billions of dollars to increase their transmission capacity to accommodate the sharp growth in renewable […]
July 30, 2013
India Power Industry The less said about India’s power administration structure the better. The country has already earned the in-dubious distinction of hosting the biggest power […]
July 4, 2013
REC in India The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) scheme is the major policy initiative taken by the central government to use a market based mechanism, to promote green […]
June 27, 2013
Rising Electricity tariffs in India Electricity tariffs in India are increasing rapidly, where both the quality and quantity of power is quite bad. We had talked […]
June 22, 2013
India’s Central Government has mostly mismanaged the central program for promoting solar energy in India. Despite a massive crash in solar component prices, demand in India […]
May 13, 2013
Urea Policy 2013 The new urea policy being unleashed in 2013 was expected to help the government reduce its fertilizer subsidy. However, the expectation did not […]
April 16, 2013
Energy security Energy security is one of the areas where the government needs to work. The lack in the reforms, governance is doing no good to […]
April 16, 2013
Adanis, Ambanis and Tatas fail to build Thermal Power Plants in India The Indian government has sold the common Indian consumer short, to pander to the interest of […]
February 6, 2013
Until recently, the US Department of Energy (DOE) was planning to raise the minimum efficiency rating of natural gas furnaces from 80% to 90% in the […]
December 17, 2012
Power is one of the most widely used resources used in every sphere of life, business, etc. If we talk about the Indian economy, we find […]
November 12, 2012
An Introduction to India’s Perform-Achieve and Trade (PAT) mechanism Image Source:http://www.climate-connect.co.uk The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), released by the Prime Minister on 30th […]
September 24, 2012
While Tamil Nadu has India’s largest share of renewable energy mostly due to its 40% share of the installed wind energy in India, Gujarat has rapidly […]
September 23, 2012
India’s western booming city of Pune will see the inauguration of a Waste to Energy plant set up by Concord Blue at Ramtekdi Industrial Area on […]
September 12, 2012
Future of Nuclear Plants in India The new nuclear power plants that are coming up in India are facing strong protests by local people worried about […]
July 27, 2012
Mergers & Acquisitions in India Indian companies have been expanding aggressively by taking over companies and assets abroad. A number of big bang acquisitions have been […]
June 23, 2012
Indian mainstream research companies keep coming out with pages and pages of useless research on Indian solar power. Most of its value is not worth the paper it is written on with mindless reams of useless statistics and projections . This time CARE ratings has come out saying that solar power will reach grid parity by 2017 . Don't know how they have come out with this magical number just as Crisil has come with a magic number as well.