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A five-year ‘masala bond’ issued by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) was listed on the London Stock Exchange, raising nearly $300 million (19.5…
Read insight — IREDA’S GREEN ‘MASALA BOND’ RAISES $300 MN IN LONDONMore than 70% of the countries in the world—including the UK, US, China and other major economies—could run entirely on energy created by wind, water,…
Read insight — NEARLY 140 COUNTRIES COULD BE POWERED ENTIRELY BY WIND, SOLAR, AND WATER BY 2050Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) signed an agreement on January 31, 2018, for financing the shared…
Read insight — IREDA AND RUMSL SIGN AGREEMENT FOR LARGE-SCALE SOLAR PARKS IN MADHYA PRADESHEngineers at the University of Maryland’s A James Clark School of Engineering have created a novel technological solution to the pressing global challenge of water…
Read insight — SOLAR-POWERED DEVICES MADE OF WOOD COULD HELP MITIGATE WATER SCARCITY CRISISIn one of its first outreach programmes post-ratification, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) hosted a two-day event ‘International Solar Alliance Forum’ during January 17–18, 2018, at the…
Read insight — INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE FORUM AT WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT, ABU DHABIThe Government has announced the trajectory for achieving its targets of commissioning 175 GW of Renewable Energy (RE), 100 GW of solar generating capacity and…
Read insight — ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE THIRD WIND POWER AUCTION SCHEMEThe resurgence in oil and gas production from the United States, deep declines in the cost of renewables and growing electrification are changing the face…
Read insight — A World in Transformation: World Energy Outlook 2017The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) partnered the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India to host a panel discussion on innovative…
Read insight — A DEEP DIVE INTO INDIA’S 175 GW RE TARGETThe Indian solar sector has shown incredible growth trajectory. The industry doubled its solar capacity in the last few years (5 GW in 2015, 10…
Read insight — Solar Anti-Dumping Duty in India: Protection is Needed to Build a Bright FutureEnergy systems around the world are witnessing transformations at an unprecedented rate. There has been a very rapid increase in renewable energy technology, costs of…
Read insight — ENERGY SECTOR TRANSITIONS: A Move towards the Future We Want