The Indian solar sector has shown incredible growth trajectory. The industry doubled its solar capacity in the last few years (5 GW in 2015, 10 GW in 2016, and ~16.6 GW in 2017), which is really very inspiring considering the country lacks enhanced industrial infrastructure that China, the US, and Read more…
Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, had stressed to strengthen India’s manufacturing capabilities. For this MNRE released a concept note to upgrade country’s solar manufacturing supply chain. In this concept note, MNRE proposed to reduce dependency on foreign imports and create demands for local Read more…
A little more than six years ago, the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) was launched in September 2011. We are now a third of the way to 2030, the year by which universal electrification for all has been targeted. In line with the global target to achieve universal electrification, the Read more…
The Energy Transitions Commission India (ETC India) was launched by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on the sidelines of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2018 on February 16, 2018. ETC India is a unique, high-level, multi-stakeholder platform on energy and electricity sector transitions in India. In the first Read more…
European Investment Bank (EIB) and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) Ltd. have signed a loan agreement for a second line of credit (LoC) of Euro 150 million on nonsovereign basis on March 10, 2018, in New Delhi. The line of credit is for tenure of 15 years including a Read more…
First released in 2005, REN21’s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has grown to become a truly collaborative effort, drawing on an international network of over 900 authors, contributors, and reviewers. Today it is the most frequently referenced report on renewable energy market, industry and policy trends. This year’s Renewables 2018 Read more…
Source: REN21, Renewables 2018 Global Status Report
Shri R K Singh, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, held a meeting with battery manufacturers in New Delhi on March 23, 2018, to discuss the creation of an ecosystem for incentivizing battery manufacturing in India. In the meeting, Shri Singh Read more…
Apart from the President of France and the Indian Prime Minister, 21 Heads of State and Heads of Government, 6 Vice Presidents and Deputy Prime Ministers, 19 Ministers as Heads of Delegation attended the founding conference in addition to many other ministers who were accompanying the Heads of State and Read more…
Perovskites have emerged as a promising alternative to silicon for making inexpensive and efficient solar cells. A group of researchers at Brown University and University of Nebraska—Lincoln (UNL) has come up with a new titaniumbased material for making lead-free, inorganic perovskite solar cells. In a paper published in the journal Read more…