What is curtailment? Curtailment is a deliberate action under which the offtaker denies to accept the oversupply of solar or wind power due to technical reasons of imbalance in the supply and demand of power in the grid. In the recent years, curtailment has been observed as a major risks Read more…
RE Absorption on critical days Sl. No. Scenario Day RE absorption 1 Peak Day / Max Energy demand day 7th October, 2029 99.74 % 2 Maximum VRE (Wind+Solar) generation day 3rd July, 2029 85.32 % 3 Maximum Solar generation day 25th March, 2030 89.56 % 4 Minimum Solar Read more…
Africa is both the world’s least electrified continent and the most vulnerable to climate change. And as the continent with the world’s fastest growing population, the decisions that African politicians make to boost power supplies could have an impact both locally and globally. The conundrum is how to meet the Read more…
New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to India’s solar equipment imports from China, even before various government initiatives to check imports and boost domestic manufacturing set in. As per Commerce Ministry data, Indian imports declined by 83 per cent in the April-June quarter of current fiscal, totalling $69 million (Rs 515 Read more…
Grid reliability and delays in payments by discoms in certain cases are other concern areas, says Rajat Seksaria, President and Business Head, Renewable Business, India Power Corporation Limited. in an interview with Anurima Mondal How is India Power helping achieve India’s sustainable goals? As part of its renewable portfolio IPCL presently has assets under Read more…
ReNew Power Limited, India’s largest renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP), has successfully raised $300 million dollars through a rights issue. Goldman Sachs, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have subscribed to the issue with each of the shareholders infusing $100 mn. The rights Read more…
As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23 per cent lower than the previous year, according to a new research published by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School— UNEP Collaborating Centre and Bloomberg New Read more…
India has witnessed increasing capacity additions in renewable energy (RE) with an installed capacity of close to 22 GW for solar and 34 GW for wind as on March 31, 2018. The achievement of the planned capacity shall have the country’s task cut out in terms of planning the transmission Read more…
PUNE: The Maharashtra Solar Manufacturers Association (MASMA) has claimed that Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (MERC) recently released draft regulations for renewable energy, if implemented, would destroy the solar industry in the state. “The draft regulations will not just hit the solar industry, but will also burn a hole in consumers’ Read more…
To make thermal power stations more flexible to accommodate renewable energy, tariffs of coal-based electricity may be raised by as much as Rs 0.45/unit, depending on the quantum of green energy being generated by solar and wind plants. The tariff rise is about 13% of the average all-India price at Read more…