While an often cited reason for electric cars not being popular on today’s roads is that they simply do not have the range that a fossil fuel powered car has. A statistical analysis by two Columbia doctoral candidates investigating the travel preferences of 150,147 households gathered between March 2008 and...

Seems that our coal fired thermal power plants the lifeblood of Indian power sector, will no longer be able to supply power at the same old affordable price.  The sequence of events happening in the coal industry and its influence on the power sector in the past few months is...

The past week saw various solar companies' stocks soar. Companies all along the value chain - from poly to panel saw significant gains. The confidence in the solar companies was plain to see. Chinese solar companies though saw the largest gains (in terms of percentages) amongst the other companies of...

The Power Ministry of India had recently announced that discussions are in the final stages for the setting up of 8 smart grid projects in the country. These pilot projects are estimated to be worth about Rs. 500 crores. With seminars and conferences related to smart grids around the corner,...

As I had briefly mentioned in our solar manufacturing whitepaper, the solar PV panel manufacturing segment (to a large extent in China) is expected to consolidate over the coming years. China, which hosts a signifcant percent of the global manufacturers (over 500) is set to see the number of manufacturers...

Energy storage is the Holy Grail of renewable energy - a cost effective and scalable energy storage system has the potential to make renewable energy far less costly and far more baseload compatible. A recent announcement by a US company EOS Energy made (Startup Promises a Revolutionary Grid Battery) me...

Now, this appears to be a seminar on a topic not often discussed in the country. We are all rather tired of the same stuff on solar and wind, so here's something more exciting - smart grid. I have my reservations on discussing about smart grid for a country where...

Ladies and gentlemen, the green jobs in India is expected to grow at a hectic pace, by about 60%, according to some estimates. This should not exactly be a surprise; in fact, the only surprise should be "why just 60%?", given that the green sector is young and employment in...

ABB recently inked a deal with the Power Grid Corporation of India to to deliver an ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission system. This system would be used to evacuate power from the remote hydroelectric power station located in a remote part of northeast India. This bodes well for other companies...

It seems the India has finally caught the offgrid wind energy fever. C-WET - the leading wind energy R&D institute in the country has started putting together plans to undertake an offshore wind energy feasibility study in Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. It should come as no surprise that...