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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...

The REC market in India which is currently worth Rs. 30 crores, is expected to reach Rs. 100 crores (monthly traded amount) by year end 2012 – a number quoted by one of the top officials at MNRE. As discussed earlier, the clearance price of the REC certificates has been...

Madhya Pradesh Power Trading Company recently released the list of guidelines for project developers planning to setup solar PV projects in the state (available here). Prior to this announcement, the state had come up with policies for only two other RE sources – small hydro and biomass, both of which...

Plastic waste- a burgeoning issue Plastics have become indispensable to human beings over the course of the last few decades, largely due to their utility value and cheap, easy availability. We are indeed so dependent that, in spite of the fact that they have been classified as environmentally hazardous material...