Author: Chitrika Grover

Q3 2024: Australia Sees $3.3B New RE Projects, Surpasses 2023 Record

Australia saw strong renewable energy and storage investment in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024. According to the Clean Energy Council’s latest Quarterly Renewables Report. Australia added 1,405 MW of capacity ($3.3 billion) in new large-scale renewable generation projects during Q3 of 2024, exceeding the total in 2023. Currently, over 40 percent of Australia’s electricity […]

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KERC Draft Aims To Achieve 1.5% Distributed RE Mandate Till 25

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has released a draft proposal aimed at encouraging the expedited procurement of renewable energy. It has invited comments from the stakeholders concerned on the proposal until November 27, 2024. Currently, the state has 8930.10 MW of solar, 6564.36 MW of wind energy, and 22378.34 MW of total renewable energy […]

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RE Investment Needs Restructuring Favoring Global South: IRENA

IRENA World Energy Transition Outlook identified that there is a geographic concentration of investments, and calls for structural changes to close the financing gap faced by the countries of the global south. According to the report’s findings, among the advanced economies of 38 countries, which make up 14% of the world’s population and represent 40% […]

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India’s RE Investment Hits USD 12.4 Bn, Falls Short of 2030 Target: Report

India’s renewable energy investment has grown to USD 12.4 billion in 2023, up from 2020. However, investment remains far below the estimated USD 200 billion required to achieve India’s goal of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel electricity capacity by 2030. According to the Zero Carbon Analytics report’s findings, to meet the 500 GW of non-fossil […]

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Inox Wind Gets 87 MW Order From Continuum For Its 3MW WTGs

Inox Wind Limited (IWL) today announced it has received a repeat order for 87 MW from Continuum Green Energy Private Ltd. (Continuum), a renewable energy company, having expertise in Commercial and industrial (C&I) projects. This repeat order is for Inox Wind’s 3 MW Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs). The project will be executed on an end-to-end […]

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Hexa Climate, ACME And Avaada Energy Secure NTPC’s FDRE Tender

NTPC Limited has now declared Hexa Climate Solutions, ACME Solar Holdings, and Avaada Energy as the winners of its 1,200 MW Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) auction. The tender for this project was issued in June this year, and the results were released within four months. Only 760 MW of the 1.2 GW was […]

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MERC Grants Relief To Wind Company Due To Force Majeure

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), in its latest order, provided relief to Clean Wind Power (Bhavnagar), a subsidiary of Hero Wind Energy Private Limited (Hero). This case highlights the importance for renewable energy developers to carefully draft contracts, anticipate potential disruptions, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements to mitigate risks. In its order, MERC […]

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CESL Issues Tender To Bring 1,800 Cargo E-Cycles In Four States

To scale up the demand for energy efficiency projects in India, Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), an Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) subsidiary released a tender to promote micro-mobility solutions in Bihar, Kerala, and Madhya Pradesh. CESL’s latest tender uses part of the financing received by the Indian government from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). […]

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RE Push Can Lead To 24% Dip In Coal Power Generation By 2030: CEEW Study

India’s current climate policies are already helping bend its long-term emissions curve and are projected to reduce CO2 emissions by almost 4 billion tones between 2020 and 2030, a latest report from the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said. This reduction is equivalent to nearly 1.6 times the European Union’s CO2 emissions in […]

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