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Amid Renewable Energy’s Expansion, Gas is Losing Traction: IISD Report

The Step Off the Gas report, published earlier this month by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD),  examines international public finance for natural gas expansion in the Global South and the choices countries face in how to develop their energy systems while meeting socio-economic needs. The report assesses economic and environmental risks from gas […]

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Sale of Electricity in Futures Market will Benefit RE Investors: IEEFA

The introduction of derivatives to India’s short-term power market will make it easier for renewable project developers to enter into offtake arrangements with state-owned distribution companies (discoms), finds a new briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). “The launch of new financial instruments will enable developers to hedge their offtaker […]

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Scatec Partners With ACME For 900 MW Solar Plant in India

Norway headquartered renewable power producer and supplier, Scatec has today announced its partnership with an Indian solar developer ACME, to develop a 900 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan, India. This solar power project includes a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) secured in a tender in 2018. Scatec […]

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Pakistan Railways Follows The Sun, To Shift Stations To Solar

Pakistan Railways has finally made a call to shift 155 railway stations to solar energy. The move follows a prod by the federal government to use alternative environment-friendly energy resources. The railways PR Director Nazia Jabeen says that the cost of the project would be Pakistani Rs 450 million. Pakistan, which has an existing installed […]

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GOGLA Report 2020: ‘Slow, Uneven Recovery of Off-grid Solar Industry’

The recently released July-December 2020 edition of the Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report analyses off-grid solar lighting sales trends during a 6-month period in East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific, amid the current global pandemic. It finds that the off-grid industry is showing early signs of a slow […]

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Global EV Market To Reach $802.75 Billion By 2028: Report

A recent study report by Market Growth Report, says that the electric vehicle (EV) market is expected to reach USD 802.75 billion by the year 2028, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 21.6 percent during the forecast period, 2021 – 2028. This market size was estimated to be valued at USD 273.31 billion […]

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Hyundai Motor Group to Invest $7.4 billion in U.S. EV industry by 2025

In a press release yesterday, Hyundai Motor Group (HMG), comprising Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, announced its plan to invest $7.4 billion in the U.S. by 2025 to produce future EVs, enhance production facilities and further its investments in smart mobility solutions. The group’s investment will enhance overall product competitiveness by prioritising future mobility technologies, […]

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Leaders Summit Outlines Energy Transition Priorities for a 1.5°C Future: IRENA

The Paris agreement sets out a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Today, more and more countries are aiming for net zero emissions by mid-century and attention is shifting to the implication of this objective. While existing Nationally […]

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Freyr Energy Raises ₹18 Crore Investment from C4D, Total and Schneider

Freyr Energy, a solar rooftop company based in Hyderabad, announced yesterday that it has secured an equity investment of Rs 18 crore from Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia and C4D Partners. The company works towards providing technology solutions to help homeowners and MSMEs transition to solar. Saurabh Marda, Managing Director of […]

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