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Green Financing A Boon For Clean Transmission Projects: Sharib Razi

What are the challenges faced by the grid, when it comes to a higher share of renewable energy? Razi: There are two major challenges with increasing share of renewables in the grid. Firstly, due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy, the peak generation of solar or wind does not coincide with the peak load […]

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India’s Peak Power Demand Smashes 2023 Peak, Touches 250 GW

The Indian power sector met a record maximum power demand of 250 GW on 30th May’24 whereas, the non-solar demand touched an all-time high of 234.3 GW on 29th May This spike in power demand reflects the combined impact of weather-related loads and growing industrial and residential power consumption in these areas. On 30th May, […]

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Havells India Plans To Ramp Up Captive Solar Capacity To 16 MW

The electrical equipment manufacturer Havells India Ltd. has announced to build a 4.6 MW solar power plant at its Alwar facility in the upcoming fiscal year to increase its solar power capacity to about 16 MW, read a media statement by the company. By making this change, the company will be able to use renewable […]

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Exempt 100% Of ISTS Charges For RE Power Till 2030: IEEFA

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and JMK Research and Analytics have prepared and shared a list of key recommendations that the new Union government post-elections should take up in the first 100-days to reach the renewable energy targets up to 2030. As per the Indian government’s own target it wants to […]

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GUVNL Issues List of Tenderable PHP Sites With 14 GW Capacity

The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has now issued the list of 16 reserved Pumped Hydro Storage Project (PHP) Sites. The state power utility said that these 16 PHP sites could be allocated under the competitive bidding process for the benefit of state public discoms.  The total potential of PHPs from all the 16 […]

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Enfinity Global Finances 1.2 GW Solar, Wind Power Plants In India

US-based Enfinity Global Inc., today announced that it has signed $135 million in financing for the development and construction of 1.2 GW of solar and wind projects in India. The financing is being provided by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) through subsidiaries of CPPIB Credit Investments Inc. The projects in this portfolio, […]

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Bhilai Steel Plant To Setup Solar Plant In Its Township

The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) flagship plant, Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), plans to increase its green energy efforts by putting in solar power systems throughout its township and grounds. To carry out solar power generation projects, BSP and the Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) have inked a memorandum of agreement. With the […]

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New Solar Projects In US Report Fewer Delays In 2023: EIA

The Energy Information Administration (EIA), the federal body tasked with tracking energy policy in the US, recently reported fewer delays to install new utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in 2023 than in 2022. EIA in its report said, “In 2023, solar developers pushed back the scheduled online date for an average of 19% of planned […]

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Delhi Gets First Commercial Utility-Scale BESS Project After DERC Approval, Backed By GEAPP

In a significant step, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has granted regulatory approval of India’s first commercial standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project. This groundbreaking initiative is supported by The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP’s) concessional loan amounting to 70% of the total project cost and is in partnership with IndiGrid and BSES Rajdhani […]

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