The Union Cabinet has approved National Green Hydrogen Mission on January 4, 2023. The mission has an initial budget outlay of Rs 197.44 billion. This comprises of an outlay of Rs 174.99 billion for the […]
The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was introduced in Parliament in August 2022, proposing significant changes to the flagship Electricity Act, 2003. Importantly, it proposes to enable competition in retail power supply through non-discriminatory open access […]
The pace of development in the green hydrogen and green ammonia segment in India over the past few years has been impressive. The government has played a proactive role by releasing the first phase of […]
By Manish Dabkara, Chairman and Managing Director, EKI Energy Services Limited The central government’s revolutionary proposal to establish a domestic credits market shows that India is accelerating its climate action to achieve its net zero […]
By Namrata Mukherjee, Deputy Chief of Party and Rajiv Ratna Panda, Power Market Specialist, USAID’s SAREP Program, RTI, Mukul Sharma, Asia Director and Sumedha Basu, Policy Advisor, Climate Parliament South Asia and Climate Change South Asia […]
Energy is a key strategic area between the United States and India. The strong people-to-people ties between these two allies have led to improved access to reliable and clean energy and spurred investment opportunities in […]
Green corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) have garnered immense interest in the Indian market. Under this arrangement, the customer signs an agreement directly with the project developer for the purchase of renewable energy for a […]
The country’s growing focus on Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat is promoting domestic manufacturing of solar modules, wind turbines, battery and storage systems, and parts of the green hydrogen value chain. To evacuate the […]
The power distribution segment has been grappling with multiple challenges, including a large revenue gap and high aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, and the pandemic further aggravated the discoms’ distress. The government has taken […]
Climate change mitigation and decarbonisation are the key focus areas in the power sector, and rightly so. India has announced goals to increase its reliance on renewables and reduce the carbon intensity of the economy […]
The Indian power transmission segment has grown significantly over the years, making the country’s electricity grid one of the largest synchronous grids in the world. Now, the segment is set for another phase of accelerated […]
The power sector is growing steadily with rapid renewable energy capacity addition and increasing electricity demand. Thermal power continues to be the dominant contributor to the country’s energy mix and is likely to remain so […]
Substantial investment is envisaged in the power sector to achieve India’s ambitious target of becoming a $5 trillion economy. The key focus areas will be the renewable energy sector and distribution segment strengthening. In addition, […]
Power demand has been witnessing an increase in recent months on the back of a heatwave and expanding economic activity. Peak power demand also hit a new high. Meanwhile, there are concerns over inadequate coal […]
John Smith-Sreen, Director Indo-Pacific Office, USAID/India There is a famous African proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This proverb is truer now than ever. […]
At the grand finale marking the culmination of Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya-Power @2047, the prime minister virtually launched the Ministry of Power’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) to revive the ailing distribution segment. The scheme, […]
Recently, the Ministry of Power notified the Green Open Access Rules, 2022, lowering the limit for open access transaction from 1 MW to 100 kW for green energy, simplifying the procedure for open access, and enabling faster […]
To improve the cash flow in the power sector and introduce payment discipline among discoms, the Ministry of Power (MoP) recently issued the Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and Related Matters) Rules 2022, which allow discoms […]
By Dr A. Mondal, Deputy Chief of Party; M. Haider, Energy Finance and PPP Specialist; and R. Chowdhury, Communications Specialist, USAID-BADGE project Bangladesh’s NDCs and sustainable energy targets Bangladesh submitted its updated nationally determined contributions […]
India’s large-scale electric vehicle (EV) adoption is stymied by the lack of charging infrastructure, higher costs of EVs, range anxiety and other impediments. Battery swapping, which involves simply exchanging discharged batteries for charged ones, has […]
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