Covid-19 has altered the world, but it has not stopped the steady march of renewable energy. In fact, during the pandemic, the segment grew faster than it has done in the past. […]
The power distribution scenario is changing the world over. Greater integration of renewable energy, growth in rooftop solar and the need for electric vehicle charging are leading to larger variation and unpredictability in the net power demand curve. […]
The world needs to limit the average global temperature rise to 1.5 °C. If this is not done, every increment of warming beyond 1.5 °C will result in increasingly destructive and costly implications. […]
By Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Managing Director, Apraava Energy Development is meaningless unless it is inclusive and driven by a clearly defined purpose. As a developing country faced with the challenges of reviving economic growth and […]
By Pratik Agarwal, Managing Director, Sterlite Power The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, released in August 2021, has issued code red for human-driven global heating. As per the report, if global carbon emissions […]
Every year, September 22 is observed as World Energy Storage Day globally. Over the years, energy storage has been deemed as the Holy Grail for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as we rally towards electrifying vehicles and decarbonising our energy grid. In fact, energy storage is increasingly being recognised as a diverse asset class of different technologies and applications. […]
The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 mandated emission reduction targets only for developed nations while allowing developing countries with low per capita emissions to take a voluntary approach towards their emission reduction targets from a “climate justice” standpoint. Nothing substantial has been achieved of the agreed emission reduction commitments made by developed nations nor has the promised assistance ($100 billion per year) to developing countries been delivered. […]
By Gurpreet Chugh, Managing Director, India; and Sushmita Ajwani, Director, Power and Renewable, ICF International The Government of India, as a part of its Climate Action Plan, has set an ambitious target of 450 GW […]
Light is essential for sustaining human life and enabling productive human activity. Most of the man-made, artificial sources of light use either electricity or fossil fuels and must, therefore, be used judiciously to minimise their impact on natural resources and the environment. […]
Energy transition is happening but not fast enough to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 °C. Power investment will need to rise to help the world achieve the Paris Agreement goals. Compared with the average annual investments projected in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Sustainable Development Scenario, the global power sector spending in 2019 was about 35 per cent short of the level required a decade from now. The year 2020 also witnessed lower investment due to the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
THDC India Limited is a key player in the country’s hydropower space. The company has an existing hydropower capacity of about 1.42 GW, comprising the 1,000 MW Tehri hydroelectric project (HEP), the 400 MW Koteshwar […]
India recently crossed the 100 GW milestone for installed renewable energy capacity. This has been made possible through a progressive policy framework and enabling regulations at the central and state levels. However, the country still […]
By R.K. Choudhary, Member, and Raamish Tauseef, Deputy Director (Transmission), Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission India was initially divided into five regions – northern, eastern, western, north-eastern and southern – as depicted in Fig. 1. The […]
By Malcolm Wrigley, Chief Operating Officer, CLP India Decarbonisation has become a global imperative for most industries across the world as they try to mitigate their climate change impact. The power sector plays a critical […]
Rohit Bajaj, Senior Vice-President and Head, Business Development and Shruti Bhatia, Head, Corporate Communications, Indian Energy Exchange The power exchange-based spot market has proven to be a game changer for generators, power utilities and industrial […]
By Malcolm Wrigley, Chief Operating Officer, CLP India Decarbonisation has become a global imperative for most industries across the world as they try to mitigate their climate change impact. The power sector plays a critical […]
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), set up in 2002, has played an instrumental role in transforming the country’s energy efficiency landscape. Since its inception, it has encouraged energy conservation across segments through programmes such […]
In an effort to strengthen India’s energy transition, the Ministry of Power (MoP) is working on a green tariff policy that will allow discoms to supply renewable power to consumers at a specific tariff. This […]
There has been a continuous focus of the policymaking apparatus on implementing well-thought-out, comprehensive techno-commercial reforms – both of a structural as well as a prescriptive nature – to help bring the electricity distribution segment […]
The issues of delays in filing tariff petitions, non-revision of retail supply tariffs and rising regulatory assets have long plagued the distribution segment, leading to financial hurdles for discoms. Political interference in tariff fixation and […]
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