The Union Budget 2022-23 reinforces the country’s commitment towards clean energy transition and mitigating climate change. From an additional allocation of Rs 195 billion under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for solar module manufacturing to […]
Green hydrogen, often termed as the fuel of the future, can play a significant role in meeting India’s climate commitments. The fuel has multiple end-uses and is highly compatible with other fuels and energy carriers, […]
Weather-related information is essential for day-to-day energy management as well as planning and maintenance of generation, transmission and distribution assets. Extreme events such as cyclones, floods and thunderstorms often have severe consequences for the electrical […]
In welcome news for power generators, which have been mired in legal battles with discoms over contractual sanctity, the Supreme Court recently passed a landmark judgment referring to a case between power producer Hinduja National […]
Cross-border electricity trade (CBET) is growing by leaps and bounds. It has doubled in the last six years from 9 BUs to 18 BUs in 2021 and continues to grow. All the South Asian nations […]
China’s second largest grid network developer, China Southern Power Grid (CSG) is a state enterprise responsible for the development and management of China’s southern regional power grid. The company recently announced plans to invest CNY […]
The power distribution segment continues to be the Achilles heel of the power sector, adversely impacting the viability of the entire value chain. In the past couple of months, the outstanding discom dues to power […]
The country plans to expand its renewable energy capacity to over 450 GW by 2030, from the current level of about 105 GW. The ambitious renewable energy target is already acting as a catalyst for […]
Energy trading on power exchanges is an emerging domain in the field of renewable energy. In countries across the world, green power exchanges are in their nascent stages and are yet to find their place […]
Taking its clean energy transition goals seriously, the US government is making efforts to provide federal funds for accelerating the growth of the clean electricity and power transmission sectors. To help realise its ambitious climate […]
Powerlink is the government-owned transmission network service provider operating in Queensland, Aus-tralia. The utility interconnects the Natio-nal Electricity Market (NEM), comprising six jurisdictions – Queensland, New South Wales (NSW), the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Victoria, […]
Ocean energy or marine energy includes all forms of renewable energy derived from the ocean including wave, tidal, current, salinity-gradient energy and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). In August 2019, the Ministry of New and […]
In a move that spells bad news for the power sector, the Punjab government has issued a bill to renegotiate tariffs with independent power producers (IPPs) in the state. The state cabinet, in November 2021, […]
While all the cross-border electricity trade (CBET) in South Asia currently takes place bilaterally, the region is gradually moving towards cross-border trilateral and multilateral power trade, and the regional market will be an important part […]
Promoting renewable energy development, maintaining a stable and balanced power grid and ensuring a just transition of the country’s mammoth thermal power capacity to the new normal are high on the agenda of the government […]
In a significant development, the Ministry of Power (MoP) has introduced the much-awaited paradigm of general network access (GNA) in interstate transmission. GNA is not a new concept and has been under discussion over the […]
In a significant development, the Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued new rules allowing automatic pass-through of costs upon occurrence of a change in law event. The automatic pass through will be computed based on […]
India’s clean energy transition is largely driven by renewable capacity expansion. While the large capacity addition of renewables is a welcome development, it may not be sufficient to help further the energy transition agenda in […]
Indonesia’s state-owned PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN) dominates the country’s power sector, holding a monopoly in the transmission sector and functioning as a system operator. PT PLN issues a 10-year Electricity Power Supply Business […]
Australia has been proactively pursuing energy transition and seeks to build a climate-resilient power system. Offshore wind (OSW), which is yet to make a mark in the country’s installed base, is expected to play a […]
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