Power utilities in India have done their job throughout the Covid-19 crisis by keeping the lights on without interruption. But like players in other industries, they are facing several challenges. At the beginning of the […]
Over the years, the power distribution segment has been plagued with issues such as weak financial performance, high operational losses and poor customer service. Private participation has often been suggested as the solution for all […]
The power procurement strategies of distribution utilities are undergoing a structural change as they increasingly encounter challenges with long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs). For a long time, discoms have relied on multi-decade-long PPAs, with a […]
The demand for green energy continues to grow in India as well as globally, as countries focus on mitigating climate change. The coronavirus pandemic is further driving countries to look at sustainable ways of meeting […]
The sector appears to be consolidating the gains from recent reforms. Demand, which had been playing spoilsport, is now showing signs of recovery. Also, helped by the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), the aggregate technical […]
The Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) has been one of the biggest initiatives taken by the government to improve the efficiency of the power distribution companies reeling from financial losses. After almost three years of […]
Power system and market reforms in India are essentially being driven by the large-scale integration of renewable energy into the grid. The country aims to achieve 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. The […]
In recent months, coal availability at thermal power plants (TPPs) in the country has been under pressure owing to an interplay of various factors. These include evacuation constraints, a sudden increase in coal demand and […]
Nuclear power provides an ideal solution to India’s twin challenges of meeting a huge energy requirement and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Nuclear reactors can provide stable baseload power at optimum costs, which is not […]
The hydropower sector in India has been witnessing a lull for the past few years. This is largely due to the lack of policy focus as well as inherent risks associated with hydroelectric project (HEP) […]
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