India’s renewable energy sector has come a long way over the past decade with the government and the industry taking several major initiatives. These include the National Solar Mission, the solar parks scheme, solar rooftop […]
In 2018-19, around 100.84 BUs of electricity was traded by trading licensees through bilateral transactions and power exchanges, an increase of 16 per cent over the previous year. In addition, a strong compound annual growth […]
The past year was marked by key policy and regulatory developments across various segments in the power sector. Some of the positive developments in the generation segment were the grant of cabinet approval for the […]
Capacity addition by renewable energy sources continues to outpace that by conventional sources. In 2017-18, about 11,788 MW of renewable energy capacity was added against 9,505 MW by conventional sources including thermal, hydro and nuclear […]
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 […]
India’s power transmission segment is growing at an unprecedented pace mainly due to the thrust provided by the recent policy and regulatory developments as well as the government’s initiatives. The pace of expansion is expected […]
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 […]
Despite a significant improvement in its overall performance, the power distribution segment continues to face challenges such as high aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) and financial losses, inadequate tariffs, unconnected and unmetered consumers. Several ongoing […]
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 […]
The government’s continued focus on solar and wind capacity addition has led to a remarkable increase in renewables’ share in the country’s power mix. The share of renewables in the total generation mix rose from […]
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) […]
In the past one year, the power sector has witnessed several policy and regulatory developments broadly aimed at addressing the power distribution issues, facilitating the large-scale integration of renewable energy sources and maintaining grid stability. […]
With thermal power plants facing a demand crunch and discoms not signing any power purchase agreements (PPAs) beyond their baseload, the short-term power trading market has emerged as a necessary tool in recent years for […]
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