Category Archives: India

Rebooting Renewable Energy Certificates for a Balanced Energy Transition in India

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Now.Solar

CEEW Centre for Energy FinanceThe CEEW Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) is an initiative of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), one of Asia’s leading think tanks. CEEW-CEF acts as a non-partisan market observer and driver that monitors, … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Renewables, Solar, Wind | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Advancing renewables in developing countries

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Now.Solar

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) in 2013 undertook to support renewable energyprojects through a joint initiative with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Through that facility, the fund has dispensed AED 1.285 billion (USD 350 million) over the … Continue reading →

Posted in EPC, Government, PV, Renewables, Solar | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

How India’s Solar and Wind Policies Enabled its Energy Transition

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Now.Solar

In 2015, India announced ambitious targets for renewable energy—175 GW by 2022—oneof the largest expansion initiatives in the world. Just four years later, at the United enewable energy (RE) capacity to 450 GW by 2030 (PIB 2019). India’s journey to … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Policy, Power Generation, Renewable Energy Certificates, Solar, Solar Parks, Solar Policy, Wind | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Future of Distributed Renewable Energy in India

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Now.Solar

India is the world’s third largest carbon emitter, with emissions expected to rise as the economy grows. While this economic growth is important for advancing development objectives, especially in the wake of a likely recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cells & Modules, China, India, Policy, Renewable Energy Certificates, Renewables, Solar, Solar Policy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy finance: Sovereign guarantees

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Now.Solar

RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE SOVEREIGN GUARANTEES Less than two decades remain for countries around the world to make drastic cuts incarbon-dioxide emissions. This is necessary to realise the goals of the Paris Agreement,which calls for limiting the increase in average global … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, China, Government, India, Renewables | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2020

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Now.Solar

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND JOBS Annual Review 2020 The renewable energy sector employed at least 11.5 million people, directly and indirectly, in 2019.1 Renewable energy employment has continued to grow worldwide since 2012, when the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) began … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Hydro, India, Renewables, Solar, Solar PV, Wind | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Global renewable energy capacity addition sets new record, despite COVID-19: Report

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Now.Solar

New Delhi: Despite COVID-19 pandemic, more than 260 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy capacity was added globally last year, exceeding expansion in 2019 by close to 50 per cent, according to a new report.It added that renewable energy’s share of … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Renewables, Reports, Solar | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Global Market Outlook For Solar Power / 2020 – 2024

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Now.Solar

GLOBAL SOLAR MARKET UPDATE 2000 – 2019 Overall, 2019 was a decent growth year for the global solar sector, improving with a low two-digit rate after it basically paused the year before. Looking beyond the newlyinstalled worldwide solar capacity, solar … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Coal, Hydro, India, Power Generation, PV, Solar, Solar PV, Wind | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

REPORT ON OPTIMAL GENERATION CAPACITY MIX FOR 2029-30

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Now.Solar

Executive Summary The world today is witnessing several kinds of technological disruptions in different sectors. One of the likely disruption in power sector can be replacement of thermal based generation with Renewable energy generation complimented with energy storage technology. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Storage, India, Renewables, Reports, Solar | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

PV WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDIN

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Now.Solar

ExECUTIVE SUMMARY:This study aims to analyse the current state of play of the PV waste management landscape in India and to provide recommendations on how to enhance the policy framework around it. A comparison of the EU and Indian regulatory … Continue reading →

Posted in Cells & Modules, Grid Interactive Distributed Solar Energy Systems, India, Off-grid, Policy, PV, Rooftop, Solar, Solar Policy, Solar PV, Waste | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment