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Renewables 2021

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Ritesh Pothan

Analysis and forecast to 2026 Renewables 2021 is the IEA’s primary analysis on the sector, based on current policies and market developments. It forecasts the deployment of renewable energy technologies in electricity, transport and heat to 2026 while also exploring … Continue reading →

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Granular Time of Day Analysis of Balancing the Indian Electricity Grid in 2030 – CSEP

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Ritesh Pothan

Model and Analysis India has very aggressive plans for scaling RE (450 GW by 2030; today is 100 GW) Using 2019 time of day (ToD) data for both demand and supply by fuel type, what happens over time (2021-2030) for … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Renewable energy finance: Green bonds

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Now.Solar

RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT TRENDS As renewables have become a compelling investment proposition, global investments innew renewable power have grown from less than USD 50 billion per year in 2004 to aroundUSD 300 billion per year in recent years (Frankfurt School-UNEP … Continue reading →

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Electricity Storage Valuation Framework

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Now.Solar

Electricity storage refers to technologies that store electrical energy and release it on demand when it is most needed. The storage process often involves conversion of electricity to other forms of energy and back again.2 With its unique ability to … Continue reading →

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Employment Potential of Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Now.Solar

Floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) technology offers a new and additional pathway to realize India’s clean energy ambitions. It taps the country’s large water reservoirs to overcome some of the persisting issues of ground-mounted solar, such as the lack of levelled … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Renewable energy finance: Institutional capital

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Now.Solar

RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT TRENDS As renewables have become a compelling investment proposition, global investments innew renewable power have grown from less than USD 50 billion per year in 2004 to aroundUSD 300 billion per year in recent years (Frankfurt School-UNEP … Continue reading →

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Global Renewables Outlook: Energy transformation 2050

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Now.Solar

A WIDENING GAP BETWEEN RHETORIC AND ACTION The gap between aspiration and the reality in tackling climate change remains as significant as ever, despite mounting evidence of the harm that climate change is causing. Negative effects of climate change are … Continue reading →

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Energy subsidies: Evolution in the global energy transformation to 2050

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Now.Solar

SUBSIDIES, PRIVILEGES, UNPRICED EXTERNALITIES AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION In order to meet the Paris Agreement objective that the global temperature rise be kept to “well below 2 °C”, the global energy sector requires nothing short of a complete transformation, during the … Continue reading →

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