Renewable Energy

To shift India from fossil fuel system to clean energy system, NITI Aayog study is a must

January 3, 2018 Anand Gupta

The NITI Aayog must carry out a detailed study on what will be required to shift from the incumbent fossil fuel energy system to a clean energy system based on ‘horizon’ technologies. New Year’s Day is an opportune occasion for reflection and re-emphasis. I do just that in this article. I summarise below 10 energy-related […]

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India needs a strong narrative to push its SDGs in areas of climate change and energy

January 2, 2018 Anand Gupta

India was probably right when, a few years ago, it made a statement on foreign aid by closing down most of the bilateral aid programmes in the country. It is right in arguing that the developing world, including India, needs to be compensated for the developmental opportunities lost on account of excessive consumption by the […]

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Wind Turbines To Solar Tracking: Why IIT Madras Is The First Student Destination Of 2018

December 30, 2017 Anand Gupta

With alarming levels of pollution and the potential energy crisis, it is unquestionable that something needs to be done. While we are all aware of this serious issue, are we doing what’s necessary to alleviate the problem? The current scenario of energy in India, especially rural India, is nothing to be proud of. There is […]

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65.75 MW Power Generated in the country from the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Shri R.K. Singh

December 28, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Under Swachh Bharat Mission, 48 MSW based plants with cumulative installed capacity of 412.5 MW under various stages construction About 8.2 GW Biomass Power Projects already set up in the country Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in a written reply to a question on total […]

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‘Can commit $2 bn in guarantees for India’

December 26, 2017 Anand Gupta

MIGA’s guarantees can trigger about five times as much in FDI, says its CEO The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency — an arm of the World Bank group — which provides non-commercial guarantees, has supported 110 countries with $19 billion in guarantees across 850 projects. MIGA’s CEO and executive VP, Keiko Honda, explains how foreign direct […]

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Rebuilding Puerto Rico’s Grid With Batteries and Solar Would Be the Cheapest Option

December 25, 2017 Anand Gupta

Three months after Hurricane Maria, there are large swaths of Puerto Rico that still don’t have power. It took two months to get half the island’s residents power again — and hundreds of thousands of people are still without grid access as the holidays approach. After a slow start, there are mainland crews there working […]

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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC Acquires a 10.0 Megawatt Wind Farm in Vermont

December 25, 2017 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC announced today that on December 21, 2017, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, it purchased Georgia Mountain Community Wind LLC (“GMCW”) located in Chittenden and Franklin Counties, Vermont for approximately $25,100,000. GMCW was the first commercial-scale wind project in these counties. This four-turbine, 10 MW project, which was originally developed […]

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State to generate cheapest and green renewable power, signs pact

December 21, 2017 Anand Gupta

* Kinetic energy to convert into electric energy * Byrnihat, Mendipathar & Ampati to benefit FROM A CORRESPONDENT SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with M/S Renew Joule Private Limited for the execution of three power plants using renewable technology known as Closed Loop Vertical Turbine (CLVT). The 120 […]

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Wind tariff competitiveness to remain a challenge: ICRA

December 21, 2017 Anand Gupta

Mumbai, Dec 20 Even as the tariff competitiveness of wind energy has improved as against the conventional energy sources, its viability continues to be a challenge, says ICRA. According to the rating agency, while the government’s wind power bidding programme provides visibility to support capacity additions over the next four years, the renegotiation or cancellation […]

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Investors Double Down on Flight From Coal

December 20, 2017 Anand Gupta

Oil faces some new pressures and coal is on the outs. Those were two clear messages in the many energy investments and emissions strategies announced at the recent One Planet Summit in Paris. Consider, for example, these announcements: 1.France’s AXA plans to divest 2.4 billion euros from coal and “completely divest from the oil sands […]

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