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Warren Buffett Has Started The Biggest Energy Revolution

Did you hear the news about a “breed” of stocks that made investors the richest in 2019? It’s not housing stocks, which enjoyed a record rally last year. It’s not even everyone’s beloved tech stocks like Netflix or Facebook. This may sound like a joke if you’ve followed this sector for long, but the hands-down […]

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Tariff rate on solar cells and modules to 20% in this budget

February 5, 2020 Anand Gupta

By Vinay Kumar P In choosing to increase the tariff rate on solar cells and modules to 20% in this budget, India could be in breach of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). We may expect pushback at the WTO from other ITA member countries. By now there is some consensus that the Budget does […]

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Unlock long-term financing for solar power in Vietnam

January 30, 2020 Anand Gupta

The Asian Development Bank has just signed a $37.8 million loan deal with TTC Energy Development Investment JSC to provide long-term financing to develop and operate a 50MW photovoltaic solar power plant in Tay Ninh province in Vietnam. The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) assistance for the Gulf Solar Power Project was provided through an innovative […]

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RERL project covers 400 thousand for clean energy in five years

January 30, 2020 Anand Gupta

LALITPUR: Over 400 thousand people of around 90 thousand households have their access to advanced and clean energy through the Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihood (RERL) project in a period of five years. The Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) in the financial assistance of the United Nations Development Programme and Global Environment Fund (GEF) launched […]

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Power Min seeks Brazilian investment in energy sector

January 25, 2020 Anand Gupta

New Delhi : Power Minister R K Singh on Thursday urged Brazilian investors to invest in the Indian energy sector, saying it is the fastest growing energy market and its consumption will treble in coming days. Singh also assured investors that India will provide stable policy and regulatory regime to facilitate them. “Meeting our aspirations […]

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SAEV to invest $500m in renewables and energy efficiency technologies to diversify its energy mix

January 24, 2020 Anand Gupta

SAEV to invest $500m in renewables and energy efficiency technologies to diversify its energy mix, says GlobalData Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV), the corporate venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco, is planning to set up a $500m fund to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. Bhavana Sri Pullagura, Power Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The […]

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Renewable energy: Curtailment is a bane that must be done away with

January 18, 2020 Anand Gupta

If solutions to the problem are not found, it will add to the operational risk of renewable energy projects, discouraging investments ‘Curtailment’ of power generated by wind and solar projects is a persistent problem for renewable energy (RE) developers in India despite a ‘must-run’ assurance in regulation. ‘Curtailment’ refers to an action under which off-take […]

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Artificial Intelligence: Disrupting the Energy Sector for the Better

January 17, 2020 Anand Gupta

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly finding its way into every industry and sector. Today’s supercomputing semiconductor chips can execute thousands of calculations at once. And they do it at speeds of billions of times per second. This means energy, engineering, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications and transportation are all benefitting in some form from AI. In 2017, the global AI market was worth […]

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ADB Inaugurates Project to Replace Diesel Systems with Solar Hybrid Across Maldives

January 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

MALÉ, MALDIVES: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environment Ministry of the Maldives have inaugurated the implementation of a solar–battery–diesel hybrid system in 48 islands under the flagship Preparing Outer Islands for Sustainable Energy Development (POISED) Project to help the country tap solar power and reduce reliance on costly, polluting diesel. The POISED Project […]

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India’s energy demand is set to double by 2040

January 11, 2020 Anand Gupta

IEA Launches First In-depth Review of India’s Energy Policies In partnership with NITI Aayog, International Energy Agency (IEA) today released the first in-depth review of India’s energy policies. The report highlights the achievements of India’s energy policies and provides recommendations to support the government’s goals of promoting well-functioning energy markets and boosting deployment of renewables. […]

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