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    Why foreign investors are bullish on Solar India

    2018-12-04T11:51:39+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Solar India, Year|

    India has laid down a very aggressive road map for solar power in the country, with an overall target being 100GW by 2022 – nearly five times from current levels. Co-founder of Rays Power, a pioneer in the field of solar power generation in the country, gives his view on achieving this goal. There is a very huge requirement for equity capital investment in the Indian solar sector and a lot of that capital will come from foreign markets. London, [...]

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      India-UK strike new R&D pacts in solar & nano technology

      2020-03-12T14:42:09+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Solar India, Year|

      India’s minister for science & technology and earth sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan, was in the UK recently for the fifth Indo-UK Science and Innovation Council (SIC) meeting. The two sides clinched a crucial agreement to work together as R&D partners in Solar Alliance. He gives details of the deliberations to ‘India Investment Journal’ after his talks with UK counterpart, Jo Johnson. As a part of our commitment to the Solar Alliance, India and the UK have agreed to establish India-UK [...]

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        Showing Solar India some money

        2018-12-04T11:57:58+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Solar India, Year|

        The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) experts navigate India’s $100bn renewables challenge to present a view on a much-needed boom in this crucial sector. India’s solar power capacity has grown nearly 400 times in six years, from a mere 17.8MW in March 2010 to nearly 6,998MW in April 2016. However, the real solar boom is yet to come, as India strives to realise its ambitious target of 100GW of installed solar PV capacity by 2022. The five-fold jump [...]

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          Solar sector in India goes into acceleration mode

          2018-12-04T12:06:29+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Solar India, Year|

          Renewable energy projects led by solar and wind projects have become the key focus of a country quite keen to scale up its power capability rapidly. Here is an analysis of the factors behind this trend in India and its ability to attract the $100bn investment required by 2022. The renewable energy sector is currently emerging as the only viable driver of the Indian energy industry, despite accounting for only 13.0 per cent (ex hydro) of the country’s 298GW installed [...]

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            Short takes

            2018-12-04T12:11:07+00:00July 7th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Solar India, Year|

            Spain’s Gamesa plugs into Solar India Gamesa Corp, Spain’s renewable energy firm, has brought 58 MW of solar parks in India in the first quarter of 2016. Gamesa has commissioned a total of 12 MW of solar capacity with an eye on the Indian govermment’s renewable energy drive. The firm’s expansion in the Indian solar market aligns with its goal to explore opportunities in businesses that complement the wind industry, the firm said. Gamesa is one of the many multinational companies [...]

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