India’s solar goals are the most ambitious in the world
In this second instalment of our series on India’s solar sector, we analyse the switchover from fossil fuels to renewables at play in India.
India is home to one of the world’s largest clean-energy programmes
In this last instalment of our series of analyses on India’s burgeoning solar sector, we explore some of the key areas of investment available for domestic and foreign investors.
Sodium-ion batteries for India’s energy transition
As India prioritises electric vehicles, it will have to look at alternatives to reduce dependence on traditional lithium-ion batteries. Highlights: For electricity supply to become fully free of fossil fuels, generation from renewables will need to be stored. As renewables gain market share, many experts see a serious problem with the availability of lithium as well as its price. Sodium-ion battery technology is now emerging as a potentially viable alternative for large-scale application. India is accelerating its energy transition [...]
The time for action is now
Looking forward to the COP26 in Glasgow towards the end of the year, the Lord Mayor of the City of London shares how the UK can be a natural partner for India in the green finance sector. Highlights: The Indian government’s sustainable agenda offers immense opportunities for investments in renewable energy and urban sustainability sectors. The City of London, being at the frontline of green finance and efforts to accurately price climate-related risks and opportunities can be a natural partner [...]
India powers ahead with UK in pursuit of energy efficiency
The Indian Cabinet has approved an important pact with the UK to strive for greater use of solar and wind energy within the country’s railway network, a key step towards meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target of 450 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. India has committed to achieve 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022, a target further enhanced recently when Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to increasing the country’s renewable energy capacity to 450 GW [...]
India’s clean energy reforms make it a role model for other developing nations
An industry expert elaborates on some of the strategies that need to be implemented for the rapid growth of clean energy in India as it sets out to achieve an ambitious goal of 175GW renewable energy capacity by 2022. Today, we are seeing an increasing recognition of the magnitude of a threat that climate change poses across the world. Policymakers, business leaders and civil society are working in unison to ensure less carbon economies. Even as we pursue quicker and [...]
Modi reinvents Gandhi as ‘cool’ 21st century icon
India knows Mahatma Gandhi primarily as a freedom fighter and the world recognises him as the apostle of non-violence. But Gandhi is much more than that. Indian Prime Minister Modi has resurrected Gandhi from the dreary pages of Indian history textbooks to the front pages of global relevance in a world searching desperately for leadership, vision and sustainability. And in doing so, given Indian soft power a global boost. When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Global Goalkeeper Award [...]
What’s ailing India’s solar rooftop ecosystem?
India’s solar rooftop sector reached a cumulative capacity of 3.3 GW last financial year. Andrew Hines, Co-founder of CleanMax Solar, India’s largest provider of solar power in the commercial and industrial segment, identifies areas India needs to address if it is to meet its target of 40 GW of rooftop solar power by 2022. In the past decade, renewable energy has emerged as a force to be reckoned with, providing power that is not only clean but also increasingly cost-effective. [...]
A nuclear bolstering of India-US ties
Enhanced civil nuclear cooperation with a deal for the US to set up six nuke reactors in India will help iron out wrinkles in bilateral trade relations, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. India and the US have agreed to set up six nuclear power reactors in the southern Indian coastal state of Andhra Pradesh. The transaction, involving the sale to India of six Westinghouse AP-1000 reactors, follows from the Indo-US Nuclear Deal signed in 2008. This development [...]
India a hotbed for foreign investments
Encompassing varied sectors like digital tech and renewable energy, a lot of eyes were on India. Nissan sets up first global digital hub in India Japanese auto major Nissan Motor Co is establishing its first global centre for digital operations in India and will hire around 500 people for the same by the end of this fiscal. The Nissan Digital Hub, to be set up in Kerala, will be followed by a number of software and information technology development centres [...]