Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019
<p>According to the latest cost data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the global weighted-average levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) fell
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Shining Cities 2020: The Top U.S. Cities for Solar Energy
<p>Solar power is expanding rapidly. The United States now has 77.7 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed – more than enough to power one in every 10 homes in America. Hundreds
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Scaling-up solar PV in water supply services in Rajkot, India
<p>This case study showcases how the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at a water treatment plant in Rajkot has reduced greenhouse gas emissions and inspired the municipality to scale-up in
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Developers and Global Investors Snap Up India’s Solar Power Tenders: Decoding Tariffs vs. Returns for Solar Projects in India
<p>In the last four years, solar installations in India have grown more than five-fold, from a mere 6 gigawatt (GW) of capacity in 2016 to almost 35 GW, achieving more than one-third of the country’s
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Draft Guidelines and model PPA for Implementation of Off-Grid Solar Power Plants in RESCO model under MNRE Programme – for comments of stakeholders.
<p>Under the Phase III of Off-grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme of MNRE, off-grid solar power plants of individual size up to 25 kWp can be installed in areas where grid power has
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Code Shift: The environmental significance of the 2022 amendments to the Harmonized System
<p>This paper highlights the environmental significance of recent changes to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), approved by members of the World Customs Organization in early
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on installation of solar street lights, 12/03/2020
<p>The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE)is implementing Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Programme Phase-III and Atal Jyoti Yojana (AJAY) Phase-II for installation of solar street
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Low-Carbon Transition Strategies for the Southeast United States
<p>This report explores unique opportunities and challenges for the Southeast region (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) in the broader context of the transformative
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on impact of coronavirus on solar industry, 03/03/2020
<p>Question raised in Rajya Sabha on impact of coronavirus on solar industry, 03/03/2020. A total of 8004.64 MW of renewable energy capacity has been installed during the period from April 2019 to January,
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Q4 & Annual 2019 India Solar Market Update
<p>India installed 7,346 MW of solar capacity in the calendar year (CY) 2019, a 12% decline year-over-year (YoY), compared to 8,338 MW in 2018, according to Mercom India Research’s newly released
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Analyzing the falling solar and wind tariffs: Evidence from India
<p>India has committed itself to rapid and large-scale renewable energy (RE) capacity addition. As part of its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, India intends to achieve
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How to Create a Profitable Polish Electricity System
<p>A near-term transition from coal appears inevitable, towards zero-coal generation by the mid-2030s. However, Poland could seek to delay such a transition, for example to develop new coal mines and extend
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Digital finance for energy access in Uganda: Putting mobile money big data analytics to work
<p>Access to clean energy is a basic need that directly supports people’s livelihood. Yet more than 30 million Ugandans live without electricity. In the last decade, Uganda has experienced a phenomenal
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Energy Policy Lighthouses: The Little Green Book
<p>By many measures, the world is still in the early stages of a deep and profound transformation in energy, and industrial and agricultural processes. The aim of that transition is to achieve new policy
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Renewable energy auctions: Status and trends beyond price
<p>As the renewable energy sector matures, policies must be adapted to reflect changing market conditions. With the increasing use of auctions, policymakers seek to procure renewables-based electricity
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Off-Grid solar market trends report 2020 (Report summary)
<p>The 2020 Off-Grid Solar Market Trends is an in-depth analysis on current market dynamics, projections for the coming five years, and a blueprint for how actors in this market can compete in a swiftly
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Power system organisational structures for the renewable energy era
The world’s existing electricity systems were designed mainly for conventional, centralised power generation. Large plants have generated the bulk of electricity, frequently based on fossil fuels, and
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Power sector planning in Arab countries: incorporating variable renewables
Many Arab countries, despite currently low to negligible renewable energy use, have set ambitious targets to increase their shares of renewables. Yet power-system planning is frequently constrained by
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Renewable energy finance: Institutional capital
<p>Investment in renewables must accelerate rapidly, with all available capital sources being activated to finance the transformation of the global energy system. The current state of institutional investments
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Rajasthan Wind and Hybrid Energy Policy, 2019
The Wind and Hybrid Energy Policy, 2019 promotes developing new wind as well as hybrid projects, repowering of existing wind projects and hybridisation of existing wind and solar power plants. The policy