Is solar power development sustainable?

I got an opportunity to speak at the Times Renewable Energy Expo, a Renewable Energy (RE) conference in Pune this … More

Many Sparks but Little Light…

A review of the book on electricity reforms by Prayas

International Energy Agency (IEA) recently launched a report ‘Getting Wind and Solar onto the grid: A manual for policy makers‘ … More

Why is the fund from coal cess under utilised?

Approaching the half-way mark of the 2021-22 targets for Renewable Energy (RE), there was huge expectation from the 2017-18 budget … More

BP released its annual energy outlook and this year’s projections look into the energy markets up to 2035. As expected, … More

The Indian electric grid is now certain to have over a 100GW of Renewable Energy (RE) even under the worst … More

Setting things straight, I don’t write anything personal but this post is intended to be a little different. I have … More

As India takes giant strides in the integration of renewable energy in the grid mix, in addition to a big … More

After a successful year for renewable energy (2015), the budget 2016-17 was eagerly anticipated by the Renewable Energy (RE) sector … More

This was one of the first policies in Renewable Energy that I worked on. It was already existing for a … More

It is over two years since I first read the book ‘Sustainable Energy without the hot air‘ by Prof. David … More

E&Y recently released its RECAI (Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index) report. The report is highly influential and has been followed … More

The story of Lucien Gambarota, an innovator in micro-wind turbines.

Doubling renewable energy capacity by 2030 requires energy storage to ramp up says a new report.