I have always maintained that in the context of solar, the Indian government wants the cake and eat it too. Our government wants solar power plant installation to grow at a rapid pace, which can happen only if solar power becomes cost competitive. In order for solar power to be cost...

Until a few years back, when someone asked me about the total potential of India's wind power, I had to give two answers: One was the official estimate and another, what I felt was the estimate based on improved turbine heights and turbine technology. The two were vastly different. The...

Ever since I started my journey in the Indian renewable energy sector 8 years back, I have been hearing central and state governments blowing hot and cold on offshore wind energy. Anyone listening to them could have been excused in thinking that offshore wind was round the corner. We are...

At the recently concluded Global Investor's Meet at Chennai, SunEdison has signed MoUs for 2000 MW of renewable energy development in Tamil Nadu. While no fan of either MoUs or these gala investor's meets, I do hope that these intentions translate to reality. With SunEdison already operating a number of...

Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy @ the conference   A solar conference with a focus on Telangana took place in Hyderabad on 7 Sep. Organized by EcoSure Events, this was supported by the government of Telangana as well as a number of solar related entities in the region. From the...

ABB has 2 GW of solar inverters installed in India, says this report. That sure is a bit surprising I knew ABB was doing well, but not THIS well. Given that we have just above 4 GW of solar PV installations in the country, that means 50% of installations are ABB...

A contact of EAI is looking for an investor to assist them financially for a 15 MW biomass power plant. What he is looking for is a capital infusion to the extent of 25 crores, as he has already completed most of the rest. The promoter is an established entrepreneur...

Read an interesting article in The Economic Times today how there is a tussle between wind power generators and private conventional power generators, with TANGEDCO and MNRE being the other actors in the drama. The script goes like this: MNRE would like wind generation to have "must run" status, meaning they...

Solar Mango, a division of EAI, today launched the world's first solar news app. The Solar Mango Global News is a unique news app, right now for Android. This app aggregates news items from 25 leading solar media worldwide at one place, done through an automated aggregation of the RSS...

  Solar in Telangana Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07th September 2015 - 9.30 AM to 6.30 PM Hotel Fortune Manohar, Near Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to Experts on Opportunities & Challenges for Solar Power Growth in Telangana This conference from Eco Sure, with a focus on grid connected, utility scale solar power plants,...