Webinar: COVID 19 implications for domestic manufacturing
BRIDGE TO INDIA hosted a webinar on 3 June 2020 to discuss impact of COVID-19 on domestic module manufacturing industry in India. We had an eminent group of speakers including Mr. Amitesh Sinha, Joint...
View ArticleDISCOM liquidity package stuck
Last week, power minister R.K. Singh announced that the INR 900 billion (USD 12 billion) liquidity package for DISCOMs may be expanded to INR 1,250 billion (USD 17 billion) to cover their increasing...
View ArticleIndian Railways ramping up renewable energy adoption
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Railways announced a plan to transform Indian Railways to ‘Green Railways’ by 2030. The move is in line with the government’s initiatives to meet the commitments...
View ArticleModule market evolving rapidly
Chinese module major Trina launched a new series of 550 W bifacial modules recently and announced production of a new 600 W version from next year onwards. The company also announced that it expects...
View ArticleC&I renewable market held back by policy uncertainty
Last week, Norfund, Norway’s development finance institution, announced a USD 100 million investment together with Siemens into Berkeley Energy Commercial Industrial Solutions (BECIS). The two...
View ArticleTransmission outlook improving
CERC, the national power sector regulator, has issued a set of proposed amendments to procedure for grant of inter-state transmission system (ISTS) connectivity approval to renewable projects. Among...
View ArticleIndia RE Tenders Update – July 2020
This video presents a summary on all major developments on renewable tenders during the month. It includes details of tender issuance, bid submission, completed auctions and related market trends. The...
View ArticleIndia RE Policy Update – July 2020
This video presents a monthly snapshot of key policy and regulatory developments in India’s renewable power sector. The post India RE Policy Update – July 2020 appeared first on BRIDGE TO INDIA.
View ArticleManufacturing hopes not steeped in fundamentals
ReNew recently made a surprise announcement to set up a 2 GW PV cell and module manufacturing line. Adani and Azure, the latter in partnership with Waaree, are already due to set up cell and module...
View ArticleMore power to the exchanges
Indian Energy Exchange opened a new window for trading of renewable power this week. Solar and non-solar renewable power can be traded separately under four different contract types: intra-day, for...
View ArticleSun setting on new thermal power
In an encouraging development for renewable power, Indian states and private investors are turning their back en masse on new thermal power capacity. Energy minister of Maharashtra, the largest power...
View ArticleIndia RE Tenders Update – August 2020
This video presents a summary on all major developments on renewable tenders during the month. It includes details of tender issuance, bid submission, completed auctions and related market trends. The...
View ArticleIndia RE Policy Update – August 2020
This video presents a monthly snapshot of key policy and regulatory developments in India’s renewable power sector. The post India RE Policy Update – August 2020 appeared first on BRIDGE TO INDIA.
View ArticleDraft regulation lacks measures to boost trading volumes
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) recently issued a draft regulation for power markets. The regulation is aimed at improving transparency in market trading and lay groundwork for...
View ArticleAgricultural solar hobbling
Latest MNRE data shows that less than 9,000 solar pumps were installed in FY 2020, the lowest in last five years. Progress on distributed solar projects for agricultural consumption is equally...
View ArticleRooftop solar market hit hard by COVID
BRIDGE TO INDIA has just completed the latest round of data compilation exercise for rooftop solar. 1,140 MW of new capacity is estimated to have been installed in the 12-month period to June 2020,...
View ArticleMSME rooftop solar market largely untapped
BRIDGE TO INDIA hosted a webinar on 28 August 2020 to discuss rooftop solar adoption by MSME consumers. Participants included a cross section of industry stakeholders: Mr. Ravinder Singh (Chief –...
View ArticlePumped hydro has few takers
Pumped hydro has once again emerged in the power sector discourse with Greenko developing a 1,200 MW site in Andhra Pradesh and another 1,260 MW site in Karnataka. The Andhra Pradesh project would be...
View ArticleUncertainty dogs tender programme
Bid submission date for SECI’s 5,000 MW renewable-thermal-storage hybrid tender has been extended to 3November 2020. This is the eighth bid submission extension for the tender as developers have...
View ArticleIndia Renewable Power Policy Update – September 2020
This video presents a monthly snapshot of key policy and regulatory developments in India’s renewable power sector. The post India Renewable Power Policy Update – September 2020 appeared first on...
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