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Gujarat is situated on the Western coast of India renowned as “Jewel of Western India”. It is the sixth largest state in the country in terms of area. With a proposed target of 3200 MW, Gujarat will become the fourth largest state in India when it comes to installed rooftop solar capacity by 2022. According […]

The world we live in is becoming more and more dependent on electrical energy, which, sadly, still heavily relies on outdated techniques involving the burning of fossil fuels. Fortunately, more and more people are accepting the fact that this system simply isn’t sustainable in the long-run. Even if air pollution wasn’t a huge factor, the […]

Electricity in India has been traditionally a centralized theme with large power plants, coal and hydro generating electricity which is then transmitted over long distances to load centers and finally distributed through wires to the consumer. In January 2018, of the total electricity generation in India, 90% of electricity was sold under long term power purchase […]

Brief Overview: Currently Solar Energy fulfills about 0.5% of earth’s energy needs, however, as per several reports, Solar Energy is on the way to become one of the largest sources of energy. It is expected to supply 16% of energy requirements by 2050. India alone has set up a target of 100 GW solar by […]

“Electricity is not merely an infrastructural entity, it has emerged as a socio-political tool in the new and shining India.” -Ashok Pendse, Consumer Representative, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Authority (MERC) The trajectory of Indian power sector is undergoing rapid transformation with an influx of new technologies, skills and policies. The story-line of electricity sector, in the […]

With the increasing cost of electricity, the infusion of renewable energy and especially solar with immense government support in the form of subsidies and schemes has made buying a solar power system lucrative to mass people in India. The need and want to buy a solar power system is increasing but there is still a lack of knowledge and […]

Storage is meant to bring stability to an infirm life. However, it is bound to make infirm RE more exciting and more solar, considering that it has both the distributed and large (as other RE) versions. The impact on residential solar and open access projects would be the most exciting. Distributed solar on unreliable grids […]

For the past few years, introduction of competition has been one of the main points of reform in the electricity sector in India. One of the key measures to bring about the competition is open access where mainly large consumers have entry to the transmission and distribution network to obtain electricity from the suppliers other than the […]

Solar energy has started to light lives of tens of millions of India’s energy-poor citizens. It is one of the low carbon energy technologies with the potential to grow to a very large scale. Recent years have seen swift growth in installed solar generating capacity, advancements in price, performances, and technology. However, government push and […]

What is Net Metering? Net Metering is a system that allows individuals and businesses generating their own electricity to deliver the unused energy back to the local power grid and get credited back for the retail price. When more electricity is produced by the system than being used, it causes the electric meter to spin backwards. […]