India

India's Avaada Energy bags $143.8m for 5GW of renewables projects

It has set a target to develop the projects over the next two years.

India's Avaada Energy bags $143.8m for 5GW of renewables projects

It has set a target to develop the projects over the next two years.

India's solar tender activity up by 2.3GW in March

The approaching general elections could have stirred tender activity.

Bengal could have South Asia's largest floating solar power plant: report

The plant could have a capacity of 500MW and a total investment of $365.11m.

India sets generic tariffs for renewables

It will apply to small hydro projects, biomass with Rankine cycle projects, non-fossil fuel-based co-generation projects, biomass gasifiers, and biogas-based projects.

750MW of India solar PV projects to be tendered by SECI

The grid-connected projects will be located in Rajasthan, India.

8.9GW of India's proposed pumped hydro projects challenged by policy slump

But things are looking up thanks to new supply incentives and storage policies.

Tata Power arm sells Energy Eastern for $10.19m

The transaction is expected to be completed by 31 March 2019.

India's wind sector slows down no thanks to falling tariffs

Tariffs have fallen to at least 3.5 cents per unit, which are insufficient for capital costs.

PE firm EverSource Capital to invest $1b in India's renewable energy sector

The UK government could be one of the anchor investors in its Green Growth Equity Fund.

Air pollution throws shade on India's solar success

Billions being invested in renewables are being undermined by air pollution as India emerges as a solar superpower.

Solar developer AEPL clinches $50m from ADB

The firm is planning to firm scale up its photovoltaic solar energy generation capacity in India.

India inks deal with US to build six nuclear power plants

It wants to push its nuclear capacity to 21GW by 2030.

India's renewables push to boost Asia's wind capacity by 12.2%

But its target compliance is likely to bifurcate the next decade’s outlook due to 2020 target challenges.

2GW of solar PV projects to be tendered under Phase II of India's CPSU programme

Minimum project capacity is 10 MW whilst maximum capacity is 2,000 MW.

Solar to contribute the most to India's capacity expansion in 2020: analysts

But concerns around land and transmission connectivity could disappoint expectations.

India's electricity generation slipped 1.5% to 100.4 billion units in January

The decline was attributed to a 1% YoY decline in thermal generation.

India's GST drove up solar costs by 6%: report

The tax implicitly favoured coal power relative to solar PV and incentivised greater take-up of domestic coal sources.