Sarbani Ray

February 2018, the installed capacity of solar power reached 20 GW. Targeted capacity of solar PV installation by 2022 is 100 GW, of which 60 GW will be large utility scale based and 40 GW is rooftop solar. The growth of solar power in India is right on track and expected to achieve the target and more. Considering the solar capacity in 2009 was around 10 MW, this is huge growth rate. Since Indian installation of solar panels are still…

In recent times, if we go back to a timeline of 10-12 years, extreme weather conditions are causing havoc, breaking record all over the world, affecting millions of lives in this planet, on a greater frequency than before.  Some of these phenomena had been a cause of disruption to different business sectors including Energy as well. 2011 Tsunami causing Fukuyama disaster forced a closure of Nuclear reactors in Japan and made everyone to think differently on the issue of unforeseen…

According to latest renewable report by IEA, there has been a tremendous growth in renewable power around the world led by China, United States and India. India’s renewable growth during 2016-2022 is expected to be higher than European Union, if the present trend continues. The major contributors in India’s recent capacity growth are solar and wind, possibly due to sharp lowering in price in case of both the technologies resulting from auction.   Recently India has also achieved 100% village…

True to the proverbial saying, morning really showed the day for this energetic lady of Indian Energy Sector, as she started breaking stereotypical rules in more than one ways, since a very early age. At the age of two, she was so eager to go to school that her parents had no other option than to enroll her into nursery school, the very next year! Around the same time, she insisted on starting her dance classes too. In this case…