The CERC has recently released the staff paper on Market Coupling, which discusses the regulatory provisions for market coupling, international experience, the objectives of market coupling in India, the issues and challenges in...
In this recent presentation made by the Grid Controller of India Limited (formerly POSOCO) at the 16th edition of the Power Transmission in India conference held on March 6-7, major policy initiatives and programmes which are...
The National Green Hydrogen Mission has been approved by the Union Cabinet on 4th January 2023 with an outlay of Rs 197.44 billion. A key component of the proposed Mission is to establish a conducive Research and Innovation...
The report contains extensive data compiled for the last six years, i.e., from FY 2016-17 to FY 2021-22, along with trends and analysis of fuel-wise energy consumption in major end-use sectors. This report also provides an...
By NITI Aayog, Department of Atomic Energy and Tata Consulting Engineers SMRs are advanced nuclear reactors with power generation capacities ranging from less than 30 MWe to 300+ MWe. The report by NITI Aayog looks at the role...
Under the 11th Integrated Rating Exercise, financial deficit in India’s power distribution sector nearly halved in 2021-22 as compared to 2019-20, despite an 8 per cent increase in gross input energy. It was driven by 50 per...
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released a report on optimal generation capacity mix for 2029-30. As per the report, the likely installed capacity by the end of the year 2029-30 will be 777,144 MW. This will include...
Transforming India's Electricity Markets: The Promises of Market-Based Economic Dispatch and the Path Forward, Rocky Mountain Institute India’s distribution sector continues to face many challenges, including financial distress...
Challenges and Opportunities International Renewable Energy Agency Hydropower is an important component of power systems worldwide. It is the largest source of renewable electricity and can enables a higher penetration of...
A significant portion of the rapidly growing battery demand projected between 2021-2022 and 2029-30 from India’s power and mobility sector can be met by domestic battery manufacturing. This study finds that enabling such a...
India aims to increase the non-fossil fuel based installed capacity to 500 GW by 2030. As of October 31, 2022, the installed capacity in the country was 409 GW including 166 GW of renewable energy capacity (including large...
Statutory Mechanism for timely payment of Generating Companies The Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and Related Matters) Rules, 2022 give relief to the discoms, as well as electricity consumers. At the same time, generating...
Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) is important to ensure sustainable development and growth in India, especially for the production of clean energy and products. A study report has been released by NITI Aayog named...
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released the report on 20th Electric Power Survey (EPS) of India. Periodic EPS of the country is conducted by CEA to assess the state wise/union territory (UT) wise/region wise and...
The global energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having far-reaching implications for households, businesses and entire economies, prompting short-term responses from governments as well as a deeper debate...
To facilitate the installation of solar plants under Virtual Net Metering arrangement the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has prepared a concept note covering some of the possible business models including CAPEX, RESCO and...
Increasing share of variable renewable energy and higher frequency of extreme weather events due to climate change have necessitated the development of a resource adequacy framework that comprehensively covers several aspects to...
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued the draft National Electricity Plan for generation. The plan includes detailed capacity addition requirement during the years 2022-27 and perspective plan projections for the...
Under the 10th Integrated Rating Exercise carried out by the Power Finance Corporation, the absolute cash-adjusted gap (i.e., losses) in the distribution sector has been calculated for the first time. The cash-adjusted...
Demand for thermal coal is set to decline after peaking in 2024 as coal-fueled power is increasingly replaced with renewables in Europe and the U.S. - However, transitioning away from coal is complex and slow for countries like...
