Policy

India installed 3,338 MW of new solar power capacity in the three months ending September. This included 2,602 MW from utility-scale solar, 485 MW rooftop, and 251 MW off-grid installations

The hydrogen economy, particularly green hydrogen, has a long growth path ahead.

The state government has announced its Solar Policy 2022, which places a special focus on the setting up of solar parks with storage systems. The policy also provides big incentives for the adotion of rooftop solar systems and the solarization of tubewells for agriculture.

Tariffs will rise by 50-70 paise/kWh for up to 6 GW of solar projects as developers are allowed to pass on the impact of basic customs duty on cells and modules under ‘change-in-law’.

India is the top market for solar investment, according to the latest edition of Ernst & Young’s renewables attractiveness index. Spain, Germany and the United States are the top three markets for corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs).

India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies, an entity under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has terminated an anti-dumping probe into solar cells coming from China, Thailand, and Vietnam as domestic manufacturers withdraw the application.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its “World Energy Outlook 2022” report. It expects the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to accelerate the global energy transition.

India’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is realigning its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) resources to create a focused EPC undertaking for implementing its large projects across New Energy, oil-to-chemicals, and 5G roll-out.

Indian researchers have compiled an extensive review of all existing synchronization techniques for grid-connected PV systems. They divided the methods into open-loop and closed-loop systems and provided what they defined as a basic conceptual framework to develop superior grid-tied systems.

On Day 1, industry experts discussed the role of states’ renewable energy agencies and strategies to accelerate the pace of energy transition in Indian cities.