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Markets & Policy
From renewable capacity to renewable reliability India spent ten years learning to build renewable energy capacity cheaply. The next ten will be about making it dependable. Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) is where that learning begins.
Sudharman Ezhil, Director & CEO, Natrinai ventures (NGE Green Energy)
Sep 07, 2026
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Manufacturing
World EV Day: Making electric mobility affordable, one battery cell at a time India’s EV ambition will ultimately be measured not by how many batteries it assembles, but by how much of the battery value chain it creates, owns, and innovates within.
Anurag Choudhary, CMD & CEO, Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd
Sep 03, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Data Centres and the clean energy imperative: Powering India’s digital economy sustainably India’s digital economy will ultimately be supported by physical systems: substations, transmission lines, renewable plants, batteries and control platforms. If these systems are planned with the same precision and urgency as the computing infrastructure they serve, data-centre growth can strengthen both economic competitiveness and the clean-energy transition.
Arif Aga, Director, SgurrEnergy
Sep 02, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Energy sector in spotlight as cyberattack threat grows The age of convergence describes the rapid connectivity in recent years as information and operational technology have come together in unprecedented ways. These two environments were historically kept separate, but as energy companies have rapidly modernised their networks to improve service delivery, these two worlds have converged. The result is complex cyber-physical systems that are difficult to secure.
Jason Pearce
Aug 27, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Your foundation supplier should be your partner, not your competitor In a solar market increasingly defined by vertical integration, the strategic priority for an OEM is securing a foundation partner whose primary mission is to support your continued success, not to compete with you.
Robert Souliere
Aug 25, 2026
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Applications & Installations
India’s solar ecosystem needs a new playbook for scale, quality, and reliability The most difficult part in the solar industry is making sure that all the solar assets installed in recent times will continue to perform optimally for the next 25 years. There is no doubt that price-led procurement has made a big contribution in accelerating the adoption of solar power, but there is too much emphasis on minimizing the upfront cost, thus resulting in poor lifecycle performance of the solar systems.
Nitish Kumar, Managing Director, Sunsol (part of Sunkonnect)
Aug 24, 2026
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Research & Development
PV life cycle assessment gets its most comprehensive data overhaul in more than a decade IEA PVPS Task 12 has released a major update to the life cycle inventory data underpinning photovoltaic life cycle assessments, covering modern TOPCon and PERC silicon supply chains, CdTe modules, inverters, mounting systems, and updated reference installations. Based on 83 factory-level datasets and new simulation-based inventories, the report establishes a more comprehensive and current baseline for PV LCA, sustainability reporting, procurement, and environmental assessments.
IEA-PVPS
Aug 21, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Energy storage cell shipment data for H1 2026 reveal three structural shifts In the first half of 2026, global energy storage cell shipments reached 467.84 GWh, up 94.8% year on year, just one data point from InfoLink Consulting, which examines each of these shifts in turn.
Corrine Lin
Aug 20, 2026
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Markets & Policy
How India can build a skilled workforce to power its clean energy future Building India’s renewable energy workforce requires a combination of technical rigour, practical exposure, and purpose-driven engagement. By cultivating young, enthusiastic professionals ready to commit to the clean energy mission, India can accelerate RE deployment, close the skill gap, and chart a credible path toward a sustainable, net-zero energy future.
Col Bharat Sharma (Retd), Executive Director & Chief Technical Officer, POWERCON
Aug 20, 2026