Themes in this post: New tech | New business models | Solar + storage | Solar & EV | Solar & green hydrogen | Solar future 

About a year back, I remember one of my business friends, far removed from […]

Themes in this post: India’s coal deposits & production | Power from coal | Future of coal 

In November 2024, I was reading the tender document for a 600 MW solar power plant from Neyveli Lignite […]

Themes in this post: Residential solar | Commercial & industrial rooftop solar | Agricultural consumers

Anyone who uses power (and that’s pretty much everyone, isn’t it?) can use solar power, in theory.

But, given that the structure […]

Themes in this post: Banks | Other FI investment | Development finance | Equity finance | Other financing

Early in my work in solar power, I remember meeting Pashupathy Gopalan (popularly known as Pashu), who was […]

Themes in this post: Prominent pioneers | Solar startups | Drop-outs

I have been highly fortunate as I started working in the solar power sector right from the  start. This early involvement gave my team and […]

Themes in this post: Solar PV value chain | Upstream manufacturing | Solar cell & panel makers | Solar panel component makers | Balance of system makers | Vertically integrated companies

Way back in 2010, I […]

Themes in this post: Developers | Installers

Perhaps the first prominent solar power plant developer I actually met face to face was  Inderpreet Wadhwa, founder of Azure Power.

A suave chap sat next to me at a […]

Themes in this post: Power generation | Power transmission | Power distribution 

The entire value chain of power generation to electricity reaching your home or company has three stages:

Power generation
Power transmission
Power distribution

Power generation […]

Themes in this post: Central & state governments | Solar sector policies | International Solar Alliance

“I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.”

These are the words that most businesses dread – anywhere in […]

Themes in this post: Government | Power companies | Corporates | Small businesses | Manufacturers | Installers | Startups | Investors

It was sometime in 2010 and in a spacious auditorium in Delhi. This was the […]