This is a post I would request every reader to share with as many as possible. It is the story of an IIT Professor’s massive ambition to help hundreds of millions of underprivileged Indians go to the next orbit – through…
Monkey Insurance Anyone?
Pic credit: Reuters/American Energy News Just when you thought many uncertainties were coming to an end for solar in India and things were kind of settling down, you read about a new kind of uncertainty – this time from monkeys.…
Consolidation in the Indian Solar and Other RE Sectors
Recently, I had written a detailed blog post on the M&A and related investments happening in the Indian solar power sector. Read an interesting article in the Hindu Business Line that reviewed the various M&A and investment activities happening in…
The Problem with Rooftop Solar is that…It is Not a Must Have
(pic credit: CAD-IT Consultants) A year back, I had given a 10 minute speech at Intersolar India on the real challenge for rooftop solar. Some of my co-speakers felt I had hit the nub, while some others felt I was…
Should India Say WTF to WTO on Solar?
Recently, a WTO ruling on solar went against India, in the context of “discriminatory trade practices”. The case was filed by the US against India. I am sure there are lots of Indians having a knee-jerk reaction to this adverse ruling –…
Why Make in India Makes Enormous Sense for Solar
The Make in India campaign by the Modi government is in full flow. There is a visceral “feel-good” factor about making something in our country, isn’t there? The economists among you will point out that feeling good viscerally is not…
US Has SunShot for Solar. India Has Gunshot.
Every time I see our Power Minister Piyush Goyal sport a big smile while boasting that his government had brought down solar power tariffs even further, and in the same breath say that his government will ensure Make in India for solar,…
What is the right solar tariff for India – 4.78, 4.63 or 4.34?
After an avalanche of low solar tariffs ending with a super low solar tariff of Rs 4.34/kWh in the latest reverse biddings held in Nov ’15 and Jan ’16, the market suddenly seems to be retracting. The recent lowest discovered tariff…
How Choosing High Quality Components will Make a High Impact for Indian Solar Sector
As India races towards an aspirational 100 GW of solar power, there are some serious challenges that lie in the way. One of the key challenges is the growth of the distributed or the rooftop solar sector. While the government wants…
Keen on Solar Business? Make Sure You Read This
The solar energy sector is one of the fastest growing industrial segments worldwide. This naturally makes many businesses and entrepreneurs keen to enter this sector. But once they start taking their first steps into solar, they realise that things are…