It might interest you to know something about me and why I’m at least somewhat qualified to write about India’s solar story. I have been consulting in the climate tech industry since 2007. I co-founded the firm Energy Alternatives India…
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Themes in this post: Making solar firm | Scaling utility solar | Scaling rooftop solar | Strengthening solar manufacturing sector | Learning from China The energy needs of India’s economy and society are poised to increase at a dramatic pace…
Solar Challenges
Themes in this post: Infirmness of solar power | Poor performance in manufacturing | Offgrid solar | Solar CSP | Solar panel waste | Ecosystem effects Some estimates suggest that India will need about 6000 TWh of electricity by 2050…
Emerging Trends in Solar
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 the world of energy…
King Coal – Still on the Throne
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 Corporation’s (NLC) renewable energy…
End Users of Solar Power
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 of solar power…
Investors & Financiers in Solar
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 then the CEO…
Pioneers & Startups in Solar
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 me many opportunities to…
Manufacturers in the Indian Solar Power Sector
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 was asked to speak…
Developers & Installers
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 conference in Delhi…