India
Captive biomass plantations: A sustainable, carbon-neutral energy solution
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 Ritesh Pothan Ritesh Pothan hands the floor once again to colleague Jai Rathod, who follows up on his May article on India's biomass sector. In this piece, Jai turns his attention to the role of captive biomass pla...
India
Top 5 predictions for Indian solar PV for rest of 2012
Friday, 29 June 2012 Ritesh PothanOur Indian blogger Ritesh Pothan takes a look in his crystal ball and comes up with a handful of forecasts on what lies ahead for India’s solar PV sector during the rest of the year.
India
Status update of solar policies and allocations across India
Tuesday, 29 May 2012 Ritesh Pothan Last summer, Ritesh Pothan blogged about India’s Central Government Policy as well as certain key state policies for solar power in Part 2 of his Indian Solar Saga series. In this latest piece, he u...
India
Low-cost solar thermal solutions launched for Indian industries
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 REM Maharishi Solar Technology has announced the launch of its parabolic trough, which it describes as “a low cost solar solution for Indian industries”. The technology is a result of the strategic ti...
India
Is the answer to India's energy future blowing in the Wind?
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 Ritesh Pothan Ritesh Pothan offer us an in-depth analysis of the wind industry present and future in India. "Wind is still considered an area of growth by the MNRE however the situation on the ground is a different...
India
The Indian biomass sector (part 1) - The story thus far
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 Ritesh Pothan In the first of a two-part blog piece, Ritesh Pothan's colleague, Jai Rathod, takes a look at the milestones reached by India's biomass sector. Jai reports that India's biomass industry faces a numb...
India
Siemens wins first solar receivers order for Indian solar power plant
Monday, 26 March 2012 REM Siemens Energy has been awarded an order to supply UVAC 2010 (Universal Vacuum Air Collector) solar receivers for a parabolic trough power plant to be built in Rajasthan, India. Purchaser is Shiram EP...
India
Biomass producers facing uncertain future
Thursday, 08 March 2012 Toby Price While India is working feverishly to ramp up its solar sector, biomass producers are stuck in a hiatus as costs rise and tariff structures remain stagnant. The sector is calling for an urgent review o...
India
Renewable energy, grid parity – myth today or tomorrow’s reality!
Wednesday, 07 March 2012 Ritesh Pothan Ritesh Pothan provides an exhaustive analysis of the cost of renewable energy and the path towards grid parity. "There is a tremendous amount of benefit that renewable energy can provide to a nation a...
India
Feeding the Indian CSP supply chain proves a challenge
Friday, 02 March 2012 REM CSP Today explore the difficulties that the Indian CSP industry have faced in treading the fine line between reliance on foreign expertise and building a local manufacturing base, as solar power ramps...