India
Highlights of the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012
Friday, 26 October 2012 Ritesh PothanOur resident expert on all things solar in India provide us with his thoughts on the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy.
India
A glimpse into the future of Indian solar
Thursday, 13 September 2012 Ritesh Pothan Our resident expert on all things solar in India reports back from the Solar Market Conference in Delhi last month, providing us with his thoughts on the industry as it stands and doing what he does s...
India
Lessons to be learnt from the "mother of all blackouts"
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 Ritesh Pothan In the last week of July India suffered the mother of all blackouts, causing the most populated northern half of the nation to come to a halt, without recourse to an alternate source of energy. This ...
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
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
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
Gujarat still a lucrative solar destination
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Ritesh Pothan Our India-based blogger, Ritesh Pothan, provides an update on the final solar feed-in tariffs for the state of Gujarat. He reports that the tariffs announced still make Gujarat an attractive place to ...