As we enter the new decade, I anticipate it will be remembered as the decade in which e-mobility became mainstream. Many industry veterans may question this statement and claim that e-mobility is still a niche and that we need at least two-to-three decades more for e-mobility to challenge the era of... Read more

The year 2018 made the way for 2019 packed with many positives and high expectations. 2019 was therefore expected to be a year of opportunities for energy storage, especially in terms of manufacturing, deployments, and R&D. India alone had projections of 50 percent more RE installation during t... Read more

'Utility must die’ spoke one of the industrial customers during a power quality session in Ranchi today and the others sitting in the audience encored and laughed. There was a glow in eyes of solar PV and storage solutions providers when they heard that most of the industrial units in the state ar... Read more

Introduction India is chasing the dream of 100 % rural household electrification to be achieved before April 2019. The efforts taken are humongous, especially after the roll-out of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – popularized as the Saubhagya Scheme. The scheme was rolled out in Septe... Read more

Charge it or charge it and swap it; do we have an option again? In recent times, we saw an avid problem solver repeating the historical pattern of technology innovation, as he tried to disrupt the electric vehicle market with a superior technology and business model. As the industry mocked his worl... Read more

Data monitoring and analytics of the solar PV assets is the key to success of energy access programs across the World. Microgrids -- distributed systems of localized generation, distribution network, and load -- are being increasingly deployed particularly in rural areas of emerging and under-devel... Read more

Microgrids -- distributed systems of localized generation, distribution network, and load -- are being increasingly deployed particularly in rural areas of emerging and under-developed countries to achieve energy access. Approximately 87 % of the people without electricity live in rural areas charac... Read more

Last time this year, over thirty renewable energy and energy storage companies in the Indian market were busy applying for the MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) Expression of Interest for RE integration with energy storage. However, the excitement soon died down with the delay of the annou... Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up an ambitious target of providing 24/7 access to electricity to every Indian citizen by 2019. Ministry of Power is aiming to provide grid connectivity to all villages by 2017 and has extended grid access to over 10,000 villages in the past year. Currently, over... Read more