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India Energy Week: 3 Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency, Reliability and Asset Integrity
For fast-growing markets like India, where utilisation rates are high and new capacity is complex to deliver, improving thermal efficiency and asset performance offers a credible way to reduce fuel use, lower emissions and strengthen operational resilience at the same time.
5 Things to Know Before Buying Your First EV Scooter
For first-time buyers, the shift from petrol to electric is not always straightforward. Unlike conventional two-wheelers, EV scooters come with a different set of considerations, battery technology, charging options, digital features, and long-term ownership costs.
Manjunath N. Reddy, the dynamic Founder and Managing Director of DhaSh PV Technologies Limited, is a true visionary in India’s solar PV industry. A true pioneer, his unwavering dedication to sustainable energy solutions has propelled DhaSh to the forefront of the renewable energy sector and made DhaSh India’s largest integrated PV junction box manufacturer, employing over 1,000 dedicated professionals.
Re-NEW-ables Rising: Charging into a New Year
As we bid farewell to 2024, the anticipation for 2025 grows. Next year promises to build upon the strong foundation laid by the transformative investments, budgetary allocations, and policy decisions of 2024. With an unwavering focus on scaling renewable capacity, attracting international investments, and integrating cutting-edge technologies, 2025 is poised to bring India's green aspirations closer to reality. Major renewable energy players shared their plans and growth with Energetica India.
Solar-Powered Cars: Futuristic Dream or Unrealistic Ambition?
The only logical way to go forward to clean transportation is electric vehicles. Adopting EVs and powering them through energy produced by solar panels that is transmitted through the utility grid or a structure nearby.
Understanding the Wafer Sizes in Solar Panels
On the PV array side, the larger, more powerful wafer offers cost savings. Balance-of-system costs can be reduced per watt peak installed by using a larger wafer, which includes base pilings, support racks, or trackers, as well as all electrical components such as inverters, junction boxes, and cables. As a result, PV plants have a lower levelized cost of power and a higher return on investment.
Optimal Energy and Emissions Management during Energy Transition
The energy landscape is evolving. Energy costs are fluctuating widely and global concern to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions grow stronger. Traditional energy sources, such as coal, have relatively declined in importance, while supplies from natural gas and renewables were consistently growing in recent years because of cost reduction.
A Smart-Thinking Approach to Tackle The Pressure on India’s Power Grid
Unusually hot weather conditions and the resulting surge in demand for power-draining air conditioning units are pushing India’s power grid to its limit. Power outages are already impacting daily life and with fears of further disruption ahead, finding a solution to easing the strain is now a matter of critical national importance.
Powering Wind, Powering Progress
To sustain maximum power output from wind turbines, wind power producers/operators must minimize unscheduled – and costly – downtime for maintenance and repairs. Further, producers and operators must overcome this challenge with equipment operating in extreme conditions of temperature, load and water contamination.
Energising Microenterprise Led Economic Development in Rural India
Gulshan Thakur, the business head of Mahaurja Grameen Ltd, an energy service company operating mini-grids in the rural hinterlands of India, is looking over the latest customer data and is concerned to see that several of his plants are under-utilised by the very communities they are meant to be serving.
While as a country we have made significant strides in the EV sector, a stronger collaboration between policymakers, businesses and other players will be critical in the accelerated adoption and transition to green mobility in the country. The foundation has been laid and it is now imperative to build on that foundation to propel India’s ambition of achieving net zero and contributing positively to the cause of global climate change.
What does National Infrastructure Pipeline have in Store for the Power Sector?
In the current era, India has a surplus capacity to generate power but lacks adequate infrastructure for the transmission and distribution process. So the power sector of India needs more than just a smart infrastructure to bring reforms to be able to make noteworthy progress. It is in genuine need of a robust networking system and efficient services to ensure a smooth power supply.
Changing Landscape of the Energy Storage Sector
The decarbonization of the transport sector requires a rapid expansion of global battery production and an adequate supply with raw materials currently produced in small volumes.
How can India Green the Grid to Achieve Clean Energy Transformation in Power Sector
Through the assistance of power companies, the government should look at investing into R&D for creating various models of low-cost smart grids. While all three parts of the power sector—generation, transmission, and distribution—are critical, the distribution sector must be established as the value chain’s strongest link. Consistent operational and financial failures in distribution have resulted in repeated bailouts of the whole sector by the central government.
Every Sunset Brings a Promise of a New Dawn
While there are challenges, the world will still demand reliable and affordable energy. The industry is considered a villain whenever oil prices increase, ignored when prices go low and a threat to environment and climate change. World over governments are trying to enforce decarbonization, but this journey won’t be easy and will take time and cost trillions.
Hartek Singh
CMD
Energy Security Has Evolved into a Strategic Imperative for India: Hartek Singh
Ratul Puri
Chairman
Geopolitics Reshaping Solar Strategy, Says Hindustan Power's Chairman Ratul Puri
Bhavesh Patidar
Founder and Director
Solar Shifts Farming from Constraint to Opportunity, Says Solarsure’s Bhavesh Patidar
Pankaj Tyagi
VP - Solar and Storage
Solar Plus Storage Is Key to India’s Clean Energy Future: BluPine’s Pankaj Tyagi
Ravi Rao
Founder and MD
We Aim to Build 5 GW Capacity Across the Entire Solar Value Chain, Says Future Solar's Ravi Rao