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Vibhuti Garg
Any knee-jerk reaction that urges more investment in coal completely misses the point
India is teetering on the brink of joining a growing global energy crisis. This burning issue is not only keeping coal power producers, distribution companies, and state governments awake at night, but also the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Coal. Daily analysis of coal stocks is taking place at […]
Tim Buckley
Regional leadership up for grabs in the energy transition
The global transition to clean energy has ended its initial phase of incremental growth and is on the brink of transformational change. However imperfect may be the outcomes of November’s United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, policy, economic and financial forces are now combining to drive the rapid adoption of renewable energy around […]
Johanna Bowyer and Guest Contributor: Tristan Edis
Energy Security Board claims Dunkelflaute is a key reason for a capacity mechanism – where is the evidence?
The Energy Security Board (ESB) has cited periods of scarce wind and solar resources as a key reason to implement the contested capacity mechanism, which will see payments from energy consumers to primarily conventional power generators for their capacity to generate electricity, rather than for actually generating electricity. The ESB has claimed the market is […]
Guest Contributor: Purva Jain and Press Release
Vital fiscal and environmental queries in optimising role of gas in transition to clean energy for cooking and mobility
6 October 2021 (IEEFA India): India’s strategy to cover unmet energy requirements by creating dual connections of gas and electricity requires a balancing act to ward off environmental and capital loss, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), with volatility of global gas prices increasing the urgency of […]
Guest Contributor: Jyoti Gulia, Vibhuti Garg and Press Release
Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) could be the next drivers of growth
29 September (IEEFA India): Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) could be the key to accelerating the adoption of rooftop solar in India – but financial institutions are often reluctant to lend to MSMEs because they prefer borrowers with strong financial track records and good corporate credit ratings. A new report by the Institute for […]
Vibhuti Garg and Press Release
Renewables can help stabilise the grid and level costs amid the vagaries of coal stocks
29 September (IEEFA India): With electricity demand in India recently peaking, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) explores the supply and demand conditions that led to recent price spikes in the evening peak hours, starting in August through to September 2021. Electricity demand in India has peaked and […]
Guest Contributor: Saloni Sachdeva Michael and Press Release
End-of-life solar panels and batteries contain valuable raw materials for the clean energy transition
23 September 2021 (IEEFA India): The adoption of a ‘circular’ approach to managing end-of-life solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, wind blades and batteries would reduce future wastage of the high-value, critical raw materials needed for India’s massive clean energy transition, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The […]
Guest Contributor: Saloni Sachdeva Michael
Three golden pillars of technology, policy and finance need to be strengthened
India has set an ambitious target of achieving 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022, which includes 100GW of solar. To date, we have installed 44GW. Closing the gap between the target and installed capacity will mean higher demand for solar panels and modules in the next two to three years. Technological advancement […]
Bruce Robertson
Gas price risk is rising for developing markets disrupting expansion plans
An IEEFA paper published earlier this year has proved to be eerily correct with forecasts of doubling or even tripling of the U.S. Henry Hub price and higher and extremely volatile global gas prices. In January 2021, IEEFA warned that over US$50 billion in gas power projects and LNG import facilities were at risk of […]
Vibhuti Garg and Saurabh Trivedi
Investment in Indian renewables was US$6.6 billion between April and July 2021, beating the total for the previous financial year
19 August 2021 (IEEFA India): Renewable energy investment is rising again in India following the slowdown in the previous financial year due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new briefing note by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). In the first four months of this financial year (FY), from April […]
IEEFA India: Energy crisis shows coal is an expensive and unreliable source of electricity generation
Any knee-jerk reaction that urges more investment in coal completely misses the point
India is teetering on the brink of joining a growing global energy crisis. This burning issue is not only keeping coal power producers, distribution companies, and state governments awake at night, but also the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Coal. Daily analysis of coal stocks is taking place at […]