September 24, 2016, Saturday

Vivek Sharma: How to ramp up solar capacity to 100 Gw

Clearly, we need to add 15 Gw in each of the next six years - or five times the three Gw added last year, which was the highest ...

August 15, 2016, Monday

Arunabha Ghosh: Put off-grid on radar

Energy systems of the future will look different from the past

June 21, 2016, Tuesday

Making UDAY sustainable

States must do their part on power tariff reform

June 13, 2016, Monday

Arunabha Ghosh: An unsettled political economy

There is likely to be far more conflict for now before the dust settles

April 28, 2016, Thursday

Aptel order leaves power producers reeling

While its order on tariff has shielded consumers from frequent increases in electricity costs, it has plunged power companies ...

March 31, 2016, Thursday

Suman Bery: Pricing energy in an era of volatility

Resilient economies are those where price signals are promptly transmitted down to the end-user

March 14, 2016, Monday

Arunabha Ghosh: Energy security, not independence

Security will require meeting four imperatives: assured supply, safe passage, secure storage, and a seat at international forums ...

February 15, 2016, Monday

Arunabha Ghosh & Anjali Jaiswal: Skill up or scale down ambitions

How fast India builds its renewable energy capacity will depend in a very big way not just on political will and policy ...

November 16, 2015, Monday

Caution on solar power

Low tariffs conceal major evacuation challenges

August 09, 2015, Sunday

Power sector woes

Competitive bidding without delays can help

July 15, 2015, Wednesday

Nitin Desai: What should India offer at Paris?

Our climate-change effort should be built around energy efficiency, accelerated reforestation, & the ambitious renewable ...

July 14, 2015, Tuesday

Vandana Gombar: There is a buzz, now let's plug the holes

A slew of announcements raises hope of reaching the 175 Gw target for renewable energy capacity by 2022. That is, if supporting ...

April 20, 2015, Monday

Arunabha Ghosh: Build capacity for energy diplomacy

In 1911, Winston Churchill, then first lord of the Admiralty, made the decision to change the Royal Navy's primary fuel from coal ...

February 18, 2015, Wednesday

Vandana Gombar: 'Fight, flight or adapt'

For commercial and industrial enterprises in India bracketed in the highest tariff slabs, a switch to renewables would lower ...

February 16, 2015, Monday

Arunabha Ghosh: Speed, scale, skill... solar?

Ionce asked a rural bank officer how he managed to convince farmers to take large loans to install solar panels. He replied, "I ...

November 17, 2014, Monday

Vinayak Chatterjee: Time to step on the gas for effective power generation

Reviving stranded gas-based power plants and substituting diesel usage is a clear near-term opportunity

October 13, 2014, Monday

Vinayak Chatterjee: Sunshine over Madhya Pradesh

Well-crafted policies and smart implementation have led to a solar power surge in the state

September 28, 2014, Sunday

Kunal Kumar Kundu: The LPG roadblock

The overall oil subsidy could continue to hurt unless the govt finds a way to tackle the potential threat posed by the domestic ...

September 28, 2014, Sunday

Shreekant Sambrani: Power to the people

Much concern will be expended on the impact of the Supreme Court judgment cancelling coal-block allocations on industry. This is ...

August 26, 2014, Tuesday

Coal block allocation: PSU banks - Analysts in wait-and-watch mode

Despite high exposure of public sector banks to power, iron and steel sectors, analysts remain in a wait-and-watch mode