With several fiscal boosts from the central and state governments, solar energy is growing phenomenally, but as Omkareshwar Pandey says, there is cause for caution.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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Energy | Why LNG for India?
LNG has proved to be moe expensive than investors had bargained for. Yet why do investors keep returning to that option? Energy mix of a country is driven by the domestic availability of fuels and govÂernment’s energy sector policies incluÂding of...
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A mismatch in expectations
Pipelines and transmission lines have lower resistance to RoW or RoU acquisition than that for industries or power plants, except in cities. But that’s changing, says Janaki Krishnamoorthi, who analyses projects that have been stalled because of public protest against low compensation.
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Incentive-led land acquisition key to better results: Experts
Land acquisition is such a sticky problem because land value can be variously estimated and therefore debated. Some states that have implemented incentives have benefited—such as one for not exercising litigation.
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De-risking will become priority for infrastructure
Insurance can succour creditworthiness, financial closure and project success. Yet it does not cover critical items responsible for project overruns and slowdowns.
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Leaders required at all levels
Dearth of good talent is resulting in mid-level managers having to take on newer roles in sectors in which they have not worked before—needing them to innovate how they will lead teams. Rumjhum Chatterjee says leaders are not born but made.
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Sunny Side Up
The biggest challenge for the head of a global-leader solar EPC contractor comÂpany is not merely to settle it down in new environs, but to join the tough batÂtle to bring down costs
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Power lobby
Stemming largely from the super-aggressive, market-undercutting (by more than 20 per cent) Chinese manufacturers who are taking advantage of a duty-free import policy, the Indian power equipment industry stumbles and reels in its own backyard.
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NHPC to invest Rs 4,000 cr
To develop hydro power projects, NHPC will invest Rs 4,000 crore in the current fiscal. NHPC targets to commission four projects totalling about 1,200
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16.5 gw projects in JK
Jammu and Kashmir government has estimated potential of 20,000 mw electricity out of which 16,471 mw has been identified for harnessing during the 12th plan.