Sustainability and Climate Improvement needs Long Term Policies

A blanket of CO2 has enveloped the world. And continues to deteriorate our climate. Frequency of heatwaves has increased, habitats have started to shift, spread of disease, raising sea levels and other not so subtle and often violent changes in the climate are now reality due to growing CO2 emission levels. Daily Global CO2 emission…

Countries need Domestic Solar Manufacturing, Not a Global Supplier!

Fossil fuel reserves are limited and are very close to depletion. The continuously shrinking reserves have given rise to energy cost, which stand to deprive more people (already 1 bn people live without electricity) of energy and spewed toxic fumes that have led to environmental degradation. Facing such a scenario, the world is on its…

How to Preserve Investor Interest?

Indian solar sector showed incredible progress in recent years by becoming a 30,000 crore industry. But, in Q1 ​​2018 corporate funding within the solar industry fell by 65%. Fortunately, the numbers have significantly increased by 15% as 2018 comes to a close. Nearly $5.3 billion was raised by the first half of 2018 in comparison to…

Innovative Financial Mechanisms Can Speed Up Renewable Energy Growth

With climate control initiatives becoming a necessity and greatly accepted by the countries, the world is feeling the urge to boost its efforts in renewable energy growth. Important initiatives that pave the way for clean energy growth are being highlighted and taken into consideration to maximize results. Innovative financial mechanism is one such element that…

Anti-Dumping Duty on Imported Solar Glass: Another Hurdle for India Solar Sector

India reaching ~20 GW in solar capacity in 2018 from less than 3 GW in 2014 highlights a trend that has received ample support from Government of India and private players both. Precise and well-timed decisions to build a policy environment, increasing finance choices, and encouragement to entrepreneurs have helped this happen. However, recent investigation…