Icons made by Freepik from http://www.flaticon.com The German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas, recently released the ‘Policy guidelines for the Indo-Pacific’ (hereinafter the “Indo-Pacific Policy”). The 72-page document is available here. The Indo-Pacific Policy is intended to identify areas for cooperation between Germany and partner countries in the Indo-Pacific region (which is defined […]
It is not uncommon these days to come across tweets citing slick World Economic Forum videos showcasing new developments in the field of solar and wind energy, with exhortations like “We have the solutions. Let’s implement them.” In the narrative on climate change (or climate crisis, as it is more accurately being referred to of […]
An article I co-authored with Bharath Jairaj in the Jindal Global Law Review on India’s energy transition titled ‘An assessment of India’s energy transition: Paris and beyond’ is available here. The abstract is set out below. Abstract Since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, climate change has gained greater prominence as a topic […]
I wrote recently with Bharath Jairaj in Firstpost about why the Ministry of Power’s proposal to classify energy from large hydropower projects as “renewable energy” is ill-conceived and flawed. While India should remain strong in its commitment to de-carbonization through expanding its installed capacity for renewable energy, shifting the goalposts to re-define the concept of […]
The previous post about solutions for risk mitigation in the renewable energy sector briefly touched upon the possibility of using the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM), which has been used in the road sector in India. This post will examine this theme in some more detail. The renewable energy power plant model entails high capital costs […]
An earlier post discussed the poor financial health of utilities in India, and some of the problems faced in the renewable energy sector as a result. This post will be a discussion of potential measures that could be considered to mitigate the risks faced by renewable energy power producers, and better protect their financial interests. […]
The Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently released two notifications related to environmental clearance. Green norms for the building and construction sector The first one is a notification published on November 15, 2018, relaxing the green norms for the building and construction sector. A copy of this notification is not available […]
Yesterday I had the chance to attend two webinars which concerned the energy sector in India. These two webinars were quite different in their content, but united by a common theme: transformations in the dynamic energy sector. The first webinar focused on the changing role of DISCOMs or Indian utilities, while the second webinar discussed […]
I had the opportunity to attend a workshop organized by the World Resources Institute and the Centre for Policy Research on Energy and Environment Modelling in New Delhi on October 29. The workshop was attended by policy-makers from the Government of India, as well as policy professionals from think tanks and consultancies. Apart from the […]
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