Manohar Lal Khattar, Power Minister of India “By 2047, we anticipate our power demand to reach 708 GW. To meet this, we need to increase our capacity by four times,…

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi “We are now working on feasibility studies for electricity grid interconnectivity between India and Saudi Arabia and the wider region.” Anil Saboo, Chairman & MD –…

Raghavendra Mirji, Executive Vice President and Business Head, Electricals & Electronics Division- Godrej & Boyce AI’s role in predicting and preparing the grid for energy shortages and surges is very useful.…

Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister “A policy for promoting pumped storage projects will be brought out for electricity storage and facilitating smooth integration of the growing share of renewable energy with…

“ The Government’s efforts under Narendra Modi’s leadership reforming India’s power sector are commendable. We look forward to working closely with the Government to enable a just energy transition for…

Aditi Balbir, Co-founder, EcoRatings  “Climate disasters are upon us and yet countries, companies and people are slow to change. What is that one thing that will make a difference? GenAI…

 Eric Hannon, Frankfurt-based partner at McKinsey & Company “When you look forward to the rest of the decade, where we will see massive amounts of decarbonisation in power generation and…

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi India is set to emerge as the centre for green hydrogen production and the country’ renewable energy sector will help make both investors and…

“There is a need for increased investments in transmission lines. Also, additional funds for research and development in hydrogen-related technologies, supporting the government’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ scheme is required.”–Shirish S Garud,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi “We also will have to be ambitious (in our climate actions)… The energy transition (that is required) has to be just, inclusive, equitable and innovative. We…

Vikram V, Vice President & Sector Head – Corporate ratings,  ICRA ICRA’s outlook for the renewable energy sector remains Stable, driven by favourable policy support, superior tariff competitiveness, largely untapped potential…

‘Green shoots’ of recovery visible? Syed Sajjadh Ali, Managing Director – India, Electrical Sector, Eaton We are seeing a slow uptake in the business overall post unlocking begun in India.…

Latish Babu, Director, Power & Grid Segment, Schneider Electric India Remote Management is the new and innovative way of operations, maintenance, remote meter reading, remote asset management, efficient inter-department communication,…

Saurabh Goel, President, Havells India Ltd The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has brought the significance of hygiene and infections control to the fore. With customer centricity at the core, we at…

The government should consider banning imports of equipment related to power generation and transmission & distribution segments from China. We have already provided them with a detailed list of items…

The Ministry of Power plans to reduce the fixed charges collected from state DISCOMs by central public sector enterprises (CPSEs). Industry leaders discuss how this will affect investments in the…

In view of the fall in spot power demand by almost 40 percent due to shutdown of large-scale establishments, and the simultaneous rise in domestic peak demand all over India,…

State power utilities that lose more than 15 percent of revenue due to outdated networks, power theft and poor billing and collections have been directed by the government to seek…

Prepaid electricity is a concept which is applicable in the urban areas. Such ideas cannot sustain in the rural areas. I suggested having two different policies for rural and urban…

In the wake of targets set to achieve 175GW of solar power capacity by 2022, it is imperative that the government supports the solar industry with favourable policies and budgetary…

Barun Bharadwaj, Regional Business Director (IMEA) – Automotive OEM, Henkel Adhesive Technologie “The government launched the FAME scheme back in 2015, with an aim to promote eco-friendly vehicles. It was…

Sharad Mahendra, COO (Energy Business), JSW Energy Limited It is not anti-dumping on the solar modules, it is basically a safeguard duty, which has been implemented on a reducing basis.…

Mridul Chadha, Senior Analyst & Market Advisor, Climate Connect Technologies There has been limited industrial growth, due to shifts towards a more services-based economy. This is in some respects an…

Abhijeet Gupta, Group Director, Radite Energy Infra Solutions Pvt Ltd Electric Vehicle (EV) is the future of Indian mobility business. To reduce the dependency of crude oil, import and save…

This has been a long discussion in various energy forums all across India. India is still a country incurring almost 30 per cent line loss, among few top rankers in…

I think it’s a very good initiative, but we have to make all such investors understand the country. So they have to look at long term viability, which means they…

There are two aspects of reduced share of generation in future investments in power sector. Firstly, the demand of electricity in the economy is not growing at a pace as…

This is a step taken too early without enhancing and upgrading the entire solar power ecosystem. The immediate effect could be easily seen on 10 GW+ projects which are either…

Government of India issued Public Procurement as part of the government’s policy to encourage the ‘Make in India’ and promote it among the companies who are either producers and manufactures…

The establishment of a market based Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) mechanism was instrumental in driving renewable energy installations in India. However, due to absence of enforcement of RPO obligations and…