Taking position action aimed at protecting the environment and refraining from practises which has an adverse impact, GAIL (India) Limited, over the years has exhibited its commitment towards the resorting the environmental balance in the country.

Recent initiatives have improved public awareness and attracted investors to the Waste to Energy (WtE) segment. And, having experienced a learning cycle of last two decades, India is at the cusp of major transformation in MSW processing.

Most of the large IPP's, who plan to own the assets on a long term basis are our clients in India for PV modules. Our recent orders include projects being developed by Azure Power, Adani Power, Renew, Fortum, CESC, and Bhoruka Power.

Despite policies and net metering guidelines in several states, a subsidy of 30 per cent offered by the MNRE, the installation of solar rooftop systems has been dismal in leading metros in the country, especially in Chennai and Mumbai, says a Greenpeace India analysis, titled ‘Indian cities slacking on rooftop solar’.

India’s solar power capacity addition would remain strong in a range between 7,000-7,500 MW on the back of a huge portfolio of projects awarded recently, research and ratings agency ICRA has said. “While currently there is a temporary lull in the announcement of fresh bids, the magnitude of solar project awards in the past 12-18 months has been quite significant.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said its Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre has developed an android app for computing the solar energy potential of a place. Developed at the behest of MNRE, the app is considered to be a "very useful" tool for installation of PV solar panels that is used for tapping solar energy, it said.

Indian wind Turbine Manufacturing Association (IWTMA), an apex body for wind sector, crossed yet another milestone by creating an installation of 5,500 MW in 2016-17 as against GoI’s target of 4,000 MW. IWTMA acknowledged the support of MNRE in framing and enforcement of various policies and initiatives.

While solar installations in India have picked up speed, tender and auction activity have been slowing down over the last couple of quarters. According to the Mercom India Solar Project Tracker, about 1.9 GW of solar was tendered in Q1 2017 (1 GW of this was a retender) compared to 3.4 GW in Q4 last year.

Energy transformation has arrived in India. According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), India’s total renewable capacity including solar, wind, biomass and small hydro grew by around 11.2 GW in FY2016-17, at par with thermal capacity addition, which registered a decline of 50 per cent in the year.