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Last year was challenging as the wind industry witnessed slowdown due to the transition from feed-in tariff (FiT) to competitive bidding. This impacted margins and created temporary uncertainty in terms of volumes.

The Indian diesel generator (DG) industry currently is at a very interesting point. A couple of years ago, the industry had become stagnant and not much growth was happening

In an exclusive interaction with Power Today, Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank (EIB) says the EU's non-profit long-term lending institution will continue to extend support to renewable energy projects in India

Product Company Chakan is a state-of-the-art factory inaugurated in 2013, designing and manufacturing compressors for the Indian market. The successful implementation of a world-class Lean Manufacturing 4.0 has now allowed its expansion towards export.

We have formed a special purpose vehicle-JSW Solar-for pursuing our interest in renewable energy opportunities. We have approved the capital expenditure (capex) budget for setting up additional 10-MW solar power projects implying total solar power projects of 17 MW under implementation.

We have already liberalised the Electricity Act and it provides for franchisees. However, the charging station is not selling electricity, but giving you a service. It is actually buying the electricity from a discom.

Trackers play a major role in solar photovolatic (PV) globally, with more than 50 per cent of installations using single axis tracking technology. Good quality trackers reduce project costs as well as maintenance needs while enhancing generation by 20 per cent or more depending on the location of the installation.

Players like Sterling Generators are taking the lead and have gained foothold in the market. POWER TODAY caught up with CEO of Powergen Business, Sterling and Wilson, Sanjay Jadhav, at the company's facility in Silvassa where he talks about genset market and its importance for data centres.