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Although India's current power generation landscape is largely dominated by coal-based generation, the government recognises the need to reduce high dependency on coal, given the impact on the environment and our INDC commitments.

Power utilities in developing economies like India are often confronted with a two-pronged challenge in the energy-revenue chain: a gap between peak demand and installed capacity and high levels of technical and commercial losses.

The share of hydroelectric segment in the energy basket is a matter of concern. Hydropower stakeholders demand concentrated efforts from the government in terms of policy and incentives to enhance capacity addition.

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 wind power sector of India is well on its way to meet the 60-GW capacity target ahead of the 2022 deadline set by the government, having already crossed the 34-GW mark, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) has said.

Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES has announced it has signed a power sale agreement (PSA) with the Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI) to procure 200 MW at competitive rates.

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

One of the key drivers to support the renewable energy scale up in the country is an efficient and robust evacuation mechanism/ grid infrastructure.