How India’s renewable energy sector survived and thrived in a turbulent 2020

Jan 14, 2021

Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, in this July 2, 2015 file photo. The likely collapse of SunEdison Inc's solar project in India, the first of 32 planned "ultra mega" complexes, could delay Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal to increase renewable energy fivefold by several years and probably cost consumers more. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files - GF10000372053

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Solar instations fell during during 2020. Image: Mercom India Research

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Coal accounted for a large percentage of total energy generated. Image: POSOCO Daily Reports, Charles Worringham for Indiapowerreview.com

Tata Power, The AES Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation inaugurate India’s first grid-scale battery-based energy storage system in Rohini, Delhi.

Tata Power, The AES Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation inaugurate India’s first grid-scale battery-based energy storage system in Rohini, Delhi. Image: Greentech Media

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