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The politics of electricity in the world III: The Middle East

The global electricity market can be segmented into four types of markets: markets, where price is the paramount concern, markets where climate targets are the main focus, those that focus on supply security and those that see resource efficiency/replacement as a great opportunity. The Middle East is an example of a market where resource efficiency can create great economic opportunity.

  • The Middle East is a heavily energy surplus region whose own requirements will grow rapidly in the next 20 years
  • There is a strong case for finding ways to reduce the consumption of oil and gas through replacement or efficiency gains in order to free up more resources for profitable export. Saudi Arabia is following this route and is set to invest around USD 100bn into solar power
  • Creating drinking water with efficient means could be a key business model of the future
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May 18th, 2012
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Interviews & Opinions, Market
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Tobias Engelmeier
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The politics of electricity in the world II : The United States of America

The global electricity market can be segmented into four types of markets: markets, where price is the paramount concern, markets where climate targets are the main focus, those that focus on supply security and those that see resource efficiency/replacement as a great opportunity. The US is an example of a very price sensitive market.

  • The US is a price driven electricity market which will not accept a price above USD 0.10/kWh
  • The US will transition from predominantly coal-based electricity generation to more gas-based plants
  • Climate concerns play a subordinate role, but opportunities for efficiency improvements are vast
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May 11th, 2012
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Interviews & Opinions, Market
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Tobias Engelmeier
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The Indian solar opportunity is tailor-made for Italian companies

Mr. Oliver Herzog, Director, BRIDGE TO INDIA will be present at the Solar Expo being held in Verona, Italy. 

  • As the Italian solar market slows down, the Indian market is just about to take off.
  • The experience of Italian companies in the distributed generation of solar power and in off grid solutions and their advanced CSP technology gear them well for the Indian market.
  • Some Italian companies have already started leveraging the Indian opportunity showing the way to the others.
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May 9th, 2012
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Market
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Oliver Herzog
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Energizing the Solar Market in India: How Government Policies Are Causing Rapid Growth in Clean Energy

Guest writer : Ms. Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

Ms. Anjali Jasiwal is the director of the India initiative for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – a leading U.S.-based environmental organization. She blogs regularly about clean energy and climate change issues related to India (see blog here). The NRDC and the Council on Energy, Environment & Water (CEEW) are partnering to conduct an assessment of the National Solar Mission to accelerate clean energy solutions in India. As part of this project, they have released a report entitled “Laying the Foundation for a Bright Future – Assessing Progress Under Phase 1 of India’s National Solar Mission“. BRIDGE TO INDIA was a part of the stakeholder consultations in producing this report. 

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May 7th, 2012
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Guest Opinion, Policy
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BRIDGE TO INDIA Guest
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The Indo-German Energy Forum: Bringing together natural partners

BRIDGE TO INDIA attended the 3rd Indo-German Energy Forum (IGEF) on “Cities & Energy”, held on 2nd & 3rd May, 2012 at New Delhi, India.

  • The IGEF aims to facilitate conversation between German technology providers and the Indian government through a series of meetings.
  • The topic of this meeting was “Solar & Cities” and looked at rooftop PV, solar thermal applications and financing.
  • The IGEF succeeds in bringing together two natural partners that are now beginning to understand each other and ultimately put that trust and understanding in doing business together. 
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May 4th, 2012
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Interviews & Opinions
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Tobias Engelmeier
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The politics of electricity in the world I: The global shift away from coal

Coal is the most important source of power generation today in most major economies. It will not be in 2030.

Dr. Engelmeier was a speaker at the Munchener Management Kolloquium on March 20th 2012

  • The global installed capacity will almost double from 5,800 GW to 10,500GW in 2030
  • Relative growth will be highest in the renewables (particularly wind and solar) and in gas power plants
  • The main loser is coal, which will decline (in relative terms) in all major economies
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May 2nd, 2012
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Interviews & Opinions
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Tobias Engelmeier
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Round-up of ISIT Day 1

600MW of solar power “dedicated to the nation”

The India Solar Investment & Technology SummitDay 1 saw 15,000 people gather to view the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ‘dedicate 600MW of solar power to the nation’ at the inauguration of the Charanka Solar Park near Gandhinagar,Gujarat. The event was held amidst political fanfare in the middle of a 2,699 acre arid wasteland at a remote part of Gujarat.

He handed out certificates to projects that were deemed to be commissioned under the Gujarat solar policy (More details available in the April 2012 edition of the India Solar Compass).

Our team was present and tweeting live (follow) from the solar park as it was  inaugurated.

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April 19th, 2012
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Market, Policy, Projects
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Jasmeet Khurana
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Karnataka allocates 80MW of projects under state solar policy

  • Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. allocates 20MW of solar thermal and 60MW of solar PV under the Karnataka solar policy
  • Lowest winning bid was submitted at a tariff of INR7.94/kWh
  • CSP loses out to PV on account of project size allocation by KREDL
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April 19th, 2012
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Policy, Projects
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Jasmeet Khurana
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Demystifying Performance Ratio (P.R.) and Capacity Utilization Factor (C.U.F.) for a solar plant

The worldwide standard for measuring a solar plant’s performance is the Performance Ratio (P.R.). However, most project developers, investors and EPC contractors in India use the Capacity Utilization Factor (C.U.F.) as the standard of measuring the performance of a plant.

Our team sat down and attempted to demystify these differences. But soon enough, we realized that quite a few people in the industry really do not understand the difference. This is where I figured this is worth sharing with a wider audience.

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April 10th, 2012
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Projects
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Akhilesh Magal
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India Solar Compass : April 2012 Edition out now!

The India Solar Compass is a quarterly analysis report with the latest updates on India solar policy, projects, industry and financing.  The key question in the April 2012 edition: ” Is the telecom tower market viable in India?”

The report includes market outlook for the coming quarters with projections for addition to solar installed capacity and expected regulatory developments in India.

12 key findings from the report can be found here.

To subscribe, click here or contact nehmat.kaur@bridgetoindia.com for a premium preview of the report.

Latest India Solar Market Report

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April 4th, 2012
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Market
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Nehmat Kaur
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