Indian Railways Global Ceiling Fan Competition      ||      Clean Energy Investment Facilitation Platform      ||      South Asia Clean Energy Forum (SACEF) 2024      ||      Inviting applications for the SAREP Grants Annual Program Statement (APS) – FY2024. “[ON HOLD]: In light of the recent Executive Order titled “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid” signed by President Trump on January 20, 2025, the South Asia Regional Energy Program (SAREP) Project has been placed in a “Stop Work” status by USAID. As a result, this solicitation is currently on hold until further notice. RTI cannot receive or answer any questions or accept bids at this time. Please check back at a later date for updates.” For more information click Here.
Opportunities: I. Request for Proposal (RFP) – Bhutan Power System Operator (BPSO) e-Monitoring Digitalization Solution. For more information click here. Last date: February 10, 2025.      ||      II. Request for Proposal (RFP) – Provide Technical Services to Support the Saturation of Government Buildings with Rooftop Solar in Haryana. For more information click here. Last date: February 7, 2025.

2021

June 22, 2022
Deploying Solar PV Rooftop on Low-Paying Consumers’ Premises in Assam

Deploying Solar PV Rooftop on Low-Paying Consumers’ Premises in Assam

This report suggests that Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd. pilot the deployment of solar PV rooftop using the Super RESCO model before rolling it out across Assam.
June 22, 2022
Deploying Solar PV Rooftop on Low-Paying Consumers’ Premises in Jharkhand

Deploying Solar PV Rooftop on Low-Paying Consumers’ Premises in Jharkhand

June 22, 2022
Consultation Paper – Solar Rooftop-Plus-Storage

Consultation Paper – Solar Rooftop-Plus-Storage

The recent Gujarat Solar Power Policy 2021 introduces changes that impact the economic viability for solar-plus-storage for some consumers, which is discussed in the consultation paper.
June 22, 2022
Response

Guidebook-Developing Resource Plan for DISCOM in RE Rich Environment using REPOSE Software

The objective of the guidebook is to help utility professionals understand the importance of resource planning and how to formulate resource plans using the DISCOM REPSOE software tool.
June 22, 2022
Accelerating Solar Rooftop for Residential Customers

Accelerating Solar Rooftop for Residential Customers

The objective of this paper is to examine the challenges and make recommendations for accelerating the deployment of SPVRT among residential customers, where the greatest potential for rooftop solar expansion lies.
June 22, 2022
Advancing Clean Energy Deployment with Better Resource Planning: The Case of Jharkhand

Advancing Clean Energy Deployment with Better Resource Planning: The Case of Jharkhand

June 22, 2022
Advancing Clean Energy Deployment with Better Resource Planning: The Case of Assam

Advancing Clean Energy Deployment with Better Resource Planning: The Case of Assam

PACE-D 2.0 RE worked with the Government of Assam to develop tools and methods that can help the state distribution utility, Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL), create medium- and long-term resource plans, optimize power purchase costs, and boost uptake of renewable energy.
June 22, 2022
Impact

PACE-D 2.0 RE Impact Report (January 2019 – June 2021)

The report captures the results of the PACE-D 2.0 RE program in improving the strategic planning for renewable energy by the utilities, addressing core issues to scaling rooftop solar, and introducing innovative business models and system-friendly procurement practices.
June 22, 2022
Accelerating Use of Renewable Energy by Green Time of Day Tariff

Accelerating Use of Renewable Energy by Green Time of Day Tariff

June 21, 2022
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Transforming India’s Power Landscape

India’s National Tariff Policy mandates that power distribution companies (DISCOMs) purchase renewable energy (RE) to meet their renewable purchase obligation (RPO) targets. Procurement of RE, which is less predictable and variable by nature, requires systems to tackle the variability and intermittency of RE power supply and prevent demand-supply mismatches in the grid.
June 16, 2022

Recommendations for a Renewable Energy Implementation Action Plan for Bangladesh

The white paper analyzes Bangladesh’s future power generation capacity plans, examines the targets set in various policies that promote utility-scale renewable energy (RE), and proposes an alternative development plan for grid-connected RE.
June 16, 2022

Prospects for Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Development and Role of Cross Border Energy Trade in South Asia

This report highlights the prospects for Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Development and Role of Cross Border Energy Trade in South Asia and various associated challenges, opportunities and the way forward.
June 13, 2022
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Brief Report on SARI/EI Participation in the Second in a 2021 series of webinar from the Clean Energy Ministerial Regional and Global Energy Interconnection Initiative

Based on the invitation received Mr. Rajiv Ratna Panda, Associate Director, SARI/EI/IRADe participated as speaker in the second in a 2021 series of webinar from the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Regional and Global Energy Interconnection (RGEI) Initiative held on 4th March,2021 and presented on “One Sun One World One Grid: Energy Integration in South Asia”.
June 13, 2022
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Prospects for Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Development and Role of Cross Border Energy Trade in South Asia

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the excellent work done by the SARI/EI team at IRADe andloitte India in developing the background paper.
June 13, 2022
Analytical Study to Assess the Potential of Gas / LNG for Regional Energy Cooperation in BBINS Region

Analytical Study to Assess the Potential of Gas / LNG for Regional Energy Cooperation in BBINS Region

Natural gas (NG) is less polluting than other fossil fuels for power generation, as also for transportation, household and industry sector and also offers economic advantage in preference to other fuel options.