Summary: This article introduces India’s first national geothermal energy policy, marking a strategic leap in diversifying renewable energy sources. The policy adds immense value by unlocking geothermal’s potential for power, heating, cooling, and industrial use, with support from global standards, fiscal incentives, and oil-gas sector synergies.Continue Reading Turning Up The Heat: India’s First National Geothermal Energy Policy Unveiled
Summary: This article examines the recent amendment to the approval framework for pumped storage hydro projects in India, analyses applicable current policies and incentives, and provides an overview of such projects in other key jurisdictions. It is critical for developers, investors, and other stakeholders in the renewable energy sector to apprise themselves of this regulatory change for achieving renewable energy targets.Continue Reading Accelerating Renewable Integration: A New Era for Pumped Storage Projects
Summary: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has ushered in a new era for India’s wind energy sector with its notification on July 31, 2025, which rebrands the Revised List of Models and Manufacturers (RLMM) as the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (Wind), or ALMM (Wind). Beyond a simple name change, the notification represents a comprehensive policy overhaul designed to address critical issues of quality control, national security, and domestic industrial growth. Continue Reading Winds of Change: MNRE Prioritises Quality and Security with New ALMM Rules
Summary: This piece examines the scope and key provisions of the Draft VPPA Guidelines, and potential impact on market participants, especially in the context of India’s ambitious energy transition goals. Continue Reading CERC’s Guidelines on VPPA Would Accelerate India’s Energy Transition
In a progressive move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is one of the first central banks and financial regulators in the world to release a framework for accepting ‘green deposits’[1] (“GD Framework”).Continue Reading Greening Bank Deposit: RBI releases Framework for Green Deposits
The renewable energy sector, while promising an environment friendly production of clean electricity, has posed a threat to the environment in certain situations. Recently, a public interest litigation before the Supreme Court, brought forward one such environmental hazard posed by the sector. The overhead transmission lines installed around solar and wind power projects (“Projects”) are posing an extinction risk to endangered birds (such as (i) the Great Indian Bustard (GIB); and (ii) the Lesser Florican).Continue Reading Flight and Fall Transmitting Power: Judicial Initiative to Retain Ecological Balance in Society