Solar, storage and energy intelligence
Practical guides and perspectives from the team building distributed energy across India and Africa.
How to size battery storage for your critical loads
Backup hours, load priority and the trade-offs that drive capacity. Why the right answer starts with your load list, not a battery catalogue.
DE Editorial Team · 15 Nov 2025
1030 kW rooftop solar for a precision parts manufacturer in Pune, Maharashtra
1030 kW rooftop solar under a 15-year PPA for a precision engineering manufacturer in Pune - 54% electricity cost reduction.
DE Editorial Team · 1 Oct 2025
201 kW rooftop solar across five locations for a top ranking car dealership in Kerala
201 kW rooftop solar across five dealership locations in Kerala under a 10-year PPA - 28% electricity cost reduction.
DE Editorial Team · 1 Nov 2025
410 kW rooftop solar for a medical institute and hospital in Nashik, Maharashtra
410 kW rooftop solar for a medical institute and hospital in Nashik under a 7-year loan - 55% electricity cost reduction.
DE Editorial Team · 15 Oct 2025
Solar Regulations- Africa
A country-by-country overview of net metering, behind-the-meter rules and project investment frameworks across key African markets.
Joseph Saviour · 21 Aug 2025Net Metering State-Wise Rules
State-wise net metering and net billing rules in India - capacity caps, banking, TOD settlement and open-access challenges.
Joseph Saviour · 20 Aug 2025
Present and Future Scope of Renewable Energy in Developing Countries
A recent report published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) stated that developing countries are more inclined to transitioning towards clean energy sources compared to developed countries.…
Shivani · 12 Jul 2024
Fast-Tracking a Low-Carbon Economy by Financing Clean Energy Infrastructure
The term “low carbon economy” was coined in 2003 and published in a report for the British Department for Trade and Industry. The report urged countries all around the world to prioritize and…
Joseph Saviour · 20 Jun 2024
Renewable Energy Investment as a Long-term Option
No investment is without risk. The holy grail lies in striking a balance between high returns & its associated risks. While there are no set formulas to achieve this, three important steps that…
Joseph Saviour · 20 Jun 2024
Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities in a post COVID-19 world
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic and global restrictions resulting in business closures and travel prohibitions may contribute to the…
Joseph Saviour · 20 Jun 2024
Solar’s Future Is Insanely Cheap (2020)
Solar is plunging in cost faster than anyone, including me, predicted. Today I’m publishing an update of my solar cost forecasts from 2015, with more data & improved methods. Solar is on path to…
Ramez Naam · 20 Jun 2024
India’s energy options after COVID-19
I write this not long after the US Oil futures contract price was negative. Oil is trading at unprecedented low levels. Low prices are usually a curse for green energy, but this time may be…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 20 Jun 2024
Impact Investing as an Emerging Asset Class
Companies and banks are eager to find investments that generate business and social returns. Why? There are a variety of social/environmental problems that needs addressing. These include social…
Joseph Saviour · 20 Jun 2024
Comparing Renewable Energy Costs
When we think about investing in energy assets, the primary consideration is what is the customer willing to pay for generation of their power and what is the cost to generate it? Historically, it…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 20 Jun 2024
Coping-20: Survive, and then Thrive through COVID-19
There is a popular meme circulating – who is responsible for your company’s digital transformation – A) The CTO, B) The CEO or C) COVID-19? Most entrepreneurs and businesses are struggling in the…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 20 Jun 2024
Implementing Net Metering in the Developing World
Implementing Net Metering in the Developing World from Ruchir Punjabi This presentation was prepared to promote the implementation of net metering in a particular country we operate in. The…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 20 Jun 2024
The case for Solar Energy Assets in your Investment Portfolio
As I write this the stock market has just had its most recent downturn. The prophecy of the 10 year bull market continues, although the drops wipe out substantial value. I had a small exposure in…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 5 Jun 2024
Solar for Data Centres
Data centres are the veritable engine of any modern organization. Data being today’s biggest asset, the data centres are invaluable cogs in the wheels of progress. They take up large spaces and a…
Krishna P · 2 Mar 2022How does Solar help your energy efficiency?
Solar energy is the fastest adopted renewable technology in the last decade. Solar, along with other renewable energy sources like wind, hydropower, biomass are expected to replace coal-based…
Krishna P · 12 Feb 2022
DE featured in World Energy Council’s SET100
The company behind www.de.energy and www.renewables.org featured in the SET100 list 2021. SET stands for Start Up Energy Transition. SET100 is powered by Germany Energy Agency (dena) in…
Krishna P · 29 Aug 2021
Solar Regulations in Andhra Pradesh, 2021
Andhra Pradesh is the second largest clean energy producer in India. The state currently contributes to 10% of India’s renewable energy production with a total capacity of 8,220MW. At present, the…
Krishna P · 12 Apr 2021
Overview of Renewable Energy Plan and performance in Maharashtra
In line with the Paris Agreement, the Government of Maharashtra has committed to achieving 40% of its electricity generation from renewable energy sources by 2030. In India, Maharashtra has the…
Shivani · 12 Apr 2021
Development of Solar Energy Projects in Tamil Nadu
By Shivani Kalbande, Junior Analyst, DE Renewable energy and climate change are topics that are gaining importance among Governments and businesses in India. As regulations and…
Shivani · 22 Mar 2021
Opportunities of Floating Solar PV in Large Reservoirs in India
By Joseph Saviour, Senior Analyst, DE The 100 GW solar power (by year 2022) target set by Govt. of India needs optimum utilisation of available area for deployment of solar PV…
Joseph Saviour · 16 Mar 2021
Sustainable Investing- The new paradigm for India’s investment landscape
By Shivani Kalbande, Junior Analyst, DE As people and corporations around the globe navigate through multiple crises rendered by the ongoing pandemic conditions and economic…
Shivani · 25 Feb 2021
Guide to Solar Energy and Investing in Solar
Over the last couple of months, we’ve held multiple webinar sessions aimed at educating our audiences on solar power and how it can help you, both as an energy customer and potential investor with…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 12 Feb 2021
Impact Investment: A growing green energy equation
By Shivani Kalbande, Junior Analyst, DE Impact Investment trends are gaining momentum in the investment markets worldwide. Investors from all demographic groups are focusing on…
Shivani · 5 Jan 2021
Models on Energy Savings and Investment Outcomes
In the current investment world, investors have access to a multitude of tricks and tools to choose their investment options from, based on their risk appetite and core values. Investors are…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 24 Dec 2020
Post a novel pandemic, how to identify good investment options
In the recent and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic condition, the world is making every possible effort to get back on track. Investors are trying to change and adapt their approach towards investments…
Shivani · 21 Dec 2020
Energy Investing through Energy Stocks
Energy is a resource that produces and supplies electricity/fuel for the global economy and has been in high demand for many years. They are one of the 11 sectors defined by the Global…
Joseph Saviour · 11 Dec 2020
Emerging Trends in Socially Responsible Investing
The scope for Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is being influenced by demographic shifts, climate change, and technological advancement. A culmination of these factors has resulted in…
Shivani · 23 Nov 2020
Trends and Determinants of Green Investments
There is a widespread consensus that climate change is occurring, caused by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, derived from fossil fuel combustion and changes in land use (resulting in land…
Joseph Saviour · 12 Nov 2020
Solar Savings & IRR: How can CAs help their customers?
You may have heard people talk about how installing solar panels save money for a company. In a simple manner, we will go into details about how solar works, the kind of power you can expect, what…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 22 Oct 2020
Net Metering is a Net Good
Renewable developers and traditional utilities are feuding about net metering, yet this is an arcane struggle to most people outside the energy sphere and most don’t even understand the term.…
Mathew Mazhuvanchery · 12 Oct 2020
Renewable Energy Projects: Solar Regulations in Kerala, India
Kerala released its Solar Energy Policy in 2013 with a mission to increase the installed capacity of solar to 500 MW by 2017 and 2,500 MW by 2030. As of March 2019, the total installed capacity of…
Shivani · 12 Sept 2020
Renewable Energy, Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) in India
Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) are a trust focused on investing in infrastructure, overseen by the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) in India. InvITs were created…
Sukhdev Punjabi · 17 Aug 2020
Renewable Energy Investment Portfolio as a New Investment Strategy
The renewable energy industry has entered a new phase of growth, driven largely by increasing customer demand, cost competitiveness, innovation, and collaboration. Global investments in renewable…
Joseph Saviour · 17 Feb 2020
IRR Expectations from Solar Rooftop Projects
From this decade onwards, the ongoing cost reductions in solar PV have become more obvious to policy-makers, investors and incumbent energy companies. This has engendered a new environment in…
Joseph Saviour · 11 Feb 2020
Sustainable Investing: Adopting a broader view to the term “value creation”
The whole definition of what is value creation is rapidly changing. More and more companies are transitioning away from the singular focus of shareholder value creation and have learned to also…
Joseph Saviour · 11 Oct 2019
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA): Where to begin?
As the costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels continues to decline, niche business opportunities are emerging. In addition to the traditional model of generating electricity at large-scale…
Joseph Saviour · 16 Sept 2019