Note: This blog is based on my personal experience with electricity billing and consumption during nationwide-lockdown due to Chinese Coronavirus pandemic. Thoughts expressed in it are contextual and represented in the individual capacity. I thank all those who submitted their data and opinion for this post. 🙂     As if…
COVID-19: An incentive for Power-hungry leaders?
     As the world is witnessing a global pandemic caused by the Chinese Corona virus (widely known as COVID-19), ‘public health’ has topped on the agenda of all national governments throughout the world. Lockdown and social distancing have become common words all over the world. Various governments have used their…
Floatovoltaics in India: Shaping Future of PV Industry
    India has seen massive growth in solar PV installations since it launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in 2010 and revised its target in 2015. Since its inception, the mission has succeeded in creating the domestic market for Multi-MW PV power plant developers through an e-reverse auction mechanism. In…
Explained: Electric Grid Security during Sunday Night Blackout
    It all started when Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi shared a short video message with the country on Friday, 3rd April at 9 AM and urged citizens to switch off all lights in the house on 5th April at 9 PM for 9 minutes and light a…
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell: Explore 20th-century in stories
    I came across ‘Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking’ from my Ph.D. supervisor. He suggested a few books to read in my leisure time. The reason I picked Blink over other books is because of its title! I was curious to know what does the author means by…
Employment: The least explored part of Renewable Energy Policies
    Over the past few decades, humanity has exploited the natural resources of mother earth at a much faster rate than ever before! This exploitation is causing undesirable effects on Earth’s atmosphere and even predicted to result in catastrophic failure in future. Science and technology have proved again and again…
My Experiments with Sleep
   It has been more than 4 months since I have written something on this blog. My apologies. I was preparing for Ph.D. admissions in the month of May. I joined Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay for my Ph.D. program. The last 2 months were packed with course work…
Planetary Boundaries and Sustainable Development Goals: Our Rescue Tools
   I recently came across an interesting research paper wherein group researchers proposed a novel concept of Planetary Boundaries. I was so fascinated to know about it that I decided to share with you all. Since the topic is vast and a bit technical, I will try to keep my…
Andhra Challenges Solar PPA Tariffs
   While the Government of India is pushing for the adoption of several renewable energy technologies across different domains of application, it looks like newly formed Andhra Pradesh state government has something different on its agenda.    Andhra Pradesh government led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has issued…
Management of Antimony Containing Solar PV Glass
   For many years, solar PV panels are enjoying the status of being environment-friendly. Lot has been written about their all-around clean-and-green characteristics. However, with the research and development, substances which are not so environment-friendly are being used in panel manufacturing over the last few years. Hence, their secure and…