Category: Periodic Roundups

Issue 3 of 2025 of our Roundup Series on Clean Energy covers the six-month period between April and September 2025. This Issue tracks regulatory and other key developments at both Central and State levels in the covered period with respect to solar and wind energy generation, green hydrogen and green ammonia production, tariffs, connectivity, biogas/biofuel, electric vehicles, and nuclear energy, and includes miscellaneous updates (including on hydropower and pumped storage) and key judicial decisions.

Issue 2 of 2025 of our Quarterly Roundup Series on Clean Energy covers the period between February and May 2025. This Issue tracks regulatory developments at both Central and State levels in the covered period with respect to solar energy generation, green hydrogen production, wind energy generation, tariff, connectivity, biogas, electric vehicles and e-mobility, and nuclear energy, and includes miscellaneous updates and key judicial decisions.
Significant developments in the covered period include clarifications on domestic content requirements for solar photovoltaic cells, issuance of the Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India, amended guidelines for tariff-based competitive bidding for power procurement from grid-connected wind solar hybrid projects, a landmark decision on whether the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has jurisdiction to adjudicate tariff-related disputes involving nuclear power generation, new State-level regulations on green energy open access, operational guidelines to promote domestic manufacturing of electric passenger vehicles, issuance of new or revised State-level EV policies, a dedicated scheme for the implementation of biofuel projects in Madhya Pradesh, announcements on India’s Nuclear Energy Mission and establishment of taskforces to introduce legislative and regulatory changes in India’s nuclear energy sector, detailed procedures related to the offset mechanism under India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, and draft guidelines for virtual power purchase agreements.

Issue 1 of 2025 of our Quarterly Roundup Series on Clean Energy covers the period between October 2024 and January 2025. This Issue tracks key regulatory developments in the covered period involving solar and wind generation, green hydrogen/ammonia production, EVs, tariff, and connectivity, and includes miscellaneous updates and key announcements from the Union Budget of February 2025.

Issue 3 of 2024 of our Quarterly Roundup Series on Clean Energy covers the period between July and September 2024 and tracks key regulatory developments at both central and state levels in solar and wind generation, green hydrogen/ ammonia production, EVs, tariffs, connectivity and other miscellaneous updates.

Pursuant to significant regulatory developments in the period between January and March 2024, as discussed in our previous clean energy quarterly update (Issue 1 of 2024), Issue 2 tracks and analyzes key regulatory developments between the months of April and June 2024, including in respect of the approved/revised list of manufacturers and models (related to solar photovoltaic modules and wind turbine models, respectively), rooftop solar projects, the optimal utilization of power generating stations, the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the determination of fees and charges to be collected by regional load dispatch centers, deviation settlement, EV charging infrastructure, quality control standards for electrical equipment, biomass utilization, the electricity grid code, and renewable energy tariff determination.

In addition, Issue 2 of 2024 tracks and discusses key regulatory developments across states, such as those with respect to open access (including green energy open access), consumer rights, resource adequacy, renewable purchase obligations, peer-to-peer energy transactions, and battery energy storage systems.