India: Renewables

India's power sector stands at a defining moment. For over a decade, the industry's focus has been on one objective: adding capacity. That objective has largely been achieved. Today, India is among the world's largest electricity markets, with a rapidly expanding generation fleet, significant renewable energy deployment, and ambitious plans to support economic growth, industrialization, and energy security.

India's Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced mandatory security clearance guidelines for renewable energy projects in sensitive border areas, requiring developers to navigate complex approval processes...

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, by its Office Memorandum No. 283/54/2026-GRID SOLAR dated 04.08.2026, has issued a clarification on the applicability of the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers List-II (for solar PV cells), in light of MNRE’s Office Memorandum no. 283/53/2026-GRID SOLAR dated 18.07.2026.

India's Competition Commission recently examined allegations of abuse of dominance against Adani Group entities and government bodies in the solar power sector, raising questions about the boundaries between competition law and regulatory compliance. The case centered on whether tender design decisions and alleged bribery constitute anti-competitive conduct under the Competition Act. The CCI's threshold dismissal provides clarity on what types of grievances fall outside the scope of competition law enforcem

For much of the last decade, financing an Indian renewable energy project usually meant financing a familiar solar or wind template: a long-term power purchase agreement, a tariff discovered through bidding or assessed against the applicable CERC framework, and payments linked to power actually supplied. This template was typically backed by a letter of credit, mortgage and hypothecation package.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (“MNRE”) through Office Memorandum dated 08.06.2026 (“OM”) waived factory inspections for higher power bin solar photovoltaic module (“PV Modules”) models within the same manufacturing facility.

The global imperative to combat climate change has catalysed the development of robust market-based mechanisms for carbon emissions reduction, and India has progressively aligned itself with this international...

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India ("MNRE") on February 25, 2026 issued the draft guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions from offsite water drawal and treatment, for stakeholder comments until March 13, 20262. These guidelines inter alia provide for benchmark emission factors along with a mechanism for allocation/ determination of emissions during water treatment systems in order to ensure compliance with the Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India3 and alignment with ISO 19870:2023.

The Supreme Court of India (“Supreme Court”) in the case of Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited and Anr. vs. Green Infra Wind Solutions Limited and Ors1 has dismissed civil appeals filed by the distribution licensees of Andhra Pradesh (“AP Discoms”) while holding that Generation-Based Incentive (“GBI”) granted by a Central Government Policy to wind power generators cannot be taken away by a State regulator and re-distributed to distribution licensee’s consumers by factoring the incentive into generation tariff.