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Last month, the CFO of a textile giant in Gujarat sat with two proposals on his desk. On paper, the decision was a “no-brainer”: A 60-paisa gap feels like a dealbreaker when you are consuming millions of units. But just before he signed the “cheaper” term sheet, he asked the one question that changed the […]

Most CFOs sign Solar PPAs assuming Grid Tariffs (e.g. ₹8.00) only go one way: Up. But in a world of political volatility, what happens if industrial rates crash to ₹5.00 tomorrow? Your “guaranteed savings” don’t just vanish, they turn into a contract you can’t escape. In Episode 6 of the Unfiltered Renewable Energy Series, we […]

Executive Summary: The ₹50 Crore Clause: Why I Stopped a Gujarat Steel Giant from Signing a ₹3.65 PPA Last month, the CFO of a massive steel manufacturing plant in Gujarat called me. He was sitting on a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) offer for a Solar-Wind Hybrid solution. The offer looked perfect on the surface: He […]

“Go green or get blacklisted.” That was the dilemma a CEO from a leading automotive company in Maharashtra was facing, just a few months ago. Why? Because the company’s top 2 customers, which together contributed to 70% of revenue, had given them the ultimatum to go green by 2027. Plus, their competitors had already reached […]

Open Access Solar Solution is a business model where a large industrial or commercial power consumer can purchase power from an open access supplier and use it for their own consumption. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has announced the solar policy for the open-access solar model which seems to be attractive and beneficial. This solution […]