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Money in energy -Investment Opportunities and risks 2010
4. Why Invest in Energy? – Opportunities & Risks
The fast growing renewable energy sector in India presents lucrative business
opportunities for foreign, international companies to enter the Indian renewable
energy market. However, the complexity and the dynamic nature of the Indian
market can pose a challenge for developing a successful entry strategy.
Prominent global companies have already started exploring the Indian
renewable energy market, either directly or through joint ventures.
4.1 Indian Opportunity - A Combination of Abundant Resources and Strong
Economic Growth
Natural Energy Resources -India is blessed with abundance of water in the form
of rivers and oceans, sunlight, biomass and large tracts of land with suitable
amounts of wind.
Wind power in India has made rapid strides, and India is today one of the top
ranked countries for wind power generation. The development of wind power in
India began in the 1990s, and has significantly increased in the last few years to
reach an installed capacity of over 12 GW.
Solar water heaters have proved the most popular so far within solar energy, but
in recent times, interest in solar PV has accelerated.
18 Etree Projects Consultants Pvt Ltd.
4. Why Invest in Energy? – Opportunities & Risks
The fast growing renewable energy sector in India presents lucrative business
opportunities for foreign, international companies to enter the Indian renewable
energy market. However, the complexity and the dynamic nature of the Indian
market can pose a challenge for developing a successful entry strategy.
Prominent global companies have already started exploring the Indian
renewable energy market, either directly or through joint ventures.
4.1 Indian Opportunity - A Combination of Abundant Resources and Strong
Economic Growth
Natural Energy Resources -India is blessed with abundance of water in the form
of rivers and oceans, sunlight, biomass and large tracts of land with suitable
amounts of wind.
Wind power in India has made rapid strides, and India is today one of the top
ranked countries for wind power generation. The development of wind power in
India began in the 1990s, and has significantly increased in the last few years to
reach an installed capacity of over 12 GW.
Solar water heaters have proved the most popular so far within solar energy, but
in recent times, interest in solar PV has accelerated.
18 Etree Projects Consultants Pvt Ltd.
