India’s RE auction to continue attracting large developers

IEEFA said current challenges will not have long-term impact to India’s energy sector

India’s renewable energy sector is expected to continue attracting large developers despite disruptions to global supply chain that pushed prices up, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financials Analysis (IEEFA) reported.

“We believe India will be able to continue its renewable energy capacity addition trajectory because current supply chain challenges will ease in the short-to-medium term, and the industry has enough cushion to absorb these downside risks,” Shantanu Srivastava, IEEFA Energy Finance Analyst, said.

The report noted that large developers can rely on bond markets to refinance debts at lower rates as well as non-amortisation period on debt repayments.

IEEFA found that refinancing at an interest rate that is lower by 100 basis points can lead to an additional 2% equity internal rate of return to a hybrid wind-solar power project. The same additional 2% can be expected from a bond market refinancing, which has a non-amortising period of five years.

Moreover, they may also consider in-house engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and selling carbon credits to developed economies, according to IEEFA. An in-house EPC can add up to 6% whilst selling operational assets can add 4%.

“Central and state nodal agencies should proceed with their pipeline of renewable energy auctions, given that interest from the large companies in the sector should continue, even in these unprecedented times,” Ankur Saboo, an infrastructure finance specialist, said.

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

India renewables capacity

Can't Login? Sign up for an account

Email address The email address is not made public. It will only be used if you need to be contacted about your account or for opted-in notifications.

Password

Confirm password

Provide a password for the new account in both fields.

This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Already have an Asian Power account? Login

Can't log in?

Return to login

Since you're here...

...there are many ways you can work with us to advertise your company and connect to your customers. Our team can help you dight and create an advertising campaign, in print and digital, on this website and in print magazine.

We can also organize a real life or digital event for you and find thought leader speakers as well as industry leaders, who could be your potential partners, to join the event. We also run some awards programmes which give you an opportunity to be recognized for your achievements during the year and you can join this as a participant or a sponsor.

Let us help you drive your business forward with a good partnership!

I want to download the media kit