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Cost of Capital for Indian Renewable Energy Projects: A Review of Methodologies, Risk Drivers, and Policy Evolution
India’s renewable energy sector faces financing challenges that could undermine its 2030 targets, prompting this review of cost of capital dynamics across utility-scale solar and wind projects to address gaps in understanding how financing costs evolve with market maturation and policy intervention. We synthesize evidence from six estimation methodologies, analyse risk drivers through four comprehensive […]
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The Role of Coal in a Sustainable Energy Mix for India
Chapter: Decarbonisation Goals: Benchmarking NTPC and Tata Power with Enel and Recommending a Sustainability-Linked Finance Framework The case-study analyzes the decarbonization strategies of India’s major power companies, NTPC and Tata Power, in the context of India’s 2070 net-zero emissions target, which requires an estimated US$10.1 trillion investment (with US$8.4 trillion needed for the energy sector […]
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FX Hedging Facility
The FX Hedging Facility is a customizable currency hedging product comprised of a foreign exchange (FX) hedging facility backed by an FX tail risk guarantee. The mechanism targets a particular tranche of FX risk and allows allocation of risks to suitable parties, and also eliminates the credit risk premium otherwise charged in a commercial currency […]