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About RTI
Research-Backed Clean Energy Intelligence for a Global Audience
Independent analysis on solar, hydrogen, storage, agrivoltaics, and AI in energy, written by active researchers, for professionals who need more than press releases.
Who We Are
Where Laboratory Research Meets Real-World Energy Coverage
Renewable Tech Insights (RTI) is an independent clean energy media publication covering the technologies, markets, and policies shaping the global clean energy transition. We publish original analysis, technology deep dives, and market intelligence for professionals who need more than press releases and trend pieces.
RTI is founded and run by an active researcher at UNSW's School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE), one of the world's leading solar energy research institutions. That academic foundation shapes everything we do: we prioritise evidence, accuracy, and analytical depth over speed and volume.
We are not a news aggregator. Every piece we publish is original, sourced, and written to the same standards of accuracy we apply to peer-reviewed research.
The People Behind RTI
Renewable Tech Insights was founded by Dr. Mahesh Suryawanshi and co-authored with Dr. Uma Ghorpade, two researchers whose combined work spans advanced photovoltaics, materials science, clean hydrogen, and sustainable energy technologies across three continents.
Dr. Mahesh Suryawanshi
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
🎓 Senior Lecturer & ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW SPREE
🚀 2x Founder
Dr. Mahesh is a 2x founder, Senior Lecturer, and ARC DECRA Fellow at UNSW's School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, a rare combination of entrepreneur and research scientist working at the frontier of clean energy. He brings a perspective that connects materials science to energy economics, and through RTI, makes it available to the professionals who need it most.
Dr. Uma Ghorpade
Co-Author & Contributing Researcher
🎓 PhD, Materials Science
📍 Three Continents of Research
Dr. Uma has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers across research institutions on three continents, a body of work that most academics spend a lifetime building. Her expertise in semiconductor materials for energy conversion shapes the technical accuracy that makes RTI credible to the researchers and engineers who know this field best.
What We Cover
Solar Energy & Photovoltaics
Panel technology, project economics, tariff analysis, manufacturing trends, and large-scale solar deployment globally.
Agrivoltaics & Solar-Agriculture
Co-location of solar panels and farming — crop studies, policy frameworks, regional mapping, and AgriPV project analysis worldwide.
Battery Energy Storage
BESS tenders, tariff trends, grid integration, project performance, and the storage scale-up reshaping power systems globally.
Hydrogen & Green Ammonia
Electrolyser economics, green hydrogen pipelines, ammonia as an energy carrier, and emerging export corridors from Australia and beyond.
AI in Clean Energy
Grid forecasting, predictive maintenance, demand optimisation, and how machine learning is reshaping energy operations.
Policy & Market Intelligence
Regulatory developments, tender analysis, investment flows, and the policy shifts that determine who wins in the global clean energy transition.
Where We Have Genuine Depth
India
One of the world's fastest-moving clean energy markets, 500GW renewable targets, surging storage tenders, active AgriPV pilots, and a growing green hydrogen ambition. Mahesh's frequent on-the-ground engagement gives RTI the perspective most international media cannot offer.
Australia
A global leader in solar penetration, green hydrogen exports, and clean energy innovation. As locally-based UNSW researchers, RTI covers Australia's energy transition with technical depth that desk-based journalism cannot match.
Global
Clean energy breakthroughs don't respect borders. RTI tracks the technologies, policies, and markets that matter — wherever the most important clean energy story is happening.
What We Stand For
01
Analysis Over Announcements
We don't republish press releases. Every piece is original, sourced, and written to help readers understand what something means — not just what happened.
02
Research-Grade Accuracy
Rooted in active academic research, RTI applies the same standards of evidence to journalism that we apply to science. We cite sources, acknowledge uncertainty, and correct errors without hesitation.
03
Editorial Independence
RTI is editorially independent. Our coverage is not shaped by advertiser relationships. We call things as they are — including when projects fail, tariffs are unsustainable, or policies fall short.
Work With RTI
We welcome contributions from researchers, domain experts, and practitioners with original perspectives on clean energy. We also partner with organisations on sponsored content, research distribution, and industry analysis.
