Overview
As per the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the anticipated power requirement for the year 2012-13 was 99734 Million Units(MUs) or Million kWh, whereas the availability was anticipated at 76979 MUs, which translates to an annual deficit of about 22.8%. The anticipated month wise breakup as estimated by CEA is given below.
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Blogs on Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh – Bids totalling 1291 MW vs 500 MW allocation capacity; Welspun bids for 345 MW
FirstSolar emerges as the lowest bidder(Rs. 5.25/kWh and Rs. 5. 350/kWh for 40 MW projects each) towards allocation of 500 MW of solar projects in Andhra Pradesh. A total of 49 qualified bidders bid for 63 projects with a total quoted capacity of 1291 MW. The “First Year Quoted Tariff” distribution is given below. (Please […]
Andhra Pradesh Solar – List of Bidders for 500 MW projects released
Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited(APTRANSCO) has released the list of bidders who had submitted their applications in response to the Request for Selection(RfS) of 500 MW projects(details of the RfS available here). The list does not include the capacity of the individual projects or the details of the substations preferred by the bidders. The […]
MNRE announces intention to add 15 GW by 2019; releases draft guidelines for selection of 3000 MW solar projects
The MNRE proposes to add 15 GW in 3 tranches through NVVN in the Phase II, Batch II of the JNNSM and has released the draft guidelines for the selection of projects totaling 3 GW under the state specific scheme. Under the Part 1 of Tranche I, 1000 MW is proposed to be set up […]
Andhra Pradesh – RfS for 500 MW of Solar PV projects released
The residual state of Andhra Pradesh, formed after the creation of the state Telangana, has invited bids from prospective bidders for setting up 500 MW of solar PV projects in the state. The distribution companies(Discoms) that will be procuring the power are Southern Power Distribution Company Limited of Andhra Pradesh (APSPDCL) & Eastern Power Distribution […]
Andhra Pradesh Solar – Open Offer Issued
APTRANSCO has issued an open offer from prospective project developers for development of solar projects in the state. It maybe recalled that Andhra Pradesh announced a solar capacity allocation of 1000 MW, but due to a relatively low tariff of Rs. 6.49/kWh announced by APTRANSCO, many of the developers lost interest in the state policy […]