The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has raised the electricity tariff across the state with effect from the first of May 2013. (The state cabinet will deliberate on the hike and find ways to reduce the impact). The revised tariff affects consumers who have a high electricity consumption per month as opposed to about […]
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(Editor’s note – This article on the status of rooftop solar PV in India and the comparison of state rooftop policies appeared in the April 2013 print edition of PV-Magazine and the May 2013 edition of the Chinese edition of PV-Magazine. The article was written by Madhavan Nampoothiri, Director of RESolve. Click here to read
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REC trading for the month of April 2013 concluded last week. As expected, with the end of the previous compliance year, the trading saw a significant drop in numbers for the month of April both in terms of volume traded as well as the price discovered for the RECs. The trading data for the month
The total solar power installed capacity in India stands at 1.686 GW as of 31st March 2013 out of a total of 28 GW of renewable power installed capacity(Source MNRE). In February 2013, the total renewable energy installed capacity stood at about 27.3 GW. The breakup of the capacities are given below. Click here for
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In what has come as a disappointment to most solar developers who participated in the Andhra Pradesh(AP) tender for 1000 MW project allocation, the government of AP has announced a tariff of Rs. 6.49/kWh. It may be recalled that the AP tender received very enthusiastic response(click here for more details) in comparison to the lukewarm
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With the unallocated electricity quota under the phase 1 of JNNSM no longer available and the fact that NTPC/NVVN is no longer the procurer of solar electricity under the JNNSM, MNRE has established the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for handling the power procurement from the second batch of the JNNSM. In this scenario
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Following the announcement that the validty of the RECs would be extended beyond their present 365 day window, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has now released a second set of (draft) amendments to their REC guidelines. These amendments – as can be seen from the draft documents published by CERC are more clarifications of
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MNRE has released the details of the projects that have been commissioned as of 15 April 2013. Of the 27 projects that entered into a PPA, 24 projects have been commissioned. That is a total of 290 MW of the total 340 MW. The 3 projects(totaling 50MW) that are yet to be commissioned are a.
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MNRE has released the data for March 2013. As expected, the Capacity Utilization factor(CUF) for most the plants have been increasing.(For details about CUF and Performance Ratio(PR), click here). We have been compiling this information since October 2012 for every month. The performance data till February 2013 can be accessed here. Given below is the
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There is so much of talk about the number of un-electrified villages in India and how micro-grids could be the panacea for all the problems in the rural areas. In fact, I had also written about the promise of off-grid PV and the potential of micro-grids for PV Magazine, purely based on my interactions with
