Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited(RRECL) opened the financial bids submitted towards the allocation of 100 MW of solar projects. (The full list of bidders is available here). The total bids come to 185 MW by 23 companies and as per our sources, the lowest bid was Rs. 6.45 for a 10 MW allocation. The highest […]
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At the official launch of the 10,000 rooftop PV programme today, the Minister for Power for Kerala, Mr. Aryadan Muhammed announced the intention to expand the programme to 75,000 rooftop programme very soon. Of this, 25,000 PV systems will be grid tied systems on the government buildings, while another 50,000 PV systems will be off-grid
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Tangedco(Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company) has been conducting meetings with the bidders for the 1000 MW tender of the Tamil Nadu Solar policy for finalizing the Power Purchase Agreement tariff. The meetings have been going on for the last 2 days(and today). This follows the opening of the financial bids last week. A few
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US has complained against the Domestic Content Requirement(DCR) provisions of the JNNSM, India’s flagship solar policy(Read the news here). It must be noted that First Solar, a US based PV manufacturer, has one of the highest market shares (more than 200 MW of installations) of the 1000 + MW of projects commissioned in India till
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The first round of REC trading in the new year continued in the same vein as the previous year with some surprises. It should be noted that we are in the last quarter of the compliance year wherein all obligated entities would have to fulfil their obligations or meet with stiff penalties (should they be
Yesterday(03-02-2013) was big day in the USA. The Super Bowl – the finals of the National Football League(NFL) – America’s biggest sporting event ended with a victory for the Baltimore Ravens against the San Fransisco 49ers. (For those not familiar with NFL -it could be said that the equivalent of Super Bowl in India is
Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI), has notified amendments and clarifications to the Request for Selection(RfS) for the allocation of 10 MW of rooftop PV projects in 6 cities. (The details of the original RfS can be found here.) These changes are based on the pre-bid meeting held on 21st January 2013 in New Delhi. The
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The financial bids under the Tamil Nadu policy is being opened. We are highlighting it based on what we hear.(Disclaimer -The final actual figures are subjected to confirmation from Tangedco) (For details of the technical bid opening, click here). Tangedco has announced that the their board will deliberate on the rates and arrive at a
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Kerala, which launched a unique off-grid solar rooftop programme known as 10,000 Solar Rooftop Programme(more details here), has announced a list of 14 companies that are eligible to install these rooftop systems. Kerala is among the first states to opt for a Rooftop PV programme. The others include Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu apart from MNRE
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Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited(RRECL) has released the list of bidders who participated in the bid for 100 MW of Solar PV projects. (Details of the bid can be found here). There are a total of 25 bidders and some of the prominent companies include Solairdirect, Azure Power, Emami Cement, Alex Green Energy, Refex Energy,
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