After receiving a lukewarm response from the bidders(who bid for only for 50% of the capacity) and some not-so gentle criticism from the stakeholders, the Tangedco seems in no mood to throw in the towel out of helplessness. It is planning to do the most practical thing, which is to come out with a new […]
Tamil Nadu Solar Policy – Back on track with a new tender? Read More »
As I chose to write on this topic, I realized that 3 out of my last 5 blogs were on the subject of Rooftop PV. The first one was about Karnataka rooftop PV programme, the second on the SECI’s bidding process for rooftops under the JNNSM and the third one about the advantages and disadvantages
MNRE has published the performance data for plants commissioned under the JNNSM Phase 1, Batch 1(by NVVN) and also under the RPSSG Programme for the month of December 2012. This the third month in a row that MNRE is publishing the data.(Posts related to October and November 2012 can be found here and here.) We
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A few weeks back, I got an invitation from the Global Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur to deliver a talk at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, 2013.( The keynote speaker was Dr. Harish Hande, Founder of SELCO and winner of Magsaysay Award ). The event organizing committee wanted me to talk about the business opportunities in the
The Business Opportunity in Distributed Power Generation Read More »
With the interest in rooftop PV picking up, especially after the call for RfS by the Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI), and due to the various state policies( Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu ), design and installation of rooftop systems are getting a closer look. The different possibilities to reduce cost and increase yield
After Karnataka, it is the turn of the Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) to release RfS documents for implementation of Rooftop PV systems in 6 cities across India. These projects are under the Phase 2 of the JNNSM. Other states like Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have also announced their intention to set up rooftop
Rooftop Solar PV – Details of the SECI’s RfS document Read More »
Rooftop PV has been seeing lot of action recently. Several state governments have started promoting solar rooftop programmes mainly as pilot projects in cities. First, it was Gujarat, and soon Kerala followed suit. (For a comparison of the two programmes, click here). Tamil Nadu also stresses the importance of rooftop PV in achieving its target
India has made huge strides in the solar sector in the last 3 years and crossed the 1 GW installations landmark in June 2012. More than 70% of the projects were under the Gujarat state policy and most of the remaining projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(JNNSM). The total number of projects come
Indian Solar – Inviting You to One of the Largest Crowdsourcing Projects on Solar Read More »
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy periodically releases the list of Channel partners accredited by the ministry for off-grid and de-central Solar applications under the JNNSM. The latest list(as of 01.01.2013) is available here. The list has been getting longer over the last few months and some major solar EPCs are in the list.
Interesting insights from the list of MNRE off-grid Solar PV Channel Partners Read More »
By now, many of you would have read the highlights of the final bid document for allocation of 1000 MW under the AP solar policy. In case you missed it, there is a good summary at Energy Alternatives India. The final document has been improved upon based on the inputs from the stakeholders after the
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