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Tamil Nadu Solar bidding results – Reaction from stakeholders

1 Comment / Policy, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Tamil Nadu /

Following the opening of the technical bids for allocation of projects under the Tamil Nadu solar policy, reactions from stakeholders have started coming in. RESolve had reported the opening of the bids live and shared several insights following the bid opening(Click here for the full analysis). Narasimhan Santhanam at Energy Alternatives India had some interesting […]

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2012 – A (Solar) Year in Review

2 Comments / MNRE, Policy, Regulation, Renewable Energy Certificates (REC), Solar PV /

2012 has been a remarkable year for Solar in India. The country continued its journey towards better energy security this year witnessing significant solar capacity additions. Having ended 2011 on a relatively small high of 300 MW of solar capacity addition, India finally entered the 1 GW solar club during the middle of 2012. This

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CERC invites comments on extending the validity of RECs beyond 365 days

Regulation, Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) /

The lack of enthusiasm for REC trading has prompted the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission(CERC) to rethink the validity of the RECs, which is currently at 365 days. As the CERC put it,” It is noticed that non-solar REC prices have remained at floor price since September 2012 as supply of REC remains far in excess

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Is Tamil Nadu moving too fast in implementing its solar policy?

Policy, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Tamil Nadu /

In early October 2012, stakeholders in the Indian solar sector were feeling nervous about the lack of project pipeline, especially given the fact that JNNSM Phase 2 guidelines were not yet announced, Gujarat had already completed commissioning a majority of projects it had targeted, and there were no major announcements from state governments. The lackluster

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TN Solar Policy – Highlights of the Pre-Bid Meeting on 19 December 2012

Policy, Solar PV, Tamil Nadu /

The pre-bid meeting for the allocation of 1000 MW of solar projects under the ambitious Tamil Nadu solar policy was organized today by TANGEDCO at their office here in Chennai. The event was attended by the various stakeholders in the industry including some prominent project developers. More than 500 people turned up. The top officials

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Andhra Pradesh Solar allotment pre-bid meeting highlights

1 Comment / Andhra Pradesh, Policy, Solar PV, Solar Thermal /

The pre-bid meeting for the allotment of projects under the Andhra Pradesh Solar policy was held on 14 December 2012 in Hyderabad. None of us from RESolve could not attend the meeting due to scheduling conflicts, but our friends at EfficientCarbon LLP participated in the meeting and have uploaded a nice summary of the pre-bid

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Solar PV Plant Performance – Capacity Utilisation Factor(CUF) Vs Performance Ratio(PR)

46 Comments / Plant Performance, Solar PV /

In the Indian solar context, CUF is perhaps the most overused word when it comes to measuring a solar power plant performance. The interesting thing is, not many people outside India understand the CUF because most of them use a much better metric – Performance Ratio(PR). When we posted the CUF of solar plants in

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