In the first phase of the Kerala Solar rooftop programme, Tata Power Solar(TPS) has been the most successful so far. According to an update published by ANERT, the renewable energy nodal agency for Kerala, subsidy has been released to 953 households(as of 18 December 2013) under the 10,000 rooftop power plants programme. Of these 953 […]
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Dear Patrons and Readers of RESolve blogs, It is my pleasure to share with you the “Solar Updates in States” Map. Solar in India is no longer restricted to the central programme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(JNNSM), administered by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE). More and more states have come up with
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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The Ministry of Power(MoP) has released its First Annual Integrated Rating of the State Electricity Distribution Utilities. The ratings were carried out by the rating agencies- ICRA Limited and CARE. In total, 39 state utilities from 20 states were rated and the utilities from Gujarat came on top with excellent ratings whereas the
The Kerala government has been taking significant strides in promoting the use of solar in the state. Previous announcements such as the 10,000 rooftop solar(more details here, here and here) and the 75,000 rooftop solar program aims at proliferating the use of solar in the state with an aim to alleviate the growing energy deficit.
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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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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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The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has announced the proposed feed in tariff (FiT) for solar power plants in the state. This announcement is by no means the final tariff and has been announced with the intention of getting comments from the various stakeholders in the industry so as to refine the policy (and
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With the power tariff hikes and the rise in power cuts in most states, rooftop solar PV is increasingly being viewed as a solution to these problems. As we mentioned in an article last week, there is a growing optimism that rooftop solar PV has a huge potential and with proper policy and regulatory support,
Rooftop solar PV in India – Gujarat and Kerala show the way Read More »
Almost every solar programme in India, be it JNNSM or the state policies like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, among others, is focused on mostly grid connected utility scale projects. Policy support for Off-grid PV systems is sometimes announced as an afterthought, and in some cases, they do not even find a mention. For example, while
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