(This article appeared in the February 2013 Print Edition of PV-Magazine ) The Indian off-grid PV segment is reaching a point of inflection. On the one hand, there is an ever increasing demand for energy. About 400 million people in India have no access to electricity. Of these, a majority lives in remote, unelectrified villages. […]
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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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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
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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.
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Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency(TEDA) has recently published the status of the subsidy disbursal for off-grid solar photovoltaic projects under the JNNSM scheme. One of the concerns many folks have is that subsidy may not be disbursed, and TEDA has addressed that concern by making all the details of the subsidy status will bring in
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The wait for the JNNSM Phase 2 guidelines seems to be over. The MNRE has released the draft guidelines. Please note that this is only a draft document and final decision on certain key issues are awaited.The draft can be accessed here. Some of the highlights from the document are reproduced below. a. Target for
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MNRE has revised the benchmark price for the remaining period of the financial year 2012-13(upto March 2013). The major change is that the benchmark price is now linked to the size of the system. Earlier, there was only one benchmark price(Rs. 270/Wp for system with battery back-up and Rs. 190/Wp for system without battery) for
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Hurricane Sandy brought some good news and some disappointments related to PV to the people of the North East USA. Two of the most popular US media outlets – The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek – had some interesting stories about the impact of Sandy on the PV installations. First, the disappointment . Many
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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