Plant Performance

Solar Plant Performance data for March 2014 released by MNRE

After a gap of one month, MNRE has released the performance of plants commissioned under JNNSM for March 2014. The data for February 2014 is not available. As usual, the solar plants are under 4 categories – RPSSGP, JNNSM Phase 1- Batch 1, Phase 1 – Batch 2 and Migration projects. The performance data for

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JNNSM Phase 1 plant performance data for January 2014 released by MNRE

MNRE released the performance data for plants under JNNSM for the month of January 2014. As usual, the projects are under 4 different sections. The details of each one is given below. (Note: Please click on the image to enlarge it) JNNSM Phase 1 Batch 2 JNNSM Phase 1 Batch 1 JNNSM Phase 1 Migration

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JNNSM – Solar Plant Performance for December 2013 released ; CSP plant performance data released for the first time

In the latest data on solar plant performance released by MNRE, a majority of the plants have shown a marginal dip in generation in December 2013 compared to the previous month. The dip can be attributed to reduced irradiation levels.  (As per meteonorm data for Phalodi in Rajasthan, the irradiation level is the lowest during

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India Solar – Solar PV plant performance data for October 2013 released by MNRE

Within less than 2 weeks of releasing the data for September 2013, MNRE today released the plant performance data for October 2013. The data for some of the plants is missing, while for the majority of the plants, it is available. The data under different schemes are given below. Click on the images to enlarge

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Solar O&M and PV Plant Design Optimization – Presentations from Intersolar India 2013

What causes the highest number of failure events in an operational PV plant? Which sub-system leads to highest loss of energy in a plant? These were the questions we asked in a survey of some of the top developers(Solairedirect) and EPCs(L&T, Tata Power Solar, Sterling & Wilson, etc) in the country,. Together, these companies manage

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First Solar PV module performance in India higher than predicted – Sujoy Ghosh, First Solar

In an interview with Intersolar India, Sujoy Ghosh, Country Head, India, First Solar has shared that First Solar PV modules have been performing beyond expectations and that the CdTe thin film technology of First Solar has proved to provide more energy yield in Indian conditions as compared to polycrystalline technology. He attributes the higher yield

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