TNERC recently released a consultative paper which proposes to set the tariff for solar projects in Tamil Nadu. The consultative paper details the methodology involved in arriving at the tariff as well as the various assumptions that were made for the different variables in terms of cost for solar projects such as CAPEX, OPEX etc. […]
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MNRE had previously revised the benchmark tariff for offgrid systems in November 2012. Today, MNRE has come up with another revision for the benchmark tariff for off-grid systems. The most important change, in terms of small scale solar PV plants has been the downward revision of the benchmark tariff of these systems. PV systems (without
Recently, I got the opportunity to have a fairly elaborate discussion with Larsen & Toubro(L&T) about the solar sector in India. It may be recalled that L&T was ranked as the top Indian Solar EPC company in the world 2012 by IHS Research. This discussion/interview was done on behalf of Intersolar India and covered a
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After allocating 5.5 MW of Solar rooftop projects in 4 cities(details available here), Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) has invited RfS for allocation under Phase II. This covers 6 cities, including Bhubaneswar and Raipur which were part of the Phase I, but did not receive allocation, and Gurgaon, which received only a partial allocation of
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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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(Editor’s note – This article on the status of rooftop solar PV in India and the comparison of state rooftop policies appeared in the April 2013 print edition of PV-Magazine and the May 2013 edition of the Chinese edition of PV-Magazine. The article was written by Madhavan Nampoothiri, Director of RESolve. Click here to read
Small is the new big – The Indian solar rooftop revolution Read More »
I came across a very interesting article about a scenario in which putting up a solar system actually leads to increase in electricity bill. I am sharing some excerpts below, and I feel that this is an important topic to address. “Recently with the prices of Solar Panels becoming affordable, people have started using Solar
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Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) has released the list of successful bidders for the cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon. The bid received very enthusiastic response(our earlier blog is available here) for the proposed 10 MW rooftop PV project allocation in 6 cities(click here for details of the RfS). However, SECI has announced the
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With the expected growth of rooftop PV systems, net metering and the export of power to the grid, inverters will play a very crucial role in the future. My colleague,Giridaran Srinivasan wrote this article for the UK based magazine, Global Solar Technology, and it deals with the challenges in India for grid-tie inverters, especially during
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The TNERC had issued an order related to the Tamil Nadu Solar policy. This order follows the comments and feedback the TNERC received for its consultative paper on the policy(The consultative paper can be accessed here). The order covers the following areas a. Solar Purchase Obligations(SPO) – the order clarifies on the RPO obligated entities,
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