After Karnataka, it is the turn of the Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) to release RfS documents for implementation of Rooftop PV systems in 6 cities across India. These projects are under the Phase 2 of the JNNSM. Other states like Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have also announced their intention to set up rooftop […]
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Rooftop PV has been seeing lot of action recently. Several state governments have started promoting solar rooftop programmes mainly as pilot projects in cities. First, it was Gujarat, and soon Kerala followed suit. (For a comparison of the two programmes, click here). Tamil Nadu also stresses the importance of rooftop PV in achieving its target
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission(TNERC) has released a consultative paper on “Order on Issues related to Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012”. In this paper, the following issues are highlighted for discussions and comments/suggestions are invited on the following topics. The last date for submission of comments is 28th December 2012. a. Solar Purchase
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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
JNNSM Draft policy guidelines for Phase 2 released.. Read More »
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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The much anticipated policy for the Phase 2 of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(JNNSM) by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) is expected to be released in December 2013. Mr. Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary of MNRE, announced this during the opening ceremony of the Intersolar India 2012 conference on 5th November 2012. According
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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The Indian edition of one of the largest solar conference cum exhibitions in the world, Intersolar, is taking place next week in Mumbai(5 – 8 November, 2012). The Intersolar organizers have given RESolve the privilege to serve on the Intersolar India Conference committee and we will be present at the event from 5th to 7th
