As part of its annual revision of Renewable Energy tariffs, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission(CERC) has proposed a generic levellised generation tariff for solar PV for FY 2014-15 as Rs. 6.99/kWh(without Accelerated Depreciation) and Rs. 6.33/kWh(with Accelerated Depreciation). This tariff was arrived at, on the basis of the capital cost of Rs. 6.12 Crore/MWp. This […]
A total of 117.75 MW of Solar energy generating capacity was added in Rajasthan during the period during the fiscal year 2013-14 till December 2013. RRECL has released the latest numbers after its earlier update 6 months back. (More details here). The capacity addition trend during the past 4 years is given below. These projects are
Rajasthan Solar – Total Installed capacity reaches 670.5 MW as of 31.12.2013 Read More »
After growing marginally in December 2013, the solar REC trading dropped to its lowest levels in 5 months. Non-solar REC trade also dropped after increasing continuously for 4 months. Since the number of RECs traded were less than the number of RECs issued, the inventory of both solar and non-solar RECs continued to grow. Both
REC Trading for January 2014 – Solar drops by 19%; Non-solar drops by 11% Read More »
In our earlier blog we had mentioned that we would wait for SECI to release the list of bidders before publishing the same to ensure that the information available is official. SECI has gone ahead and released the list of bidders on their website. The list has been reproduced below. A more indepth analysis of
SECI releases list of bidders under JNNSM Phase 2, Batch 1 Read More »
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
SECI opened the bids under batch 1, phase 2 of the JNNSM yesterday. Contrary to popular opinion, the response from the developers has been overwhelming with the total capacity bid for under the scheme standing at about 2170 MW as opposed to an allocation target of 750 MW. 2170 MW has been bid for across
JNNSM Phase 2 bids announced – A comprehensive analysis Read More »
According to the data released by the MNRE today, India’s cumulative grid-connected solar installed capacity(PV+CSP) stood at 2,180 MW as of 31 December 2013. This translates to an addition of 1,004 MW in the calender year 2013. Wind installations crossed the 20 GW mark in November 2013, and stood at 20,150 MW at the end of 2013. The total
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
Kerala Solar Rooftop Programme – Tata Power Solar leads the way Read More »
In India, one of the major issues that affect the performance of renewable energy plants is the lack of sufficient evacuation infrastructure. In one of our earlier articles, we had shared some analysis of how lack of enough transmission infrastructure has crippled the Tamil Nadu wind industry(read the article here). There are initial indications that
Grid problems in Rajasthan preventing peak performance of solar plants – Solairedirect Read More »
One of the reasons often cited for the delay in signing of the PPAs under the Tamil Nadu Solar policy is that Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commision (TNERC) has not approved the tariff proposed by Tangedco. And one of the reasons TNERC has not approved the tariff is because it does not have a Chairman
