(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 »
With the unallocated electricity quota under the phase 1 of JNNSM no longer available and the fact that NTPC/NVVN is no longer the procurer of solar electricity under the JNNSM, MNRE has established the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for handling the power procurement from the second batch of the JNNSM. In this scenario
MNRE releases draft guidelines for 750 MW under VGF (JNNSM Phase 2, Batch 1) Read More »
Rajasthan has become the second state in India, after Gujarat, to cross the 500 MW cumulative PV installed capacity mark. RRECL recently released the list of commissioned solar projects in the state. Of the 1.4 GW of solar PV capacity in the country, Rajasthan accounts for 510.25 MW. The total reaches 512.75 MW if solar
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
Solar Rooftops – Sun Edison, Azure and Thermax win 5.5 MW project allocation by SECI Read More »
The last few years have seen drastic reduction in the prices of Solar PV systems due to global industry dynamics. Are these price drops sustainable? Can investors and developers base their decisions on the assumption that PV prices will continue to fall? (Editor’s note – This article was written by RESolve at the end of
Solar PV systems:Can prices go down further? – Unlikely. Read More »
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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Uttar Pradesh recently announced its intention to setup solar PV capacity in the state by releasing a tender for the procurement of 200 MW of Solar PV. This comes close on the heels of the previous solar policy announcment which detailed plans to add 500 MW of solar capacity in the state by March 2017.
Uttar Pradesh announces RfP for 200 MW of Solar PV Read More »
Two very interesting news items caught my eyes and reinforced a trend that is becoming strong. The first news came last week, and was about MEMC’s announcement that it is planning to change its name to SunEdison. The company’s filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US says that “This name change does
Suntech, the largest manufacturer of PV modules just about a a year back in 2011, has defaulted on its convertible notes. New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) listed Suntech is likely to be taken over by the municipal government of Wuxi, China as per New York Times. Suntech is not the only Chinese company to be in
Solar PV Manufacturing – The bloodbath continues : Suntech the latest victim Read More »
Continuing with their undertaking, MNRE has published a list of Capacity Utilization Factors (CUFs) for the various power plants under the RPSSGP scheme as well as the CUF under the JNNSM batch 1 (data from NVVN) for the month of February 2013. The previous blog on this (for the period October 2012 to December 2012)
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