After weeks of suspense, 29 developers will be issued Letters of Intent for a total of 226 MW. The Hindu reported this today, and the report says that the board of Tangedco Board of Directors have approved this selection. It may be recalled that bids were received for a total of 499 MW and the […]
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The budget proposals being announced today are matter of some joy to those involved in the renewable energy sector. The announced proposals breathes some much needed life into the wind energy sector which had lost steam due to the lack of clarity on the available incentives. There was also some good news for the solar
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The Kerala government has been taking significant strides in promoting the use of solar in the state. Previous announcements such as the 10,000 rooftop solar(more details here, here and here) and the 75,000 rooftop solar program aims at proliferating the use of solar in the state with an aim to alleviate the growing energy deficit.
Kerala Releases Comprehensive Solar Policy Draft; Targets 500 MW by 2017 Read More »
Companies like Ravano Green Power, Sun Edison, Azure and Tata Power, among others, have bid for the solar rooftop projects being allocated by the Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI). Today was the last date for submission of Rfs. (Details of the RfS can be found here and here). Some highlights about the bids, as learned
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Bihar Government, through Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Limited(BSPHCL), has floated RFP for co-development of solar plants and pisci-culture projects to catalyze the growth of rural economy. The solar projects will be ground mounted projects. Since land is a constraint in the state, Bihar came up with the idea of using the land used for
Andhra Pradesh Transmission Company(APTRANSCO) announced the list of bidders who submitted their RfS for allocation of 1000 MW under the AP solar policy. Efficient Carbon, based in Hyderabad, has posted the list of bidders in its website and has reported that the list can be accessed from the e-procurement website. It is interesting to note
Andhra Pradesh Solar – 184 applicants bid for 1340 MW, oversubscription of 34% Read More »
Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited(RRECL) opened the financial bids submitted towards the allocation of 100 MW of solar projects. (The full list of bidders is available here). The total bids come to 185 MW by 23 companies and as per our sources, the lowest bid was Rs. 6.45 for a 10 MW allocation. The highest
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Tangedco(Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company) has been conducting meetings with the bidders for the 1000 MW tender of the Tamil Nadu Solar policy for finalizing the Power Purchase Agreement tariff. The meetings have been going on for the last 2 days(and today). This follows the opening of the financial bids last week. A few
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US has complained against the Domestic Content Requirement(DCR) provisions of the JNNSM, India’s flagship solar policy(Read the news here). It must be noted that First Solar, a US based PV manufacturer, has one of the highest market shares (more than 200 MW of installations) of the 1000 + MW of projects commissioned in India till
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Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI), has notified amendments and clarifications to the Request for Selection(RfS) for the allocation of 10 MW of rooftop PV projects in 6 cities. (The details of the original RfS can be found here.) These changes are based on the pre-bid meeting held on 21st January 2013 in New Delhi. The
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