The financial bids under the Tamil Nadu policy is being opened. We are highlighting it based on what we hear.(Disclaimer -The final actual figures are subjected to confirmation from Tangedco) (For details of the technical bid opening, click here). Tangedco has announced that the their board will deliberate on the rates and arrive at a […]
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Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited(RRECL) has released the list of bidders who participated in the bid for 100 MW of Solar PV projects. (Details of the bid can be found here). There are a total of 25 bidders and some of the prominent companies include Solairdirect, Azure Power, Emami Cement, Alex Green Energy, Refex Energy,
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After receiving a lukewarm response from the bidders(who bid for only for 50% of the capacity) and some not-so gentle criticism from the stakeholders, the Tangedco seems in no mood to throw in the towel out of helplessness. It is planning to do the most practical thing, which is to come out with a new
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As I chose to write on this topic, I realized that 3 out of my last 5 blogs were on the subject of Rooftop PV. The first one was about Karnataka rooftop PV programme, the second on the SECI’s bidding process for rooftops under the JNNSM and the third one about the advantages and disadvantages
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
India has made huge strides in the solar sector in the last 3 years and crossed the 1 GW installations landmark in June 2012. More than 70% of the projects were under the Gujarat state policy and most of the remaining projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(JNNSM). The total number of projects come
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By now, many of you would have read the highlights of the final bid document for allocation of 1000 MW under the AP solar policy. In case you missed it, there is a good summary at Energy Alternatives India. The final document has been improved upon based on the inputs from the stakeholders after the
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Following the opening of the technical bids for allocation of projects under the Tamil Nadu solar policy, reactions from stakeholders have started coming in. RESolve had reported the opening of the bids live and shared several insights following the bid opening(Click here for the full analysis). Narasimhan Santhanam at Energy Alternatives India had some interesting
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2012 has been a remarkable year for Solar in India. The country continued its journey towards better energy security this year witnessing significant solar capacity additions. Having ended 2011 on a relatively small high of 300 MW of solar capacity addition, India finally entered the 1 GW solar club during the middle of 2012. This
