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Is Tamil Nadu moving too fast in implementing its solar policy?

Policy, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Tamil Nadu /

In early October 2012, stakeholders in the Indian solar sector were feeling nervous about the lack of project pipeline, especially given the fact that JNNSM Phase 2 guidelines were not yet announced, Gujarat had already completed commissioning a majority of projects it had targeted, and there were no major announcements from state governments. The lackluster […]

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TN Solar Policy – Highlights of the Pre-Bid Meeting on 19 December 2012

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The pre-bid meeting for the allocation of 1000 MW of solar projects under the ambitious Tamil Nadu solar policy was organized today by TANGEDCO at their office here in Chennai. The event was attended by the various stakeholders in the industry including some prominent project developers. More than 500 people turned up. The top officials

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Andhra Pradesh Solar allotment pre-bid meeting highlights

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The pre-bid meeting for the allotment of projects under the Andhra Pradesh Solar policy was held on 14 December 2012 in Hyderabad. None of us from RESolve could not attend the meeting due to scheduling conflicts, but our friends at EfficientCarbon LLP participated in the meeting and have uploaded a nice summary of the pre-bid

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Solar PV Plant Performance – Capacity Utilisation Factor(CUF) Vs Performance Ratio(PR)

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In the Indian solar context, CUF is perhaps the most overused word when it comes to measuring a solar power plant performance. The interesting thing is, not many people outside India understand the CUF because most of them use a much better metric – Performance Ratio(PR). When we posted the CUF of solar plants in

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TNERC invites comments/suggestions on the Tamil Nadu Solar Policy 2012

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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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Will the JNNSM Domestic Content Requirement help Inverter manufacturers with base in India?

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With the announcement of the JNNSM Phase 2 draft policy and the initiation of investigation into dumping of PV modules by a few global companies, lot of discussions have been centered around the Domestic Content Requirement in the policy. Will the DCR be waived in Phase 2 or will Thin Films also be included in

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Andhra Pradesh releases bid documents for 1000 MW solar projects

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Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited(APTRANSCO) has released the bid documents(RfS) for the bidding of 1000 MW of Solar projects.The date of submission is 19 January 2013. The salient features are reproduced below. a. Minimum capacity of project – 1 MW and Maximum capacity of a project- 20 MW AC(+/- 10%) with annual reduction of

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Tamil Nadu – Bid document for 1000 MW released

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Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited(TANGEDCO) has released the tender documents today(05 December 2012). The salient features of the document are given below.     a. The timeline is as under b. Pre-bid meeting with tenderers – 19 December 2012(Update : The details of the pre-bid meeting can be found here) c.Minimum project capacity –

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JNNSM Draft policy guidelines for Phase 2 released..

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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

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