As per the latest statistics released by MNRE, India’s total grid connected solar generation capacity stood at 3883.5 MW(as of 29 May 2015). Seven states had more than 100 MW installed capacity and about 53% of the installed capacity came under state schemes whereas 32% came from MNRE projects and the remaining through the REC route. […]
After completing the allocation of 500 MW in November 2014(details here), Telangana, has now released the RfS document for selection of 2000 MW of Solar Projects. The distribution companies(Discoms) that will be procuring the power are Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited(TSSPDCL) & Northern Power Distribution Company Limited of Telangana (TSNPDCL) in 9 districts of the state. The
Like most people in the renewables sector, I also followed the Union Budget presented by Mr. Jaitley, hoping that the Finance Minister(FM) will provide the answer to a nagging question – “How will the revised target of 100 GW for solar, 60 GW for wind and 15 GW for other renewables be achieved?” Coming just a few
If you are like me, the title of this blog would have confused you. Within 2 weeks of releasing the draft guidelines for selection of 3000 MW of solar projects, the MNRE has released one more draft guidelines for selection of 2000 MW of projects. With the MNRE releasing several draft guidelines in quick succession,
According to the latest numbers released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE), the total grid-connected renewable energy capacity stood at 33,792 MW(as of 31 December 2014), out of which 9.1% was contributed by solar. The installed capacity of wind and solar were 22,465 MW and 3,063 MW respectively. During the calender year 2014,
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The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission(CERC) has released the final order for the reduction of the REC prices(Third Amendment). With this, CERC has removed one of the major obstacles that prevented Obligated Entities(OEs) from buying Solar RECs. The CERC had released a draft proposal in October 2014(more details here), and after taking the inputs from the stakeholders, the
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Punjab Energy Development Agency(PEDA) is inviting proposals for allocation of solar PV projects under the Phase II of its Renewable Energy Policy. In the Phase I of the solar projects allocation, RfP was released for 300 MW in March 2013(details here) , and the winners were announced in June 2013(details here). Many of the projects
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“No Way” – This was the reaction of one of the foreign delegates attending the Intersolar India 2014 event, when he was told about the plans of MNRE to scale up the JNNSM targets to 100 GW in less than 10 years. This reaction was echoed by many, who felt that it was impossible to
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“Solar Eclipse” seems to be over. At least that is what I felt after interacting with several industry colleagues. More on that in a while. The day 2 of Intersolar India 2014 saw presentations on various topics like PV project development, off-grid solar, Solar PV-Diesel hybrid systems, energy storage and project financing. There was also
Intersolar Day 2 – Subsidies for off-grid solar will be gradually phased out – MNRE Read More »
1500 MW in 3 weeks – that is the capacity of project pipeline that has been created after Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and now, Telangana, completed allocating 500 MW of solar capacity in each of the 3 states. Telangana solar bids were opened earlier this week, and the results were in line with the trend of
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