As per the data published by MNRE, Solar installations in the country crossed 20 GW. The total grid connected solar installations stood at 20.6 GW whereas the rooftop capacity crossed the 1 GW mark and stood at 1.063 GW as of 31 March 2018. Almost 10 GW of solar capacity was added during 2017-18, which […]
Ever since the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) was launched in 2009, Solar PV has been the most talked about solar conversion technology in India, where as Solar Thermal usually gets relegated to the sidelines, or gets discussed as an after-thought. Considering the fact that India’s abundant solar energy resource is available equally for
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited(KREDL) has released the Request for Proposal for the Phase 3 of the state’s solar policy. It is understood that this RFP was necessitated after some of the lowest winning bidders from the previous tendering process had declined to sign the Power Purchase Agreements(PPA) citing unviability of their projects at the
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TNERC recently released a consultative paper which proposes to set the tariff for solar projects in Tamil Nadu. The consultative paper details the methodology involved in arriving at the tariff as well as the various assumptions that were made for the different variables in terms of cost for solar projects such as CAPEX, OPEX etc.
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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.
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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
Tamil Nadu Solar Policy – Back on track with a new tender? Read More »
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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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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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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