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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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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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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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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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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The details of the bid opening for the 1000 MW of allocation under the Tamil Nadu Solar Policy on 04-01-2013 at Tangedco office in Chennai as it happened are given below. The list of developers has been updated. As of 1515 Hrs – 157 MW As of 1530 Hrs – 231 MW As of 1545
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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
Is Tamil Nadu moving too fast in implementing its solar policy? Read More »
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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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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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 –
