Overview
The anticipated power requirement for the year 2012-13 was 76,752 Million Units(MUs) or Million kWh, whereas the availability was anticipated at 72,931 MUs, which translates to an annual deficit of about 5%( Source: Central Electricity Authority-CEA). The anticipated month wise breakup as estimated by CEA is given below.
Blogs on Gujarat
Gujarat Solar – SunEdison, Konark and Welspun top performing plants in 2013-14
We are glad to present the Second edition of the whitepaper “Sunrise in Gujarat”, a detailed analysis of the energy generation in 2013-14 of solar plants that were commissioned under the Gujarat Solar policy. In this edition, the number of plants analysed has increased to 65, from 50 in the first edition(download the first edition here). […]
India Solar – Gujarat continues to lead with ~40% of the total installations; Rajasthan gets 70% of the JNNSM Phase 1 projects
The MNRE released the state-wise solar installed capacity under JNNSM and various other schemes as of 31 January 2014. Not surprisingly, Gujarat continues to be the Number 1 state with 860.4 MW out of the total installed capacity of 2208 MW in the country. The most interesting part is that all this capacity came through […]
India Wind – Gujarat leads in capacity addition in 2013-14, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh follow
According to the updates released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the total wind capacity in India stood at 20,226 MW. A total of 1,175 MW of wind capacity was added during the first 10 months of the FY 2013-14 till January 2014. Gujarat added 362 MW, followed by Maharashtra with 297 MW […]
First Solar PV module performance in India higher than predicted – Sujoy Ghosh, First Solar
In an interview with Intersolar India, Sujoy Ghosh, Country Head, India, First Solar has shared that First Solar PV modules have been performing beyond expectations and that the CdTe thin film technology of First Solar has proved to provide more energy yield in Indian conditions as compared to polycrystalline technology. He attributes the higher yield […]
Gujarat Solar PV plant Performance – Konark, Welspun and Palace Solar take top honours among 50 plants
In May 2013, RESolve released a whitepaper with the ranking of solar projects in Gujarat(click here) based on the energy generation data from the Gujarat SLDC for the calendar year 2012(January 2012 to December 12). Based on the feedback received from the industry, we have modified the ranking from Calender year to Financial year and […]