Off-grid Solar PV’s role in expanding Energy Access, and Trade related challenges

Markets, off-grid PV, Solar /

More than 1 Billion people world over do not have access to quality electricity. Of these, nearly 800 million people live in Asia, while about 630 million people live in Africa. India alone accounts for about 400 million people who lack access to electricity or good-quality primary energy sources. How can off-grid Solar PV reduce energy poverty […]

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2014 – Rs.9000 Crores alloted for Green Corridor and other power sector initatives

Solar, Tamil Nadu /

In a move that has been widely welcomed in the state, the Tamil Nadu state government announced its plans to set up a green energy transmission corridor at a cost of Rs. 1,593 Crores. Apart from this, Rs. 5,400 Crores will be provided for tariff subsidy. The state government will also take over liabilities of

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India Wind – Gujarat leads in capacity addition in 2013-14, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh follow

Gujarat, Rajasthan, Statistics, Tamil Nadu, Wind /

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

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TNERC proposes solar RPO of 2% in a bid to put TN solar policy back on track

Discoms, Regulation, Renewable Purchase Obligation, Solar, Tamil Nadu /

The Tamil Nadu Electrcity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) in a notice issued yesterday has proposed to amend the solar component of the RPO under the Renewable Purchase Obligations 2010 to state that the solar component of the state’s RPO would be increased to 2% from 0.05% earlier. TNERC has specified that the total RPO enforced in

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CERC proposes Solar PV capital cost of Rs. 6.12 Crore/MWp and Rs.6.99/kWh as generic tariff

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As part of its annual revision of Renewable Energy tariffs, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission(CERC) has proposed a generic levellised generation tariff for solar PV for FY 2014-15 as Rs. 6.99/kWh(without Accelerated Depreciation) and Rs. 6.33/kWh(with Accelerated Depreciation). This tariff was arrived at, on the basis of the capital cost of Rs. 6.12 Crore/MWp. This

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Rajasthan Solar – Total Installed capacity reaches 670.5 MW as of 31.12.2013

Rajasthan, Solar, Statistics /

A total of 117.75 MW of Solar energy generating capacity was added in Rajasthan during the period during the fiscal year 2013-14 till December 2013. RRECL has released the latest numbers after its earlier update 6 months back. (More details here). The capacity addition trend during the past 4 years is given below. These projects are

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REC Trading for January 2014 – Solar drops by 19%; Non-solar drops by 11%

4 Comments / Renewable Energy Certificates (REC), Renewable Purchase Obligation, Solar /

After growing marginally in December 2013, the solar REC trading dropped to its lowest levels in 5 months. Non-solar REC trade also dropped after increasing continuously for 4 months. Since the number of RECs traded were less than the number of RECs issued, the inventory of both solar and non-solar RECs continued to grow. Both

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JNNSM – Solar Plant Performance for December 2013 released ; CSP plant performance data released for the first time

MNRE, Plant Performance, Solar /

In the latest data on solar plant performance released by MNRE, a majority of the plants have shown a marginal dip in generation in December 2013 compared to the previous month. The dip can be attributed to reduced irradiation levels.  (As per meteonorm data for Phalodi in Rajasthan, the irradiation level is the lowest during

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