According to the data released by the MNRE today, India’s cumulative grid-connected solar installed capacity(PV+CSP) stood at 2,180 MW as of 31 December 2013. This translates to an addition of 1,004 MW in the calender year 2013. Wind installations crossed the 20 GW mark in November 2013, and stood at 20,150 MW at the end of 2013. The total […]
In the first phase of the Kerala Solar rooftop programme, Tata Power Solar(TPS) has been the most successful so far. According to an update published by ANERT, the renewable energy nodal agency for Kerala, subsidy has been released to 953 households(as of 18 December 2013) under the 10,000 rooftop power plants programme. Of these 953
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In India, one of the major issues that affect the performance of renewable energy plants is the lack of sufficient evacuation infrastructure. In one of our earlier articles, we had shared some analysis of how lack of enough transmission infrastructure has crippled the Tamil Nadu wind industry(read the article here). There are initial indications that
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One of the reasons often cited for the delay in signing of the PPAs under the Tamil Nadu Solar policy is that Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commision (TNERC) has not approved the tariff proposed by Tangedco. And one of the reasons TNERC has not approved the tariff is because it does not have a Chairman
Tamil Nadu Wind sector’s golden age has come to an end. At least it appears so going by the installation numbers for the current year and last year. The sector added a little more than 6 GW during the decade 2002-03 to 2011-2012 and ended the period by adding an average of 1 GW per
The solar capacity in India crossed the 2 GW milestone in the third quarter of 2013 with the addition of about 900 MW (as of October 2013) driven primarily through the capacity additions under the Batch II of Phase 1 of the National Solar Mission. In addition to this, a few large scale power plants
The calendar year 2013 has been a tough year for the Indian Wind industry. It added only 1573 MW of generation capacity during January- October 2013(Source: MNRE), and is likely to register a negative growth compared to the previous calendar year 2012 when a total of 2336 MW was installed. (Source: GWEC). It may be
The lacklustre year 2013 is drawing to a close with some good news for the coming year. The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited(UPPCL) signed PPAs with 6 developers for setting up a total of 110 MW of solar power projects under the state’s Solar Power Policy 2013 which targets 500 MW solar capacity by 2017. In March
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Perhaps for the first time in the history of the country, all the 3 major political parties(AAP, BJP and INC ) had included solar in their election manifestos for the Delhi Assembly Elections for 2013. BJP had the following points related to electricity in general and solar in particular in Delhi(Click here for the manifesto).
In the last trading session for the Quarter 3 of 2013-14, non-solar RECs trade showed remarkable resilience and continued its growth from the previous month. The non-solar REC inventory remained almost constant, reflecting a supply vs demand match during this trading session. However, Solar REC trade remained fairly constant from the previous month, and the
