SECI Rooftop Solar – Tata Power Solar, Ravano Solar and Waaree Energies major winners

In the Phase III of the implementation of the Rooftop PV systems by the Solar Energy Corporation of India, RfS was floated in September 2013 for allocation of projects in 9 cities totaling 10 MW(Details available here). SECI announced the winners a few days back, and the results are as follows. 1. Of the total

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SECI announces clarifications to queries from stakeholders (JNNSM Batch 2)

The Solar Energy Corporation of Indian (SECI) had earlier released the standard PPA and VGF securitization agreement following which a pre-bid meeting was scheduled to clarify the details under the RfS as well as the PPA and VGF agreements. SECI has now released the clarifications to the queries raised in the pre-bid meeting. A highlight

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REC Trading November 2013 – Solar REC trade drops; Non-Solar REC trade doubles

In the REC trading for the month of November 2013, the trade volume of non-solar doubled from the previous month and touched an all time high this year.However, Solar REC sales dropped by 22% from October 2013. Both non-solar and solar RECs were traded at their floor prices(Rs. 1500/REC and Rs. 9300/REC respectively) in both

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India Solar – Solar PV plant performance data for October 2013 released by MNRE

Within less than 2 weeks of releasing the data for September 2013, MNRE today released the plant performance data for October 2013. The data for some of the plants is missing, while for the majority of the plants, it is available. The data under different schemes are given below. Click on the images to enlarge

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Solar O&M and PV Plant Design Optimization – Presentations from Intersolar India 2013

What causes the highest number of failure events in an operational PV plant? Which sub-system leads to highest loss of energy in a plant? These were the questions we asked in a survey of some of the top developers(Solairedirect) and EPCs(L&T, Tata Power Solar, Sterling & Wilson, etc) in the country,. Together, these companies manage

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SECI releases the standard PPA and VGF securitization agreement

The Solar Energy Corporation of Indian (SECI) released the standard PPA and VGF securitization agreement yesterday. Developers have been waiting for the VGF securitization agreement as the terms in it would affect the bankability of the projects. Some of the highlights from both the securitization agreement and PPA include Part commissioning of power plants is

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