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 […]
The REC trading for the month of October that took place on 30th October 2013. The trading of both non-solar and solar RECs showed marked improvement from previous month. The details of the trading are as follows Non-Solar The sale of non-solar REC increased by 3 times from the previous month, but it was still
REC Trading October 2013 – Non-solar REC trade triples; Solar REC posts 28.4% growth Read More »
As per MNRE, 111.13 MW of grid connected solar and 7.13 MW of off-grid solar capacity were added in September 2013. This data, which was released within a week of releasing the data for August 2013(click here), shows that the total grid-interactive power reached a total of 2080 MW. This represents a minor drop in
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Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) has released the Request for Selection(RfS) document for 750 MW grid connected solar PV projects under JNNSM Phase II Batch 1. The draft guidelines and the final guidelines were released in April 2013 and most recently earlier this month(Click here and here for the detailed guidelines and the updates). With
(Editor’s note – With the bidding process for the 750 MW of solar projects through VGF under JNNSM Phase 2 about to commence very soon, prospective developers should be vary of underestimating the project cost. We expect the module prices to go up further and we explain the reasoning behind that in this blog). 45-50GW
MNRE had earlier announced the release of the draft guidelines for the 750 MW of solar capacity to be allocated under the second phase of the JNNSM. Following this positive announcement came the other positive i.e. the announcement that the funds were tied up to the tune of Rs. 1875 crores from the NCEF for
According to the latest updated by the MNRE, Solar in India has crossed the 2 GW landmark(grid-connected and off-grid systems combined). As of 31 August 2013, the total solar installed capacity stood at 2100 MW, out of which grid-connected solar capacity was 1969 MW and off-grid systems was 131 MW. About 130 MW of grid-connected
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The Government of India earlier announced its approval for the implementation of the scheme for setting up 750 MW of solar capacity under the first batch of Phase 2 of the National Solar Mission. An estimated Rs. 1875 crores @ Rs. 2.5 crores per MW has been set aside to fund projects under the VGF
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The solar PV plants in India are entering a phase of maturity. The total installations will exceed 2 GW by the end of the year, and about half of the installations would have completed more than 1 year of operations by that time. As the plant becomes older, Operation and Maintenance (O&M) becomes more and
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MNRE had earlier released the draft guidelines for the allocation of projects using the VGF mechanism under the first batch of JNNSM Phase 2. Most of the clauses remain the same (refer our earlier post here). The major changes are on the VGF disbursal guidelines and clarity on the domestic content requirements. The details of
JNNSM Phase 2 -DCR at 50% in the revised draft guidelines for 750 MW under VGF Read More »
