The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) has released the performance data for July 2013. The performance details, as always include the energy yield as well as the CUF of the power plants commissioned under the JNNSM Phase 1 (batch 1 and 2) as well as the plants that were commissioned under the RPSSGP scheme. […]
India Solar – Electricity Generation Continued to Reduce In July 2013 Read More »
MNRE has updated the renewable capacity additions for the month of July 2013. Solar capacity additions which had reduced to a trickle and completely stopped in June has finally seen some new additions with about 80 MW being added in July. Wind capacity additions which has been steadily declining over the course of the last
India Solar – 79.56 MW of capacity added in July 2013 Read More »
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) had earlier invited bids from prospective developers to install rooftop PV systems across six cities in India totalling 11.1 MW. The allocations were to be made to developers who offered the lowest price per Wp for installing the rooftop PV systems in the various cities. Following the tendering
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Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNJ) had earlier petitioned Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) proposing a retroactive tariff cut for the solar projects operating in the state citing that the capital costs had fallen considerably by the time the projects had been commissioned in the state. GUVNL had argued that the capital costs approved in
In April 2012, I had the opportunity to present on the topic at an event in Germany about the reasons for dominance of Thin Films in India(view the presentation here) but there were already indications that Thin Film technology was losing momentum across the world at a significantly fast pace. Solyndra went bankrupt in August
First Solar+GE Vs Solar Frontier Vs Hanergy – The last men standing? Read More »
Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission(TNERC)’s recently released Consultative Paper on “Comprehensive Tariff Order on Solar Power” has created some panic in the market owing to the proposed tariff of Rs. 5.78/kWh. (Read our initial analysis of the same here). Several project developers and EPCs with projects in Tamil Nadu were very much concerned after reading
TNERC recently released a consultative paper which proposes to set the tariff for solar projects in Tamil Nadu. The consultative paper details the methodology involved in arriving at the tariff as well as the various assumptions that were made for the different variables in terms of cost for solar projects such as CAPEX, OPEX etc.
TNERC proposes Rs. 5.78 per kWh for solar PV projects Read More »
REC trading for the month of July 2013 concluded Today. As was the case last month, Solar RECs continue to langiush at the bottom with the solar RECs trading at their floor price for the second month in succession. It is very likely that the solar RECs would continue to trade at the floor price
REC Trading – July 2013 – Solar RECs continue to flatline Read More »
Energy Storage is set to be the next big growth area, especially due to the high penetration of “variable wind and solar power”. But the question is, how big can the market grow? Two reports released in a space of 4 months give very different growth estimates. The first report forecasts the PV Storage market
Solar PV Storage market set to become big. But how big? Read More »
In March 2013, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) announced that the total solar PV module manufacturing capacity in India touched 2000 MW. While the 2GW landmark appears to be significant, it pales in comparison to the production capacity in China. According to IHS, the world’s top PV supplier in 2012, Yingli of
