MNRE has announced the list of Channel Partners as of 01.07.2013. About 6 months back, we did an analysis of the channel partners and found some interesting details. For example, we found that in February 2013 that NCR region(Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad) had the highest number of channel partners(37) followed by Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, […]
Number of MNRE Solar PV Channel Partners decreases in June 2013 Read More »
Dear Patrons and Readers of RESolve blogs, It is my pleasure to share with you the “Solar Updates in States” Map. Solar in India is no longer restricted to the central programme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission(JNNSM), administered by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE). More and more states have come up with
MNRE had previously revised the benchmark tariff for offgrid systems in November 2012. Today, MNRE has come up with another revision for the benchmark tariff for off-grid systems. The most important change, in terms of small scale solar PV plants has been the downward revision of the benchmark tariff of these systems. PV systems (without
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) has released the performance date for April 2013. The performance details of projects commissioned under the JNNSM Phase 1, Batch 2 have also been released. Of the 24 projects commissioned(details available here), performance data is available only for 11 plants. The details of the plants are given below.
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Developers interested in bidding projects for the 750 MW under the Phase II Batch I of the JNNSM have the option to bid with or without Domestic Content or Both. The Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) has released the Draft Methodology for implementation of the 750 MW under the Viability Gap Funding(VGF) route. Most of
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(Editor’s note – This article on the status of rooftop solar PV in India and the comparison of state rooftop policies appeared in the April 2013 print edition of PV-Magazine and the May 2013 edition of the Chinese edition of PV-Magazine. The article was written by Madhavan Nampoothiri, Director of RESolve. Click here to read
Small is the new big – The Indian solar rooftop revolution Read More »
The total solar power installed capacity in India stands at 1.686 GW as of 31st March 2013 out of a total of 28 GW of renewable power installed capacity(Source MNRE). In February 2013, the total renewable energy installed capacity stood at about 27.3 GW. The breakup of the capacities are given below. Click here for
Renewable Energy Installed Capacity As of 31 March 2013 Read More »
MNRE has released the details of the projects that have been commissioned as of 15 April 2013. Of the 27 projects that entered into a PPA, 24 projects have been commissioned. That is a total of 290 MW of the total 340 MW. The 3 projects(totaling 50MW) that are yet to be commissioned are a.
290 MW of Solar Projects commissioned under the JNNSM Phase 1, Batch 2 Read More »
MNRE has released the data for March 2013. As expected, the Capacity Utilization factor(CUF) for most the plants have been increasing.(For details about CUF and Performance Ratio(PR), click here). We have been compiling this information since October 2012 for every month. The performance data till February 2013 can be accessed here. Given below is the
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Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) has released the list of successful bidders for the cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon. The bid received very enthusiastic response(our earlier blog is available here) for the proposed 10 MW rooftop PV project allocation in 6 cities(click here for details of the RfS). However, SECI has announced the
Solar Rooftops – Sun Edison, Azure and Thermax win 5.5 MW project allocation by SECI Read More »
