Hike in GBI for wind power projects
According to Bloomberg's article, the wind farms in India will receive a hike in their subsidy ( from 50p to 80p for per unit of the electricity generated). Under the Operational Guidelines for implementation of "Generation Based Incentive
Private Equity investment in cleantech reduces sharply
According to The Business Standard, private equity (PE) investments in clean technology projects have almost halved this year. This year the RE sector had 12 PE investments worth around $396 million whereas last year there were 36 PE deals worth
REC market may crash if state distribution companies don't meet their RPO
According to and article in the Economic Times, REC markets have crashed in the recent months (see trade results of Oct 2012 and Sept 2012 here) as the state power distribution companies have not yet met their obligation by purchasing
MNRE proposes amendment in Electricity Act to strengthen RPO
According to a report in the Business Standard, at a Solar Energy summit in Mumbai, Mr. Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said," We have realised that some private companies and state discoms are not complying
REC Trading Report – October 2012
Non-solar RECs The prices remained at floor price this month (Rs.1500/REC at IEX and PXIL; this is the same in September) as supply has remained far in excess of demand. The total RECs available this month was 15 lakh out of
States fail in meeting their Renewable Purchase Obligation for 2011-12
Most discoms of different states have failed to meet their renewable purchase obligation for 2011-12. The reason being poor policy enforcement, lack of awareness and various questions raised by obligated entities on the applicability of RPO. This has affected the
Rajasthan High Court judgment will strengthen RPO enforcement
Rajasthan High Court Rules in Favour of RPO Regulations Rajasthan High Court dismissed an appeal by Hindustan Zinc Ltd. , Ambuja Cements Ltd., Grasim Industries Ltd. and 14 other companies that challenged RPO regulations enacted by the state regulator (Rajasthan Electricity
Delhi announces its final RPO regulation
The most awaited RPO regulations was finally announced by Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) for the capital region. Like RPO regulations of other states, DERC also came out with a similar one. The RPO regulation is applicable to: Distribution Licensee(s) operating in
Andhra Pradesh announces its Solar Policy
The government of Andhra Pradesh recently announced its State Solar Policy. The policy seems to be very attractive and will bring more solar developers into the state. The policy does not announce any feed in tariff or competitive bidding
Wind industry in Tamil Nadu gets attractive after rise in APPC
The wind industry gets more attractive after the announcement of new Average Pooled Power Cost in Tamil Nadu.There has been 7.17 % hike over the previous APPC price of Rs 2.39 per unit. The new price from now onwards will