KERC announces a revised tariff order for rooftop solar plants for domestic consumers
KERC has recently announced an order for the “revision of tariff in respect of new Solar Rooftop Photovoltaic Units of 1kW to 10kW capacity installed by domestic consumers”. The government of Karnataka has set a target of 2400 MW of
SECI to come up with 750 MW capacity solar power projects in Rajasthan
SECI has announced an RfS for setting up of 750 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic power projects in Rajasthan. The land, connectivity & long-term open access shall be the scope of the developer. The tender is a “Build-Own-Operate” (BOO) basis where
INR 2.67/unit tariff discovered for hybrid wind-solar 1.2 GW tender
The maiden tender for ISTS-connected hybrid wind-solar projects discovered an L1 tariff of INR 2.67/unit recently. The tender postponed six times in the past, due to lack of interest and the capacity was also reduced to 1.2 GW from 1.5
India to introduce a cap on solar tariff and reduces tender size for manufacturing unit
In a major development, the MNRE has directed the Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) to fix the upper permissible solar tariff at INR 2.50/kWh and INR 2.68/kWh for developers using domestic cells & modules (without safeguard duties) and imported products
Lowest ever tariff of Rs.1.58 discovered at RESCO model tender in Madhya Pradesh
The latest tariff discovered for rooftop solar at Power Grid Corporation in Madhya Pradesh is INR 1.58 kWh/unit. This is the lowest tariff discovered so far in the country. AMPSOLAR, a New-Delhi based company bid for the lowest tariff for
MERC announces generic tariff for various RE sources
Recently the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) announced an order for generic tariff determination of various renewable resources including Solar and Wind. Even after the generic tariff is realized, DISCOMs opt for competitive bidding for tariffs due to the low
HPERC DETERMINES GENERIC LEVELLISED TARIFF FOR SOLAR PV PROJECTS
Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC) has determined the regulations for determination of generic levelised tariff for solar PV projects. The tariff has been determined in parts. Tariff determined for the Solar PV projects applicable from 01.04.2017 to 30.09.2017 is as
SUBSIDIES IN THE RE SECTOR
Encouraging RE installation in the state, till now, the country’s policies have provided various benefits in the form of subsidies, generation based incentives, viability gap funding, etc.As the installed capacity of solar and wind energy has been increasing consistently, the
GUVNL'S BIDDING FETCHES TARIFF OF Rs 2.65
In a bidding which took place on 19th September 2017 for a 500 MW solar plant of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL), the lowest price determined was Rs 2.65 per unit. This was slightly higher than the price of
STATES IN INDIA BARRED FROM CANCELLING PPAS
The Government has barred the states in India from arbitrarily cancelling PPAs and has also imposed a penalty of 50% of the tariff. This notification has come after six states in the last two months have cancelled or renegotiated PPAs