Tamil Nadu announces it Solar Policy
After Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu also announced its Solar Policy last week . The policy aims to achieve an ambitious target of 3000 MW by 2015 in phased manner with capacity addition of 1500 MW from utility scale projects 350 MW
MPERC refuses expemtion of Solar RPO
Recently MPERC held in an order that there will not be any relaxation and revision in fulfillment of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) targets from solar energy sources for FY 2011-12 and 2012-13. The order is in response to the petition
REC Trading Report – July 2012
Demand fell off the cliff this month, mainly driven by enforcement concerns and expectations of price fall in the future (due to increasing supply). Aggregate demand reduced to 161,000 RECs from 350,000 last month (-54%). On the other hand, supply
REConnect's journey so far
A recent article of The Hindu Business Line covered the story how REConnect was formed and their entrepreneurial journey till now . Vishal Pandya and Vibhav Nuwal , Directors, REConnect Energy Solutions met through Linkedin, shared their ideas of
Tariff increases offer a ray of hope for Discom’s
Two recent articles highlight the changes taking place in Discom’s. The article in Business Standard mentioned that last year, some Disocm’s were able to raise tariffs to an extent that was not seen in the past. Tariff increase for FY11 States Tariff increase
REC Trading Report – May 2012
Solar RECs were traded for the very first time in India in the May trading session. REConnect sold Solar RECs issued to M&B Switchgear Ltd (a company that operates a 2MW solar plant in MP). The market clearing prices on
First Solar RECs Issued to M&B Switchgear; Expected to Trade in May
M&B Switchgear Ltd, which owns and operates a 2 MW solar PV plant in MP was issued 249 Solar RECs today. This is the very first issuance of Solar RECs in India. These Solar RECs are expected to be traded
DERC to mandate the use of Renewable Energy in Delhi by 2%
To encourage the use of renewable energy in New Delhi, DERC is ready to announce a 2% RPO for the Discoms in New Delhi. DERC is revising the domestic tariff for the financial year 2012-13 . In a recent article
MP amends RPO regulation to include Co-gen as renewable energy
In our recent newsletter (Vol 19), we had mentioned the following: Madhya Pradesh recently proposed an amendment to its RPO regulations. The amendment proposes to substitute “Co-generation from Renewable Sources of electricity” with the word “Co-generation” in various sections of the
Record output by windmills in Tirunelveli region
Windmills in Tirunelveli region on 4th May generated about 1, 940 MW, a record production in this season. The figures were announced by Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) officials. They said that there were more than 5, 700 windmills with