Kerala Finalizes Solar Rooftop Policy
Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) through an order on 10th June 2014, has finalized its policy for solar rooftop systems. The policy is named Grid Interactive Distributed Solar Energy Systems. The policy is aimed at promoting solar power in the
CERC finalizes RE tariff for FY15
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) in its order on 15th May has finalised the Renewable Energy tariff for FY 14-15. The details of the tariff calculated for FY 14-15 can be found in table below. In the table above, it is clearly
Haryana RE Tariff for FY 2013-14
The electricity regulatory commission of Haryana - HERC in an order dated 20th Nov 2013 has declared tariff for all renewable energy projects to be commissioned in FY 2013-14. Following are the numbers for various projects - Solar PV (Crystalline) - Rs.
REC Trading Report – May 2013
The second REC trade session of FY 2013-14 (May-13) continued to remain dry in terms of buy side participation. Clearance ratios for Non-Solar RECs remained in single digit and prices softened in Solar RECs. Following are the highlights: Non Solar RECs Market clearing
Karnataka extends banking facility to Solar Projects
Hon’ble KERC has come up with an order dated 22nd March 2013 for introduction of banking facility to Solar Power Projects in Karnataka. KERC had previously invited comments /suggestions on the issue latest by 25th October 2012. The Commission has asserted
Rajasthan Solar Tender attracts lowest bid ever
After Tamil Nadu’s Solar tender which discovered a lowest bid of Rs. 5.97 per unit (with annual escalation of 5%), it was time for Rajasthan’s solar tender to unveil something similar. Rajasthan discovered a bid of Rs. 6.45 per unit
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
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
Accelerated Depreciation Benefit for Wind Projects Withdrawn
Recently the Central Government withdrew Accelerated Depreciation (AD) benefit for wind projects. This was widely anticipated (we had covered it earlier here), but there were some uncertainties (see Economic Times article of a few days back which said the benefit
Delhi's solar policy scrapped
Delhi Government's solar mission seems to be in darkness. The roof-top solar policy under which consumers would set up solar panels on their roof-tops and feed extra power generated into the main grid got scrapped.They felt the scheme could be