floating solar project on patiala ki Rao at chandigarh...

 

On the lines of Solar Project on the Narmada River in Gujarat, it seems that Punjab is considering to build a solar park on Patiala Ki Rao at Chandigarh which is having seasonal water flows during two to months only. The project is called as UT Solar Park.

Earlier an Israeli based company, MST, has been consulted to check the viability of putting up solar project at this location. The team has visited sites of Patiala Ki Rao and Sukhna Choe for the proposed project.

However, after that the Punjab Energy Development Agency, the state nodal agency responsible for the development of renewable energy in state, was approached. PEDA has consulted The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) which has recently recommended to set up a 25 MW Project at this site.

According to sources, PEDA will soon invite Expression of Interests (EoI) for the said project.

 

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Narmada-plant-model-to-light-up-UT-solar-park/articleshow/21440888.cms

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According to ReNew Wind Power the Wind forecasting regulation of CERC will hamper the countries wind energy market..

 

ReNew Wind Power, Gurgaon based Wind Energy Developer, expressed its concerns over the recent directives of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's (CERC) to impose penalty on the wind energy generators for not meeting their forecasted energy output with a band of  (+)30% to (-)30%. 

CERC has issued this order in the month of July-13 and will be applicable for the wind projects commissioned after May-2010. As per the order, wind projects having  capacity of 10 MW or more will have to forecast their generation for the following day with 15 minutes interval. Penalties will be incurred if the forecasts are missed by more than 30%.

According to the officials of the company the level of accuracy being asked is not possible in case of wind energy projects. Further the amount of penalties in case of non-fulfillment may be as high as 15% of the revenue which will destroy the profitability of the project as well as the industry which has attracted around USD 10 Billion investments since 2011.

According to market sources, the internationally reputed wind forecasting consultants such as GL Garrad Hassan and AWS True Power are also not giving guarantee for the required precision.

The decision will mostly affects the large wind energy developers such as Tata Power, CLP India, Continuum Wind Energy etc including ReNew Wind Power.

 

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Additional Reading...

http://www.livemint.com/Industry/lQBq1EnJSLj0TYK6J7PepO/Goldmans-ReNew-says-India-windforecast-rule-will-erase-pro.html

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Indian Railways to set up Nuclear Power Plants for Captive Consumption...

 

Indian Railways, seems to be in discussion with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to set up nuclear power plants on captive basis to meet its own electricity needs.

As the national transporter is reeling under severe financial stress, it seems that the move is part of the strategy  to revisit its energy consumption considering recent hikes in diesel price for bulk users.

Indian Railways spent Rs 8,000 crore on electricity in 2012-13, while its diesel bill was around Rs 15,000 crore.

According to the officials of Indian Railways, the transporter will soon sign an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NPCIL for the development of the nuclear power plants. The company is also exploring some options in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

As estimated by the transporter, the electricity costs from the proposed captive power plants will be close to Rs. 4 per unit or even lesser whilst it currently is paying around Rs. 5.4 per unit.

The first phase of the captive power plant will be operationalized at Nabi Nagar in Bihar.

 

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Railways-plans-captive-nuclear-plants-to-cut-rising-fuel-bill/articleshow/21441267.cms

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RPower's 45 MW Wind Project at Vashpet is commissioned in July 2013...

 

Construction of Reliance Power Limited's (RPower) 45 MW Wind Power Project at Vashpet, Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra has been completed and the project was commissioned in the month of July 2013.

The project which was having investment outlay of around Rs. 300 Crores, was awarded to Global Wind Power Limited (GWPL) on lump sum turnkey EPC basis.

The project is having 18 Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) with 2.5 MW which were designed by Germany based Wind to Energy (W2E) and manufactured by GWPL in India.

The power generated from the Project will be sold to Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) for distribution in Mumbai at a tariff specified by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC)

The Project is also registered with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is expected to earn around 1.6 Million carbon credits during its operations phase.

Apart from the this 45 MW Wind Project, RPower is also operating a 40 MW Solar PV Project in Rajasthan. RPower is also executing India's larges Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project having capacity of 100 MW at Rajasthan which is expected to be commissioned by the year end.

In addition to these, Reliance Group is having wind portfolio of 100 MW under different  group companies.

 

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Additional Reading...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/reliance-power-commissions-45-mw-wind-power-project-in-maharashtra/articleshow/21453877.cms

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