CERC, upon petition of Bajaj Hindustan, directed NLDC to issue RECs to Bajaj Hindustan for the captive generation...

 

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) while ruling on the petition filed by Bajaj Hindustan Limited (BHL)  regarding the issuances of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) by the National Load Despatch Center (NLDC) has given its order in favor of BHL.

 

Bajaj Hindusthan (petitioner) had filed a petition before the CERC against NLDC for refusing to issue Renewable Energy Certificate, which it claims to deserve rightfully. The petition filed by BHL requested CERC to pass an order for issuance of RECs and compensate them for the delay in issuance of RECs and for the legal costs incurred by the petitioner.

NLDC, the respondent, justifying its refusal to issue RECs brought out the Government of Uttar Pradesh notification under Section 3 of the UP Electricity Duty Act, 1952 imposing electricity duty on power consumed by an entity from his own source of generation through Bagasse based power plant.

While Govt. of UP subsequently has abolished the electricity duty imposed on power consumed by an entity from his own source of generation, NLDC claims that exemption of payment of electricity duty amounts to waiver of electricity under the second proviso to Regulation 5 of the REC Regulations, and as such, considers that REC may not be issued.

Deliberating over the matter in details during the CERC hearing in August, 2013, the Commission considered that abolishing the electricity duty on consumption from own sources of generation cannot be treated as waiver of electricity duty for the purpose of REC Regulations. Pertinently, the Commission ordered NLDC to process the case of the petitioner for issuance of RECs.

The above mentioned order can be downloaded from here.

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Clean Energy Progress Report (2012) launched by IEA…

Power found that International Energy Agency (IEA) has launched its 2012 Tracking Clean Energy Progress report at the third Clean Energy Ministerial in London.

The PDF version is downloadable, free of charge, from our website.

The report is an early excerpt of the forthcoming Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 (to be released on 11 June 2012). It provides a comprehensive tracking of progress in the development and deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies in the power generation, industry, buildings, and transport sectors. Progress is compared against rates required to achieve a 2°C limit in global temperature rise. Three main areas are evaluated

• Technology progress, using data on technology performance, technology cost, and public spending on research, development & demonstration (RD&D)
• Market creation, using data on government policies and targets, and private investment
• Technology penetration, using data on technology deployment rates, share in the overall energy mix and global distribution of technologies.

The report finds that while some progress has been made, most clean energy technologies are not on track to make their required contribution to reducing carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and thereby provide a more secure energy system. It highlights that getting back on track is possible, if timely and significant policy action is taken.

 

Below table shows the key findings of the Report.

 

Pre-order Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 now on the IEA Online Bookshop

 

 

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Karnataka’s RE potential far more than 38 GW of which current utilization 3.45 GW…

World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE), Pune based renewable energy consulting agency have studied the renewable energy potential of Karnataka. As per the study, the potential is more than 38 GW of which only 3.45 GW has been tapped till November 2011.

 

The said installations of 3.45 GW includes 1,929 MW of wind, 86 MW of biomass, 782 MW of bagasse co-generation, 646 MW of small hydro and 9 MW of solar. Wind offers the maximum potential, with an untapped capacity of 11 GW. Obviously the huge untapped RE potential also creates an investment opportunity.

Significant potential also exists for solar, small hydro, bagasse co-generation and biomass sectors. Under the state's RE Policy, it is estimated that by 2014, there will be a generation of 6,600 MW of renewable electricity. The Renewable Purchase Specification in the state is for of 7%-10%.

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