Implementation of Project for setting up of 15,000 MW of Grid-connected Solar PV Power plants through NTPC/ NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited under National Solar Mission

 

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the implementation of the scheme for setting up of 15,000 MW of Grid-connected Solar PV Power projects under the National Solar Mission through NTPC/ NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) in three tranches namely, 3000 MW under Tranche-l under mechanism of Bundling with Unallocated Coal based Thermal Power and fixed levellised tariffs, 5,000 MW under Tranche-ll with some support from Government to be decided after getting some experience while implementing Tranche-l and balance 7,000 MW under Tranche-Ill without any financial support from the Government.

Successful completion of additional 15,000 MW capacity of Grid-connected solar PV power generation projects, mainly in the private sector, with largely private investment, under the National Solar Mission would accelerate the process of achieving grid tariff parity for solar power and also help reduce consumption of kerosene and diesel, which is presently in use to meet the unmet demand.

In Tranche-l, which will be Batch-II of Phase-II of the National Solar Mission, 3000 MW capacity of solar PV power plants will be based on bundling of solar power (3000 MW) with unallocated thermal power (1500 MW) in the ratio of 2:1 (in MW terms), for which the required 1500 MW unallocated thermal power has been made available by the Ministry of Power. The bundled power will be allotted to various States that come forward to (i) provide land for setting up the solar power projects and (ii) purchase a major portion of the bundled solar power for consumption within the State (iii) ensure connectivity to the solar power project. The capacity allotted to each such State will be set up through developers, to be selected through international competitive bidding by NTPC /NVVN. Both private and government companies would be free to bid for projects.

1000 MW capacity out of the 3000 MW under the bundling scheme will be set up on land already identified in Andhra Pradesh. The balance 2000 MW capacity under the Bundling Scheme will be allotted in other interested States that come forward.

It is estimated that implementation of Tranche-l of the scheme will entail total investment of over Rs.18,000 crore, all of which will be met by project developers, mainly private.

A Payment Security Mechanism / Working Capital Fund with an estimated corpus of Rs. 2300 crore to cover 3 months payment for bundled capacity of 3000 MW of Solar Capacity with 1500 MW NTPC Coal Power, will be set up to ensure bankability of PPAs and timely payment to developers. This will be evolved through collaborative efforts of Government of India and Solar Project Developers. The modalities for setting up of Payment Security Mechanism / Working Capital Fund will be finalized subsequently. Accruals from encashment of Bank Guarantees, penalties on developers, etc. will also go into this fund.

Some capacity will be earmarked out of the total procurement under this scheme with provisions of domestically manufactured solar cells as well as modules. The quantity to be fixed with Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) in each tender will be prescribed by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) based on the prevailing market conditions from time to time. Bids received under both the categories (one with DCR requirement and the other without any such requirement) will be evaluated and successful bidders selected independently. Further, this DCR will also be technology agnostic that is applied on both the crystalline silicon and thin film SPV cells and modules.
Background
The first Phase of the National Solar Mission (2010-2013) had a target of 1100 MW for Grid-connected solar power generation capacity, against which 1685 MW was set up in the country under various schemes. Further capacity addition of 9,000 MW comprising 3,000 MW under Central schemes and 6,000 MW under State initiatives/ other mechanisms was envisaged In the 2nd phase of the Mission (April 2013-March 2017).

Now that sufficient experience is available in India in this field and the Government is keen to expeditiously promote solar power in the country, it is proposed to give a quantum jump to development of solar power in India through market driven approach, wherein the role of subsidies and direct Government support is gradually phased out. Specifically, it is proposed to significantly enhance capacity addition in the 2nd phase itself under Central schemes through various mechanisms.

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Report on India’s Renewable Electricity Roadmap 2030—Toward Accelerated Renewable Electricity Deployment

 

The “Report India’s Renewable Electricity Roadmap 2030—Toward Accelerated Renewable Electricity Deployment” was released at the Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo (RE-INVEST 2015).

The report was brought out by NITI Aayog with support of CII, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation and RAP (Regulatory Assistance Project), a global non-profit group, talks about the current scenario of renewable energy in India and what needs to be done for its accelerated deployment to address energy security concerns.

Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Coal, Power and New & Renewable Energy, lauded NITI Aayog for the report and said that it has instilled a lot of hope for following more ambitious targets. “We need to create an enabling environment with respect to clearance, land acquisition and other regulatory support.”

The Minister suggested that the land owners, who provide their land for setting up renewable energy projects, could be given a stake in the projects as an incentive. He urged NITI Aayog to help in creating some innovative model for the RE sector. He addressed the panelists while sitting in the audience.

Commenting on the launch of the report, Smt Sindhushree Khullar, CEO, NITI Aayog- Govt of India stated that this is the first initiative of the Aayog. “Energy and renewable energy is a core area in India. We need to see actual movement on whatever the report suggests about,” said Smt Khullar.

Mr Deepak Gupta, Senior Programme Manager- Power, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, said that the report suggests possible roadmap to achieve ambitious targets in the renewable sector after assessing several best practices around the world.

The panelists were of the opinion that India needs to keep renewable energy as a matter of national importance. They suggested that the need of the hour is to move away from the current practice and make RE as an integral part of the power sector. For this a comprehensive national policy framework would be required for smoother renewable projects development in the country.

Mr Mackay Miller, Technology Innovation Analyst, NREL, congratulated the Indian government for its ambitious RE targets and intent to attain that goal. He suggested that there is need to think about policy and financing mechanism so that investments take place.

Smt Varsha Joshi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, lauded the report terming it as a good effort by the compilers. “It’s time that India has to look at RE as a resource across the states. There are a lot of things to be learned and a lot to be done,” she said.

Shri Sumant Sinha talked about thinking ‘out of the box’ to operationalise the issues highlighted in the report. “Why can’t we make renewable energy as the backbone of India’s electricity generation? We have to re-think our entire reliability on coal. Discoms are reluctant on buying renewable power against highly subsidised conventional power,” Shri Sinha noted.

Getting fund is seen as one of the major challenges. However, Shri Rajat Misra, VP, SBI Capital Markets Ltd is of the opinion that funding is not a constraint if there is good policy in place.

Shri SK Soonee, CEO, POSOCO, raised the issue of grid as one of the major hurdles in increasing renewable potential. The experts stressed that renewable energy could be the backbone of Indian power scenario provided existing issues are addressed. They objected to having coal as the preferred power choice just because it is available beneath the earth.

Smt Khullar stated that there is misconception in India that renewable energy is for rich. She asked everyone to be a part of this movement in renewable energy. “We are starting this journey with great hope and we should walk together to make it happen,” Smt Khullar concluded.

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NTPC to invest $10 billion for building renewable projects

 

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is planning to invest around Rs 60,000 Crs (USD 10 billion) for development of around 10,000 MW of Renewable Energy Projects in the next five years.

As per the statement issued by the company, it will add 10,000 MW to its existing capacity of 43,143 MW through solar projects in the next five years.

NTPC currently has around 110 MW of renewable power projects.

Recently, NTPC signed a term loan agreement of Rs 10,000 Crs and Rs 2,000 Crs with state-run SBI and Bank of Baroda, respectively, for partially funding its capital expenditure.

It has also floated Notice Inviting Tender (NITs) for four solar projects of 250 MW each in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Rajasthan and one 500 MW project in Andhra Pradesh.

The first 250 MW Solar project in Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh is expected to be awarded by the end of next month.

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Renewable Energy Sector in India may miss target 2 years in a row...

 

The country’s renewable energy sector is likely to miss its capacity addition target for the second year in a row. As against the annual target of 4,325 MW, only 1,922 MW has been achieved during the first nine months of the current fiscal, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

However, amid concern over slow progress, the installed capacity for wind power has crossed 20,000 MW this fiscal, while the overall grind-interactive renewable power capacity is set to cross 30,000 MW shortly. With the addition of 1,922 MW in nine months (marginally higher when compared with 1,763 MW in the year-ago period), India’s total grid-interactive renewable energy capacity addition stood at 29,989 MW as on December 31, 2013.

During April-December 2013, wind and solar segments contributed 1096 MW and 495 MW respectively, while the rest was contributed by small hydro, bagasse co-generation, biomass and waste-to-energy categories. Besides, 67 mw of off-grid/ captive power generation capacity from different renewable energy sources were also added during the period.

Presently, wind makes up 67 per cent of India’s total installed capacity of green power. Of the total cumulative capacity of 29,989 MW, wind sector contributed 20,149 MW, followed by small hydro power at 3,763 MW, bagasse cogeneration power at 2,513 MW, solar at 2,180 MW, biomass at 1,285 MW, and waste-to-energy at 99 MW. The cumulative off-grid/ captive power generation capacity from different renewable energy sources in the country stood at 945 MW by the end of December 2013.

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Solar power initiatives in Rajarhat New Town…

 

Rajarhat New Town is slowly inching towards becoming a solar city. The New Town Kolkata development authority (NKDA) is planning to introduce net metering system to encourage consumers to install solar panels and is also planning to procure electric scooters to be run in short distances in the township.

Officials of the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) came at the city recently to participate in a workshop organised in New Town on the issue of net metering system in context of solar energy use. Officials of the bureau of energy efficiency, West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Authority (WBREDA) and others were present at the workshop.

It was discussed in the workshop that to meet the energy demands and for climate reasons, solar energy should be used as much as possible. For this purpose, solar panels in roof tops, on the canals and on specific designated points on the ground can act as virtual distributed and decentralized powerhouses to generate additional energy which is clean and non conventional.

The consumers may pay only the net electrical power consumed and the solar power used will be put into the electricity grid which will result in savings in the power bill. This will further encourage consumers to invest in rooftop solar panels. NKDA officials said that this concept will be most attractive in new townships like New Town since the cost of roof top solar panels will be only marginal to the cost of construction of a new home.

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Japanese firms interested in partnering Indian companies to develop technology solutions for Renewable Energy Sector...

 

A renewable energy delegation from Japan is now visiting India to explore opportunities for partnership with Indian companies in the renewable energy sector.

Smart grids, waste to energy and storage solutions clearly emerged as areas where both Japan and India could explore partnerships at the ‘Japan India Public Private Round Table on Renewable Energy’ organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) under the aegis of Japan-India Energy Dialogue in New Delhi.

Delivering the inaugural address at the roundtable, Dr Satish B Agnihotri, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said, “Storage solutions is amongst the key renewable energy technologies that need to be evaluated. Within storage solutions, it is important to look at hybridization, given the intermittent nature of solar and wind power. Hybridization increases the combined capacity utilization factor thereby improving the financial viability. India also needs to leverage the Japanese experience in smart grid deployment and efficient appliances.”

Stressing on the importance of technology, H. E. Mr Takeshi Yagi, Ambassador of Japan, said, “Expansion of technology innovation is extremely important in the renewable energy field. With both Japan and India witnessing a sharp increase in energy imports, renewable energy is a key component of the energy mix. There is a need to harness the huge potential of renewable energy through the development of new technologies and their application to society. It is also important to utilize the private sector’s know how in the areas of waste to energy, storage batteries and smart grids.”

Highlighting some key areas that could be of interest for Indo-Japanese collaboration, Alok Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said, “New areas of co-operation between India and Japan could be in developing cutting edge technologies. Another opportunity is in the area of financing at an affordable cost.”

Key Japanese companies accompanying the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI, Japan) include, Mitsui Engineering and Ship Building (Solar Power), NGK Insulators (storage solutions), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (smart Grids), Hitachi Zosen Corporation (waste to energy).

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Govt mulling National Offshore Wind Energy Agency...

 

To explore the potential of generating power through wind energy, New and Renewable Energy Ministry is making efforts for setting up a National Offshore Wind Energy Agency.

The agency will explore wind generation potential in the offshore areas of the country.

"The potential of generating power through wind energy in the offshore areas is immense and the ministry will approach the Union Cabinet soon for a decision," New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said.

He was speaking during a day-long "National Level Consultation on National Wind Energy Mission" here.

Abdullah also expressed hope that the Finance Ministry will restore the benefits of accelerated depreciation for wind power producers in the Interim Budget to be presented next month.

The Minister also supported the idea of appropriate financial support to the wind power producers.

The national consultation was organised by the ministry to discuss the need and scope of a National Wind Energy Mission.

The mission works towards improving investment climate by resolving issues connected with resource potential, land availability, grid connectivity, clearance procedure and zoning.

This initiative is part of the efforts of the ministry to remove hurdles in wind power development in the country and bring together all stakeholders on a common platform to work in a coordinated and concerted manner, officials said.

The consultation was attended by industry representatives, state electricity regulators, state and central government officials and research and development experts.

Secretary, MNRE S B Agnihotri also highlighted the importance of setting up an evacuation infrastructure and short-term large scale storage facilities for the renewable energy.

He also stressed on the need for making long term finance available at reasonable rate for the wind power producers.

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After National Solar Mission now it's time of National Wind Energy Mission (NWEM)...

 

The government will launch its first wind energy mission this year to give a boost to the renewable source and putting it in the same league as the high-profile solar mission. The 'National Wind Energy Mission (NWEM), which would be launched around the middle of the year, would give incentives to invest, east land clearances and regulate tariffs. But unlike the flagship 'National Solar Mission' it would not involve projects for bidding. It would act as a "facilitator", officials said.

First National Wind Energy Mission to begin by mid-2014

"We wish to coordinate separate lines of action in the wind sector and involve all the stakeholders. Wind energy led to the establishment of renewable based power in the country but lately it has been marred by several issues," said Alok Srivastava, joint secretary (wind) in the ministry for new and renewable sources of energy.

Under the proposed action plan, MNRE would strengthen grid infrastructure for wind power, identify high wind power potential zones, ease land clearances for the projects, regulate wind power tariff and incentivise investment in the wind sector.

"The proposed NWEM would be placed in the cabinet soon and we wish to kick start it in the next 6 months," said Srivastava. He also said that all stakeholders in the wind sector, ministry of power, Powergrid corporation, central and state electricity regulators, planning commission, private and public sector project developers would be a part of the mission, with MNRE acting as a key facilitator and moderator amongst all of them. "A national program would uproot the scattered impediments faced by the wind sector and spur it towards the second phase of growth," said Srivastava.

Grid connected wind based power in India has been in existence from almost 20 years now while solar made its debut just 4 years back with the national solar mission. India is the fifth largest wind power producer in the world with an installed capacity of 19 GW.

Caught in the policy net, capacity addition in the wind sector fell to decade low during last & current fiscal. The industry, especially the private sector has also complained about the lack of proper grid infrastructure for evacuation of wind power.
There have been delays in payments by the states to the power developers due to the same. Through this mission, government aims to have a generating capacity of 100 GW of wind power by 2022. The potential of wind based power in the country is estimated to be 300 GW.

MNRE also plans to extend the 'generation based incentive (GBI)' for the project developers for five years. This would amount to a total expenditure of Rs. 18,000 crore. Budgetary allocation for GBI in the current fiscal is Rs. 800 crore.

GBI was notified in the union budget 2013. Under this financial scheme, government would pay wind power developers Rs 0.50 for every unit of power generated from the wind facility.

Till April 2012, wind sector enjoyed two fiscal benefits. Accelerated depreciation (AD) has been in force for the wind industry since 2003 till 2012 when its was withdrawn. GBI, announced in 2011 was discontinued in 2012, only to be reintroduced in 2013 in the union budget.

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MNRE to conduct interaction meet to draw plan for the Green Telecom development in the country...

 

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is conducting an Interaction Meet on Powering Mobile Towers through Renewable Energy on January 13, 2014 to discuss the experiences of use of renewable energy technologies and to draw a plan to accelerated the use of RE for powering mobile towers.

As per MNRE's release on the matter, DG sets installed to power mobile towers account for about 4% of the total diesel consumption during the year 2012-13 requiring about Rs.4,300 crores from the public exchequer towards subsidy.

This initiative to use RE for power mobile towers may be attributed to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) direction to replace DG sets by renewable energy and hybrid systems in urban and rural areas in phased manner with a view to move towards 'Green Telecom'.

While MNRE has supported the use of solar photovoltaic systems to BSNL for use in telecom towers, other mobile service providers have also opted solar PV systems, biomass gasifiers, biogas systems and fuel cell systems to power mobile.

Considering that the initiative, though, in its initial stage has emerged to be quite beneficial, MNRE will conduct the meet with mobile service providers, mobile tower operators and renewable energy service providing companies to work out a plan to accelerate the use of renewable energy systems.

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DoT asks PricewaterhouseCoopers to chart carbon credit policy for telecom firms...

 

The telecom department has asked PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to evolve a carbon credit policy for mobile phone companies in addition to evaluating the technocommercial feasibility of powering 3.5 lakh telecom towers with green or "renewable" energy.

PwC India will suggest by end of February how telcos can check diesel dependence and reduce carbon footprint and also earn carbon credits by feeding clean energy into the national grid in the next six years.

The matter was recently discussed at a meeting where senior telecom department (DoT) officials and representatives of the consulting major, mobile operators, tower companies and the ministry of new & renewable energy (MNRE) were present.

"The government wants telecom companies to ensure a substantial chunk of power consumed by telecom towers in rural and urban areas is fed back into the national grid in the form of renewable energy by 2020," said a senior executive of a leading tower company who was present in the meeting.

"PwC has been asked to assess carbon footprint reduction targets mandated by DoT and also evolve a carbon credit policy in line with carbon credit norms and international best practices in the telecom sector," the official added.

A key issue would be evolving a mechanism for telcos to earn carbon credit certificates after carbon reduction targets have been met. But the consultant has sought more time from DoT, given the complexity of the task. "PwC has indicated it will submit its final report by end-February 2014, instead of the original January 15 deadline, owing to the complexity of data and analysis involved," says a DoT.

The DoT note also reveals that PwC has managed to collect only 60 per cent of the tower data relating to renewable energy deployments so far. It is yet to receive the requisite tower data from public sector telcos like Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the note shows.

Last September, PwC's Indian arm was engaged by the telecom industry in consultation with DoT to examine the feasibility of powering mobile towers with alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass or fuel cells, and also whether there is a case for viability gap funding.

India's green policy requires telcos to migrate 50 per cent of all towers in rural areas and 20 per cent in urban areas to hybrid power by 2015. By 2020, operators will need to run 75 per cent and 33 per cent of cell towers in rural and urban zones, respectively, on hybrid supplies.

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Realities of renewable energy in India...

 

Recently the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) asked the ministry of power (MoP) to make the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) compliance mandatory for states if they want to avail funds for financial restructuring of their utilities.

RPOs, put simply, are the minimum percentages of the total power that electricity distribution companies and some large power consumers need to purchase from renewable energy (RE) sources. RPO creates a minimum market for renewables in the absence of pricing externalities of conventional power generation.

While the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has set an ambitious RPO target of 15% by 2020, it is the state electricity regulatory commissions (SERC) that set year-wise targets in their respective states. While 28 out of 29 states have such targets in place for solar and non-solar sources separately, there is an increasing concern over actual compliance. Data for a few major states for the last two-three years reveals that barring utilities in states such as Karnataka, most others have failed to meet their RPO targets.

Reduction of RPO targets to accommodate the concerns of utilities has been a common measure taken by SERCs. After achieving an RPO compliance of 5.78% in Rajasthan in 2011-12, the Rajasthan ERC reduced its earlier RPO target from 8.5% to 6%. Similarly Tamil Nadu ERC reduced its RPO target from 14% to 9% despite the state utility achieving a compliance of 9.59%. Gujarat ERC allowed its distribution licensees to carry forward the shortfall for FY 2011-12 to be met in FY 2012-13. Considering the excess solar generation in Gujarat in 2012-13 (over its mandated RPO), it allowed the state utility to count this towards compliance of the non-solar RPO to remove the burden on the distribution licensee.

For FY 2010-11 and 2011-12, Maharashtra appeared to have achieved its RPO targets of 6% and 7%, respectively. However, the RPO compliance data collated by the designated state nodal agency, Maharashtra Energy Development Agency, seems to have included renewable energy units wheeled under the network under open access (OA) and credited them to the utility’s account. For 2011-12, if one does not consider units wheeled under OA, then the RPO compliance drops sharply to 4.49%. While the regulator did seek the explanation for this counting of wheeled RE towards RPO compliance from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd, it did not take any further action in this matter. This issue is bound to come back when the OA consumers’ RPO compliance will be taken up.

Fortunately, there are encouraging signs with some state ERCs (Maharashtra, MP, UTs, Uttarakhand, Punjab, etc.) beginning to flex their muscles against RPO defaulters. For example, besides setting a deadline to cumulatively fulfil RPOs, Maharashtra ERC has explicitly directed that any future non-compliance would result in the ERC invoking the penal clause from their regulations. However, there are many other steps which state ERCs can proactively take to facilitate this process. An effective web-based automated monitoring and verification system for RE generation/procurement is essential to operationalize compliance reporting. While most state ERCs’ RPO regulations indicate quarterly compliance reporting, this is hardly followed up.

While India’s progress in the renewable energy sector has been impressive in the last few years and needs to be sustained in the years to come, effective implementation of the RPO framework is crucial to meet these goals.

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India offers all assistance in Renewable Energy to Nepal...

 

India has offered all possible assistance to Nepal in developing its renewable energy resources. This offer was made by Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister for New and Renewable Energy when he called on the President of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav at Kathmandu.

Dr Abdullah was on a day-long visit to the Nepali capital. During the meeting, Dr Abdullah also conveyed the congratulations of the government of India on the successful conduct of the second constituent assembly elections in Nepal.

Dr Abdullah also called on Mr Khil Raj Regmi, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Interim Election Government. During the meeting, Dr. Abdullah briefed him on the energy situation in India and the rapid growth of the renewable energy sector in India. He spoke of India’s plans to add significant amounts of renewable energy to its energy mix in the next 5 years. He also highlighted India’s conducive and investor friendly policy framework for promoting renewable energy in a big way. Dr. Abdullah suggested that Nepal had great potential for enhancing its use of renewable energy resources, particularly, hydro, solar and biomass and offered to provide all possible assistance for the purpose.

Earlier, the Minister inaugurated the India INVESTRADE in Nepal-an exposition and buyer seller meet on the electrical equipment and energy sector. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Abdullah made a strong pitch for cooperation between the two countries to develop Nepal’s hydropower resources. Terming it a ‘win-win proposal’, he urged for a meaningful cooperation between the countries to ease the power situation. He also urged the Indian exhibitors who were part of INVESTRADE to work closely with their Nepali counterparts to help develop Nepal’s vast and untapped energy potential.

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Performance data of solar projects under National Solar Mission Phase 1 for the month of November 2013 as issued by MNRE...

 

 

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has published the performance data of the solar projects commissioned under National Solar Mission Phase 1 along with the schemes of migration and RPSSGP for the month of November 2013.

 

 

 

List of Generation and PLFs achieved by the projects under NSM Phase 1 Batch 1 are tabulated below:

SN	Company/Project	State	Capacity Commissioned (MW)	CoD	Generation (kWh)	PLF(%)
1	Aftaab Solar Private Limited	OD	5	07-02-2012	7,38,700	20.52%
2	Alex Spectrum Radiation Private Limited	RJ	5	21-02-2012	6,93,656	19.27%
3	Amrit Energy Private Limited	RJ	5	02-02-2012	7,15,644	19.88%
4	Azure Power (Rajasthan) Private Limited	RJ	5	01-01-2012	6,79,129	18.86%
5	CCCL Infrastructure Limited	TN	5	29-03-2012	5,08,840	14.13%
6	DDE Renewable Energy Private Limited	RJ	5	14-02-2012	6,01,111	16.70%
7	Electromech Maritech Private Limite	RJ	5	01-02-2012	6,61,525	18.38%
8	EMC Limited	UP	5	04-03-2012		0.00%
9	Finehope Allied Engineering Private Limited	RJ	5	07-02-2012	5,74,196	15.95%
10	Greentech Power Private Limited	RJ	5	08-02-2012	7,52,417	20.90%
11	Indian Oil Corporation Limited	RJ	5	02-02-2012	6,39,095	17.75%
12	Karnataka Power Corporation Limited	KA	5	25-06-2012		0.00%
13	Khaya Solar Projects Private Limited	RJ	5	28-01-2012	6,49,849	18.05%
14	Maharashtra Seamless Limited	RJ	5	07-01-2012		0.00%
15	Mahindra Solar One Private Limited	RJ	5	03-01-2012	6,70,099	18.61%
16	Newton Solar Private Limited	RJ	5	09-02-2012	6,25,415	17.37%
17	Northwest Energy Private Limited	RJ	5	07-01-2012	8,11,670	22.55%
18	OswalWoollen Mills Limited	RJ	5	10-01-2012	6,62,317	18.40%
19	Precision Technik Private Limited	RJ	5	22-03-2012		0.00%
20	Punjlloyd Solar Power Limited	RJ	5	08-01-2012	7,13,200	19.81%
21	Saidham Overseas Private Limited	RJ	5	30-01-2012	6,53,216	18.14%
22	Saisudhir Energy Limited	AP	5	05-01-2012	7,67,400	21.32%
23	SEI Solar Energy Private Limited	RJ	5	01-01-2012	6,64,603	18.46%
24	Vasavi Solar Power Pvt. Limited	RJ	5	02-02-2012	6,34,432	17.62%
25	Viraj Renewables Energy	RJ	5	05-01-2012	7,67,720	21.33%
26	Welspun Solar AP Private limited	AP	5	01-01-2012	7,32,200	20.34%
27	Rithwik Projects Private Limited	AP	5	24-07-2013		0.00%
28	FireStone Trading Private Limited	MH	5	06-09-2012		0.00%

 

Data for around 6 projects are not available.

As can be seen from the available, the highest generation/PLF was achieved  by Northwest Energy (22.55%) followed by Viraj Renewables (21.33%) and Saisudhi Energy (21.32%).

* Calculated based on the installed capacity of the project and generation as issued by MNRE.

List of Generation and PLFs achieved by the projects under NSM Phase 1 Batch 2 are tabulated below:

SN	Company/Project	State	Commissioned Capacity (MW)	CoD	Generation (kWh)	PLF (%)
1	Welspun Solar AP Pvt Ltd.	RJ	15	22-01-2013	22,04,780	20.41%
2	Welspun Solar AP Pvt Ltd.	RJ	15	31-01-2013	22,18,810	20.54%
3	Welspun Solar AP Pvt Ltd.	RJ	20	19-02-2013	28,03,980	19.47%
4	Mahindra Suryaparakash Pvt. Ltd	RJ	20	20-02-2013	27,77,666	19.29%
5	Mahindra Suryaparakash Pvt. Ltd	RJ	10	20-02-2013	13,88,090	19.28%
6	Solarfield Energy Two Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	20	20-02-2013	31,47,570	21.86%
7	Azure Solar Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	15	12-02-2013	20,99,877	19.44%
8	Azure Solar Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	20	13-02-2013	27,67,235	19.22%
9	FonrocheSaaras Energy Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	15	21-01-2013	22,27,609	20.63%
10	FonrocheRajhans Energy Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	5	23-12-2012	7,12,454	19.79%
11	Green Infra Solar Projects Ltd.	RJ	20	30-01-2013
12	Green Infra Solar Farms Projects Ltd.	RJ	5	24-12-2012
13	Gail (India) Ltd.	RJ	5	18-02-2013
14	Sh. Saibaba Green Power Pvt. Ltd	MH	5	22-02-2013	7,48,260	20.79%
15	SEI Solar Power Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	20	11-02-2013
16	PokaranSolaire Energy Pvt. Ltd	RJ	5	24-02-2013
17	SaiMathili Power Co. Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	10	26-02-2013	14,17,370	19.69%
18	NVR Infra. and Services Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	10	25-02-2013
19	LEPL Projects Ltd.	RJ	10	26-03-2013
20	Sunborne Energy Raj. Solar Pvt Ltd	RJ	5	26-03-2013	6,50,400	18.07%
21	Symphony Vyapar Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	10	27-04-2013	14,59,524	20.27%
22	Lexicon Vanijiya Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	10	01-05-2013	14,64,852	20.35%
23	Jackson Power Pvt. Ltd.	RJ	10	26-04-2013	14,28,915	19.85%
24	Jackson Power Pvt Ltd.	RJ	10	26-04-2013	14,34,144	19.92%
25	Saisudhir Energy Ltd.	AP	20	26-04-2013	30,36,900	21.09%
26	Essel MP Energy Ltd.	MH	20
27	Enfield Infra. Ltd.	RJ	0

Data for around 9 projects are not available.

As can be seen from the available, the highest generation/PLF was achieved by Solarfield Energy (21.86%) followed by Sai Sudhir Energy (21.09%) and Sh. Saibaba Green Power (20.79%).

* Calculated based on the installed capacity of the project and generation as issued by MNRE.

The datasheets uploaded by MNRE can be downloaded from the following links.

• Net exported power for the month of November 2013 (RPSSGP Programme)
• Net exported power for the month of November 2013 (NVVN B-I,P-I Programme)
• Net exported power for the month of November 2013 (NVVN P-I, B-II Programme)
• Net Exported Power for the Month November 2013 (NVVN Migration Projects Phase-I)

Source: MNRE

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