The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has come up with a timeline for floating utility-scale solar tenders and conducting auctions. According to the schedule, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) can only […]
Tendering activity in the renewable energy sector picked up pace with around 4.9 GW of capacity tendered in May 2018, as compared to 1.3 GW in April 2018. Of the total capacity, about 779.5 MW […]
National- and state-level agencies have managed to build momentum in terms of the volume of tenders issued in the solar and wind segments since January 2018. They have also become increasingly active in the emerging […]
Torrefied biomass Torrefaction is the process of making biomass a better quality fuel for utilisation in combustion and gasification processes. The final product is dry and hydrophobic, so it can be stored both inside and […]
India’s largest power generating utility, NTPC Limited has emerged as the leader in driving the country’s energy transition from coal to solar. As of June 2017, it had 845 MW of in-house commissioned solar capacity. […]
At the current stage of transformation in renewable-based energy generation, the Indian power sector needs a range of demand and supply-side regulatory reforms. The reforms should be aimed at enabling effective grid management and providing […]
Andhra Pradesh made headlines in April when the tariff in the latest round of bidding conducted by NTPC for a 250 MW solar park project in the state touched Rs 3.15 per kWh. French company […]
The 750 MW Rewa solar tender has marked a paradigm shift in the Indian solar power market by bringing solar tariffs to Rs 3.30 per kWh, about 25 per cent lower than the previous lowest […]
Plants of 1MW and above capacity are good […]
In 2010, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission had set the levellised tariff for solar projects at Rs 14.95 per kWh for 2010-11. Seven years later, such exorbitant rates sound unthinkable, with solar tariffs hitting a […]
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