By Sarthak Takyar It is estimated that by 2050 over 1.8 million tonnes of solar PV waste will be generated. Reportedly, solar panels create 300 times more waste per kWh than nuclear plants. This is […]
“There is a need to devise a balancing mechanism” The intermittency and grid integration challenges of renewables underscore the heightened risk of curtailment, in terms of technical issues and misalignment with demand-supply forecasts. There have […]
By Sarthak Takyar The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) recently concluded the auction of Tranche VI of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS)-connected wind power projects worth 1,200 MW and grid-connected solar projects of 750 […]
By Dolly Khattar Once dismissed as a quirky, niche segment likely to be relegated largely to land-scarce countries like Japan, the concept of floating, canal-top and canal-bank solar PV projects now seems poised for a […]
Introduced in 2017, competitive bidding for wind power projects has yielded several positives. The bidding mechanism has created a more transparent and competitive industry, as tariffs are determined based on developers’ analysis of location, counterparty […]
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 […]
The advent of competitive bidding had brought in a period of inactivity for the entire wind power segment. However, the segment has started regaining traction after a year of lull, with about 15 GW of […]
By Anukriti On May 25, 2018, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued the guidelines for setting up 2,500 MW of ISTS-connected wind-solar hybrid power projects under the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy. The […]
By Ashay Abbhi The pursuit to resolve the challenges in the Indian renewable energy sector has given rise to many innovative solutions, especially in the wind and solar energy segments. The complementarities of the two […]
After the success of its past four wind auctions, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) released its fifth tender, in May 2018, to encourage wind capacity addition. A capacity of 2,000 MW of inter-state […]
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 […]
Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) latest wind project auction of 2,000 MW interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected capacity, the largest so far in the country, attracted the lowest winning bid of Rs 2.44 per kWh […]
Saurabh Motiwala, Engineer, Renewable Energy, Tractebel Engineering India has been witnessing exponential growth in the solar power segment with the overall installations crossing the 17 GW mark in 2017, a 60 per cent growth over […]
The first month of 2018 witnessed significant activity in the solar power segment, with a series of tenders announced by government agencies and industry players giving further impetus to the country’s clean energy goals. The […]
In 2016, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) issued a 1 GW tender under the competitive bidding mechanism. This brought a transformation in the wind segment, pushing tariffs to as low as Rs 3.46 […]
The wind power industry has moved away from the feed-in tariff (FiT) regime to competitive bidding for tariff determination and project allocation. The first auction, held by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in […]
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is spearheading the government’s ambitious target of achieving 100 GW of installed solar capacity by 2022. It is laying focus on the efficient and timely implementation of solar […]
India aims to move towards becoming a low-carbon economy and this is possible only with nationwide efforts from all stakeholders. In this respect, Indian Railways (IR), the country’s largest energy consumer, has set a goal […]
Solar power tariffs hit a historic low of Rs 2.44 per unit in the 500 MW Bhadla Solar Park auction. This article analyses the viability of these tariffs and the future outlook for the solar […]
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